' $taft oflnnounu appliul. ~ature, no c'ouds on our minds, no pollution in oar heart-s' ~ Had we never been in beuer cafe, the ma.tte~ had been lefs: but they tharwere brought U.lJ in _feat'let, vo- now embrace dunghills• W h"e-re is aur pnmitive glory now! Once no' darknefs in the mind~ no' rebellron in the wili, no diforder in the affetl:ions: But ah ! . #ow~·if th~fa.ithfol • eity become an hariot? RighteaufnejJ lodged in it; ~ut no.~ murderer.~. Our ji!ver is become droj.r ,, our wine mixed "JJith water. That heart which was. o!<lce the temple of God, is now turned into a den of thieves Let our name be lc!}ah{)d, for the lcYty is departed. Happy waH thou., . 0 man, .who was like unto thee ! No pam nor ticknefs. could affect thee, no death coul.d approach thee, no figb was heard from thee, til-l ·thefe bitter fruits were. plucked ofF the forbidden tree. Heaven fho.ne up-on thee, and eanh . fmiJed: tbQU wan the companion of angeJs, and·the enVy of devils-. But how low is ,he no,w laid! who wa3 created for dominion, and made lo~d of the world 1 The cro'tvll ii :fallen ]ram ottr head: 'WO unto tH that rw~ have .finned. Thecreatures th~t waited to do- him fervice, are now,. fince . the fall, fet in· b.att-le array againfi him; a.nd lhe leaft of .th~m, having commi!Iiun, pwves too ha-rd for h-im. ''r aterl overflow the old wor·ld; fire corrl\J,mes Sadom; the fiars in– their courfes fight agai,nft Sifera; frogs, fties,.li .ce, be. tllJil' executioners toPharaoh and his Eg)'ptimu; worms eat up: Herod: yea, man needs a leaglle with the bea;1i, ye·~ with thd very fi~neJ if the field. Job v. 23. having 1·eaflin to ~ fear, that every one 'that findeth bim_wi!Hlay him. Alas! l10w are we fallen ? How are we plu.nged into a gulf of mifery ! The fun has gone down o.n us., death has come in at our windows_; .our ene.mies hav·e pwt ou,t O\:H two eyes, and fpcn,themfelve-s with our· rniferies. Let us· then ly UO'WO in our 'flume; and Iet our confufion cover uii. Ne– ver~l~eiefs there is hope in lfrael concerning _this thing: Come -then, 0 -Gnner, look to Jefus Chrifl: the Second A .. '!lam: quit the fidl: Ada'nz and his~ covenant;- come ove.r t() ~be Mediat(i)r: and fmet y of the ·new and better covenant ; .and Jet your ~ea.r-ts (ay, JJe thou ~ur ruler, and let th-fJ :breach be wnder tl;y hand. And let your eye trickle down, .¥~nd ceafe ~not, without any intermijjio;,, tiff the Lord look. d~rwtJ and b~haldftc.m. bJe:llven, L.am. iii . .49··.. so.. . STATE
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