5o liz pannoupattin ïbitße ZEttt 6ttltg' Chap. IV. 3. In the trapRion from the Infant-Rate, to the age of diCcerning, Man is incapable of obferving his native Corruption: fiince atftr.fl he afts evilly, and is in con- flant converfation with Sinners, who bring Vice into his acquaintance; and by makingit familiar, leffen the horrourand averfation from it. Betides, thole corrupt and numerous examples wherewith he is encompaft,, call forth his Gnful inclinations, which as they are heightened by repeated acts, and become more ftrong and obftinate, fo lefs fenfible to him. And by this we may underhand how irrecoverable Man is by his own Reafon. The firfl ftep to our Cure is begun in the knowledge ofour Difeafe, and this difcovery is made by the Underhanding, when 'tis teeing and vigilant, notwhen 'tis blind. ADifeafe in the Body is perceived by the Mind, but when the Soul is the affered part, . and the realitude of Reafon is loft, there is noremain- ing principle to give noticeof it. And as that Difeafe ismoft dangerous which ftrikes at the Life, and is with- out Pain <; for Pain is not the chief evilbut fuppofes it, 'tisthe fpur of Nature urgingus to Peek for Cure : So the corruption of the Underftanding is veryfatal to Man;. for although he labours under many pernicious Lufts- which in the iffue will prove deadly,yet he is iníen(ïble of them, and from thence follows a Carelefnefs and Contempt of the means for his Recovery. 2. The Corruption of the Will is more incurable than that of the Mind. For 'tis full not only of Impo- tence, but Contrariety to what is fpiritually good.. Thereare Come weak flriElures ofTruth in l`apfed Man, but theydye in the Brain, and are powerlefs and inef- feetual as to the Will, which rufhes into theembraces of worldly objeffs. This the uraiverfal Experience of Mankind Lnce the Fall doth evidently prove, and the account of it is in the following Confiderations. a.. There
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