~2 T~( Corruption of the Will. S'tate n. the nat~ral enmity of the heart againfi the holy law?,· Un-. mortified.corruptien, the more it is oppofed, the more it r?geth. Let us cooduc~e then, that the unregenerate are heart-eneqlies to God, his Son, his Spirit, and. his law; , that there is a . natural contrariety, oppofition, aod enmity in the will of mao to Goq himfdf, and his h>tlly wi'll. · · Fifthly, There is, in the will of man, contum~cy a.gainfl: the Lord. Man's will is naturalJy wilful in an evil courfe. He will have his wilJ, tbo? it fhould rum him: ir is with . him, as wirlltbeleviathan, (Job:JC-li . :29.) Darts are counted ' tu flubb/e; he laugheth at thejhaking of afpear. T_he Lord calls to him py his word, fays to him (asPfl·ttf to the jaylor, when he w~. s a,bout to kill himfelf) df/ thy Jelf no harm: fioners, !1/hy will )'C die? Ezek. xviii. 3 L But they will ' .. not hearken . Every one turneth to his courfe, as the horft rujheth"into the battle, .Jer. viii. 6. We have a promife of . life, in form of acommand, Prov. iv. 4· Keep 171)' command- · 1Jients and live; it fpeaf.,s-impenitendinners to be fe]f-de- ·· firoyers, wilful felf-m~t.rderer,s. They ·tranfgrefs' the corn- – mand of living; as if one's fervant lhould wilfuly fiarve himfelf to death, o.r greedily drink ' up a cup of poifon, . which his mafier commands him to (orbear : even- fo do they; ~hey will not Eve, they ·will die, Prov. viii. 36. All · they that hate me, love dea{h. 0 what heart is this ! It is a jlony heart, (Ezek . xxxvi. 2 6.) hard and in,flexible as a .Hone: mercies melt it nDt, judgments break it not, yet .it. w~JJ break ere it bow. It is an infeofible heart; tho' there be upon the !inner a weight of fin, which makes the-earth to fiagger; although there is a weight of ~r:Hh on him, which makes the devils to tremble, ,yet he goes lightly under · the bmden: he feels not the w~ight more than a t1one, tia the fpirit of the Lord .£1uicken him, fo far' as to feel it. J. \ .Lafl~y, The unrenewed will is wholly perverft in r~f..,.... rence. to man's chief and .hig~efl end. 1~he .natural man's · chief end i~ not his God, but his fe!f. Man is a mere rela– tive~ depeodent, bm rowed being:' he has no being nor W' cdnef~ otigina,1Jy from himfelf; but all he bath is from God, as the firfi caufe and fpring of all perfeCtion, natural - er mor~l: dependence is woven into his very nature; fo that if God fhould tota1ly withdraw from him, he would d~.viodle into a mere nothing. Seeing tht":n whatever man is, he is of · him;
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