The Miferie.t of the 7..Jncon·verted• .Shall I fet before him the feaft of fat things, th6 wine of wifdom, the bread ofGod, the t~ee of life, the hidel:en Manna? · He hith no appetite for them, · no mind to then1, I Car.:.. 14 . Matth. 22. ;.. Should I P.refs the choiceft grapes, the heavenly clufters of ~pJp~J.priv.ileges,. and· drink to· hifl! in the ~ichert: · wine ofGod's own ce1lar, yea, of hts own fide; or fet beforehitn the delicious honey~ coinb of God's te1lirnonies, Pfal. I 9· I o. alas, he hath no tafte· to· difcern thep1. ShaH I ~nvite, tiledead to arife, and eat the banquet of tneir funerals ? No more CC!n the dead in fin favourtheholyfood wherewith the Lord· of ~ife hath fpread his table. What then fhall I do? Shall I burn the brimfione· .of he1tat his noft.rils? Or !hall I open the h~x of Spikenard, very precious, that fi lleth . the whole· houfe of this univerfe with its perfun1e, Mar. 1.4. 3· 'folJ. 12.. 8. and hope that the favour ofChri ·1's oint· ments, and the fmell of bis gannen ~s~ will ~ttract · him? P[al. 45'. g. , Alas! Dead f1nn :;rs are like the dumb idols; they have mouths, but they fpeaknot~eyes pave they, b1:1t they fee not; they have ears, but they hear not;_nofes have they, but th~y fmell net ; they have hands, but they handle not ; feet· have they, . but they walk not;. neither fpeak they· through their throat, P{al. r If· 5, 6, 7· They are de– !Htute_ofall fpiritual Jenfe and motion. But lt;t me try t.hefenfe that do h lafl: le~ve us,,~nd· draw the fword · ofth~w·ord ;. yet Jay ':lt htmwhde.I will, yea, though I chufe mine arrov.rs,out of God s quiver, and dirett them to the he~rt, neverthelefs he· feeleth it not; For how iliould he; being paft feel– ing? Epbe[. 4· r 9· So that thoug~ the ·wrat_h of God·· abideth on him, and the mountaxnou"' we1ght of fo· tnany, thoufand fins; yet .he ·goes up and doWJ.J as IigRt as if nothing ailed him, R.om. 7.· 9· In ay~ord , he can~ies: a dead .foul in a living body, .· and ,h1s flef!Y lB
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