Head r. The c ;rruption o.fthe UiiaetfiatuiiJig. -~5 · tions lea·d them ·; .. and while fome are lying along iiiJ the way, others are coming up, and falling headlong over them. i\~nd . t herefore, Wo unto the (blind) world becaufe of ojfenceJ , Matth. xviii. 7· Errors in judgment fwarm in the world; becaufe it is 11ight. wherein ail the. heafls o_f the for.:fi do·: creep fortb. · All t he unregenerate are utterly miHaken in the point of tr-ue happinefs: foti tho' Chtifiianity hath fixed t hat matter in pcint of principle; yet nothing lefs than over– coming grace can fix it in the praet:ical judgment. · AH men agt:ee in the ddi te to ·be ;llappy :· but amongfl unrcne\Ved men, touching ·the way to happinefs, ther~ are almo!l: as-· many opinion~ as·-there are men ; they be~og turned every one /tJ his o:wn "..vay; Ifa. Jiii. 6. -They are like the blind So– damitu about Lot'.s houfe, all'were feeki'ng to find the door, , 1 ... fqme grope one part of the wall for it, foroe another; out none of them could certainly fay, he bad found it : an~ · fo · the natu·ral man may !l:umble on any good but the chief · good. Lookin t o thine own unregenera te heart, ~n'd there t hou wil t fee all tuirned upfide down; heaveo lying onder,– and earth a top: Look into thy life, there thou m~yft'fee, how thou ,art playing the madiJ?aD, rnatchihg at·fhadoWSg . and neiilecl:ing the fubfiance, eage1 fy flying after that-which · iJ .n_ot, and flighting that which is, and ~iil be for ever. Evid. ·3• 1he'natural man is lJlways u, a workman left without -light ; either tt.-ifi-ing or deing mifchief. · Try ~to ., catch '~hy- heart at any time thou wilt, and thou fi1alt fin·d·it either rw~afoing thrf fpidert web, o~ hatchingcockatrice eggs, (Hi. Hx·/'5.) roving thro' the world, or diggi ng into the pit; £liedwith vanity , or e1fe with vilenefs, bufy 'doing nothing, or-what is worfe than nothing. ·· · A fad fign of a dark mind. Evid.·4· The natural man is void of the faving know– ledge of fpititual tnings. He knows not what a God he , hers to deal with; he is una,cq-uainted with Ch riH; aud kno~vs not ~vhat fin -is. The' greatefl: gracelefs wits are biind as · mofes in thefe things. , tl y~ but foiTie fuc h can fpeak ' of · tirem to_ good purpofe ': and fo might thefe lfraelite f of t11e tempta tiOns, fi gns and miracles, the·ir eyes had fe en (D eut . x xix. 3·) to whom neve rthelefs the Lord had not vi·ven an hea~t toperceive, ande)'eJ to jee, and ear!.to hear , ~nto tha t ·' .nay, ver. 4· Man y a man tha t be.:trs the name of a Ch rtfw ria.n, may make Ptara-~.f s · confdfwn of fai th~ Esod. v. z. · I
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