2 go The Path of the yì , S E R M. at all-how to guide its way, or how to efcape XII. its ruin, as Solomon fays in the place already referred to, verfe 19, of this chapter; the way of the wicked is as darknef, they know not at what they humble. And elfewhere, the . pru- dent man forefeeth evil and hideth himfelf, but the fimple paf on and are punifhed. They precipitate themfelves into deftru Lion, not difcerning, or not determined by the moil obvious truths concerning the neceffary un- alterable diftintion of moral good and evil, and the tnoft certain oppofite confequences of them, happinefs and mifery; fo infatuated are they by their vices, and hardened thro' the deceitfulnefs of fn. Secondly, As the path of the juft Ihines with intelletual light, illuminated with knowledge, and conducted with wifdom, and therefore a confiftent regular fcheme ; fo it is accompanied with inward ferenity and fatisfation. Solomon obferves, Ecclefi- alfes xi. 7. That truly the light is fweet, and a pleafant thing it is for the eyes to behold the fun. It is not only itfelf a very agreeable objeé , but it fhows us the beauties of the world about us, and human life depriv'd of 14. * Prov. xxii. 3. that
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