in CofttfIMM. 19 U'V licbctitption. 319 the Scriptures. Yet upon fearching we fhall eafilydif- C}tap, i 7. cover, that notwithstanding all their boafls, to purge t.i-v the Soul from defilements contraéed byunion with the Body, and to reflore it to itsprimitive Perfec`lion, They becamevain in their thoughts and theirfooli«n heart was darkened. Although the vulgar Heathens thought them to be guides in the fafeway,yet they were companions with them in their wanderings ; and Truth inftruds us, that When the blind leads the blind, bothfall into the ditch. I will briefly (hew that their Morals are defel.ive, and mixt with ialfe Rules : only premifing three things. r. That I í1a11 not infili on their Ignorance of our Re- deemer, acid their Infidelity in refped of thofe Evange- lical Mylteries that are only difcovered by Revelation; for that precifely confidered, doth not make them guilty before God : But only take notice of their defects in na- tural Religion,and moral Duties,towhich the Law writ- Rom. z. ts.. ten in the heart obliges all Mankind. 2. That Vertue is not to be confounded withVice, although 'tis not affiftedby fpecial Grace. Thofe who performed ads of CivilJuftice, and Kindnefs, and Ho- nor,werenot guilty as thofe whoviolated all the Laws of Nature andReafon.Their heroickAthonswere praife. worthyamong men, andGodgave them a temporal. Re- ward ; although not being enlivened by Faith, and purifiedby Love toGod, and an holy Intention for his Glory, they were dead works, unprofitable as to Salva- tion. 3 . Their higheft Rule,viz. To live according to Na- 2.w04 7t L ¢FQMi9Y' ture, is impededand infufficient. For although Nature Namtam op- in its originalPurity furnifht us with perfe6t Inftru&i- fena, jeái ons, yet in its corrupt fate 'tis notfo enlightned and re- palm.. gular, as todiret.us in our univerfal Duty.. 'Tis as pofïible to findall the Rules ofArchitecture in the ruines of a ,Building, , as to find in the remaining Principles of the
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