in Contríbíng Cpan' ilebernpíío'it. Y E 9 objeh.ed againfi our Saviour, principally infifis on his Ch. vii. Poverty and Sufferings, theMeannefs and Mifery of his condition in the world. 'Twas fit, faith he, that theKim. áqH- Son of God fhould appear as the Sun, which renders dip, it Pelf confpicuous by its own light : But the Gofpel eH We having declared the Ward to be the Son of God, re- 7 ßo "g8V lates that he was a manof Sorrows, that had no power T1 dwa /rec- to defend himfelf, and was deferted by his Father and Tess, ñ'cñ Followers, fcourged with Rods, and fhamefull exe- cuted. He could not reconcile fo many things that vai . feem'd utterly incompatible, as Sovereignty and Ser- vitude, Innocence and Punifhment, the lowefi of 1.41- mane Miferies, Death, with the highefi of divine Ho -. hours, Adoration. Briefly, Nothing was more contra- ry to Flefh and Blood, than to believe that perfon to be the Redeemer of the World, who did not refcue himfelf from his Enemies, and to expe& Imtiortality from him that was overcome by Death. Now the Caufes of this Infidelity are, z. The Darknefs of the Mind, which is fo corrup- ted by Original Pravity, that it cannot behold Hea- venly Myfieries in their proper light, fo as to acquiefce in the truth of them. Thenaturalman receives not the i Cor, 2.a4; things ofthe spirit ofGod; for they are foolifhnefs to him, and he cannot know them; becaufe they are fpì- ritually difcerned. The Apofile takes notice of the difaffe&ion of the heart, and the incapacity of the mind, not prepared and illuftrated by grace, to em- brace and difcern fpiritual things in their verity and beauty. There is a great difproportion between the natural underfianding, though elevated and enlarged by fecular learning, and fupernatural truth. For though the rational Soul is a Spirit, as 'tis diftinguifht from corporeal Beings, yet till 'tis purged fromErrour, and vinous Affe&ions, it can never dtfcover the Di- vinity'
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