• I ,' Head I. - ' 1J1an~s Ntttur~ 81rrup1tif. ~ 5 ·(as it w'ere) in the ark. This wdearn from IFet. iii , 20. 21. where the apofile, fpeaking of Noah'J ark, faith; ·Wherein '.few, that if dght (oulJ, rwere faved by.w ater. The likefigur~ whereunto l even'bapt ijf{Z, doth,alfo 1towfav~ 111. Now, the waters of the deluge being a like jigura I~ haptifm; it plainly follows, that)hey fignified (as· baptifn\ , qoth) the wajhing of regeneration, and renewing of I hi!' , holy Ghofl! To conclude then, thefe waters, though now ·d ried up , may ferve us fiill for a looking-glafs, in which .we may fee the total corr.uption of mu:- nature, and the ne– £eift ty of regeneration. - F rom the text thus expJained, arifeth this :weighty point of DocTRINE, which he that r uns may read in it, viz • .!Vl'an'J nature i1 now w holly ~orruptfld. Now is there a fad alteration, a wonderful ·· ~verturn, ' i11 ~he nature.of m4n: where, at ftrft, the re was nothing evil ; now there is nothing good. In pr ofe .. · cu-ri ng of this doGl:rin.e, I ~aH. Firfl, Confirm it. ' Secondly, Reprefent this cor·ruption ~ofnature ·i,a its fe- 'Yeral parts. ' -" Thirdly, Shew y'ou how m~n's natu.r.e ;cotn.es to .b11 ;thps ~orrupted. ,Lajlfy, Make <lppli.cat·ion. That 11-:Ian's Nature is .corrupteiJ. F1 RsT, I am. to.-confirm the dotlrine of the corn;ption · <>f na t ure: to hold the glafs to your eyes~ wherein yo11 · in ~ y fee, your finful nature? which tho' God takes pan if Ular notice of it, many do quite overlook. A·nd here we '· Jhall confult, I. God'J w.ord. :;, . 11.'1ett'.J experience and -.bjervation . I. For fcri pture proof, Jet liS confi der. ·Firfi, Bow the fc r ipture takes par ticular notice of falle!'l ,, Adam's communi:=at ing his image to hispoft'eritytGeti. v.; ~ A dam begat a fon i n hiJ own li.ken~p,, after hiJ imagt?, ani! called his nam~ Seth ."-~Co fn pa r e with this ,ver. ,I. of ~that ' chapter~ l_n theday 'that God t:rea ted man, in the likenefr qf Gq~madt ·he hw11. Behold here, how the·image after whicir
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