Head I. The Corru!ti~n ~fthe !fill. 59 Evidenct I. The untowardnefs of children. Do we not fee them n.tturally lovers of f\nfulliberty-? How un~illing ,are they to be hedged in ? ·How averfe to refl:raint: The world can bear witnefs, that they are as bu/loa!u unaccufiom· \ed to theyoke: and more, that it is far eafier tobringyoung buliocks tamely to bear the yoke, than to bring young chil– dren under difcipiine, and .make them tamely fubmit to che rdlraint of finfulliberty • .Every b'ody may fee in this, as in .a g!afs, that man is naturally wild and- wilful, aecordiog to Zophar's ohferve, Job xi. 1?. that man is horn like a wilrJ . -£jJ's colt. What can be faid more? He is like a colt, the colt o'f an afs, the colt of a wild afs. Compare Jer. ii. 24. A wildaft ufea to the wj/det·ntft,· ihatJnuffeth up the '7.1.'ind ..:tit her pleajure, ·in her .occa)ion wh& can l·urn her away? · · Evid. 2. ·what pa-in and difficulty do men often find in , . bringing their hearts to religious duties? And ,wnat a tafk is it to the,carr.al heart to abide at them? It is a pain to it, to Jeaye the world but a little~ to converfe with· God. It is ·not eafy to borrow time from •he-tnany things, to befiowupon t-he..one thif)g-.needful. Men often go to God in duties 7 with their faces towards the world; and when their bodies are on the .rrwunt of ordinances, their hearts will be found at the foot of tile .hi11, go~ng a.fter their ceveto'ufnefi, Ezek• . . ·: ~xx.iii. 3L They are foon wearied of well doing; for holy -outies .a.re not ~greeable to :their corrupt nature Take notiel! of them at their worldly bqfinefs, . fet them down with , their carna] company, or Jet tbem he fucking the brea:fts of , Cl.. lult; time feems to them' to fly, and drive furiouOy, fo , that it is gone ete they are aware. ·But how heavily does _it d.rive, while a ,prayer, a fermon, or a fabbath lafls? The · -Lo-rd's day is the longefl: day in ·all the week with many; . and ther-efore they mufl: Jleep longer that morning, and go ' foon :! r to ped·. that 'night, rhan ordinariiy they do; that the day may be made of a to!erab!e length: for their hearts fay · withi-n them, lVhen wJ!! th(: fabbath be[one? 1\mos viii. 5. The hours of worfhip ar.e the Iongefl: hours of that day : , htnce when duty is over, they are like men eafed of a bur– . den; and when f~rmon is ended, many have neither the grace nor the good manoers to Hay till the bleffing be pro– nounced. but like the bea.fis, their head is away as foon as . one puts his baqd to loofe them; why, btit be:caufe while they
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