34 Men tempted to Evil by their own Lulls. S E R M. by force are raifed to a condition of emi- II. nency above others : Thefe are the lulls of 1"-"--' men's hearts, by which they are drawn away and enticed to fin. It is not neceffary to enlarge on the other affeions and paf- fions of the human nature, which are in a different manner the fources of temptation, on thofe forrows which work death, on thofe fears which bring them into fnares, and that wrath of man which worketh not the righte- oufnefs of God ; nor yet on the inclinations and propenfities of various kinds which can- not be called fo ftritly natural, but are con - tra led and acquired from different occafions and caufes, as education, cufloms, and opi- nions which men have gone into. What hath been already faid may be eafily ap- plied to all thefe, and is fufficient to explain them fo far as the prefent defign requireth, that is, that we may underftand what is meant by lull, comprehending the whole compafs of the affections, paffions, and pro - penfities of every kind that are in the heart, diftina from the rational and moral powers of the foul, and whereby, as the occafion of it, men are milled from their duty. I come now, Secondly, To confider how men are tempt- ed by luft, being drawn away and enticed. And
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