· Head I. Tie Co'rruption if the !Vi!!. 7l lfa. i. r 2. fo lit'tle reverence and awe of Gop appears om ·their · fpirits. - Many fiand like braze-n wall!;_ before the word, in whofe corrupt converfation the preaching ·of -the word mak~s no breach. · Nay, not a few·are growing worfe ' and \vorfe, tmdet' precept upon precept; -and the rehilt of:·alt is, 7 '11cy go and fa!l ·'backward; and be broke1J, andfnared, and take_n, Ifa. xxviii. I 3· W~at tearl's of blood are fuffi– cient to I~ment that (the· gofpel) the grace ofGod, is thus -received in vain? \Veare but the .voice of one crying; ~he fpeiiker-·is in heaven, and fpeaks to yo;u from heaven by men: why do y-e r efufe·him that JPeaket~? Heb. xii. 25. God · has made our MiO:er, heir of a!lthingJ, and we are feot to court a fpoufe for him. There' is none fo. worthy as he; none more-un.:ortby than they to.whom. this match is pro– mifed : ~ but the prince--of darknefs is preferred before the · ~--P~tNGE oF PE A CE. A d'ifmal dark.oefs overclouded the world by Adcr1Jt sJal1, ,more terrible than ifthe fun, moon, --8nd fian had been -fot ever wrapt up in ,.blacknefs of dark– _'ilff~; •nd there we Qwuld have e.teioally-lai n, ,had -not this grace of the•gofp.el as a fhin in g fu n .appeared to_, difpel it, , r 'J'i~. ii ..1 t • .• ·B~:n· yet We· By like -night-owls from it; and, il ke the wild beafl:s, lay ou rfe;l ves 'down in our dens; when ~he fun arifeth, we are fh:.u-ck b.l iod with the light thereof; and, as creatures · of darknefs, love darknefs rather than ' light. Such is th~ enmitf- of the hearts of men againft . Cl;rifl: in his prophetical ~ <iffice. . H. The natural ma~ .is an ene~y to Chrifl: in his priefilj ·office. He.is appointed -of the Father a priefl for ever : · t_hat, by his alone: facrifice and · intereeffion, finners may hue peace with -and ~ccefs ·to God; but Chtifl crucified • · .i1 aflumbling-block, andfoolijJm~(j to the .unrcnewed -part of mank1od to whom he is preached, J,Cor. i. 23. They ~1 e n~t for' him as the new and li~ing way. Nor is he by the voice of the World an high priefl over fr~e houfe of. God.. Corrupt nature goes·quite another way to wo rk, ;' ·Evidence I. None of Adam's children narurally incline to · receiYe the blefliog in borrowed robes; but would' always ~ccordif!-g· to the fpider's motto, awe all to themfelvu; and, fo climb up to h'eaven on a thread.fpun out -of their own · bowels . For th.~y, dejire to be under the law, Gal. ivr 24. aodgo about to-·:f}lablijh their own righteoufnefl, Rom. x.-3. < ' Man~ ' '
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