Head I. : 7he Corruption if.,the lf'il!:' , 6,9 I ·wlil lay ·before you tb&, enmity of your heart!'- againfl – Chnft in all his offices. I. Every unregenerate man is an enemy to C~rift in his - , prophetical office_. He is appo.inted of' the Father the great pr·ophet and tea'dwr; b~t ridt upo'O the,world's call, who, in their natural fia~e, w<>uld have unaniroodly vot~9 a~ - g~linft him : And therefore whtn he carnet he .~as · con"\ demned as a feducer and blafphemer. For ·evtucnce of this enrnity, 1fhall inH:ance in twe things. · · Evidence 1. Confide'r the entertainme'nt he meets with, . .\vhen he comes to teach fouls inwardly by his Spirit. - Men da wha-t they can to Hop their ears, like the deaf adder, t bat they may not hear his voice. 'Tht} a!"'JJays re}ifi the hoiJ·: G'hofl. 'The.vdejire mt the ~~zowl~dge of biJ '"JJaJi : · and therefore bid him de.part from thetn. The old calumny. is often raifed upon him, on th'at occafion, John x. 20. H-~ is mad, : rwh)' hear )'C. him? Soul exe1cife raifed,by·the ·· fpitit of bondage, is accounted by many nothing elf~ .put difl:raetioo, and melancholy fits; men thas blafphemiog the LJ>rd's·~ w,ork, .. beA:aufe .they. themfelves· are·. ~efide .then•-"– fe.lves, and·cannot judge~of~hefe matters~ Evid.. 2. Confider the entetta.imnent he meets with, · when he comes to Jeach men outwardly by his word'. ( l·) His written word, the bible, is fiighted'; Chrifl: hat~: . leir it to us, as ' the '!book of~ eur in!l:ruetions; to .fhow us ,what way ,we mufllleer our ct:-urfe,- If we would come tl~ lmmamul's, 1a~d. It is a lamp to light us through_ the dark· world to eter.nal light~ And .he, bath left -it :upon us, to fear eh it with<that diligence wherewith men dig into ' mines for filver and go1d, John v. 39· But ah ! how is this fa:cr ed treafure profaned by many ? They ridicule ti!at ho– lJ wm:d,. by which they mult be jqdged at the Jidt day; . •wd. will rather lofe their fouls than their jefi, . dJJ:effing up .. the conceit of ' their: wanton wits in fcripH)re i;h~ilfes, : , in which they act as mad .a part,: as one who w.ould dig into a mine to procure {lJt:tal to melt.aod· pour down his own and ~is neighbour's t·h1oat. Many exhaufi tl1eir fpi rits in r'eac! – lng romances,-and. their minds pu.rfue them, as the flame ·· do~.h the dry fiubble ;, while they have ~o healt for, nor rehfh of , the hqly wot,d, and therefore fdJoro tak.e a ltii.bk ln.. their hands. _\Vhat. is . a~r.;e ab!e. ,,to Jbe 'Ptmity of . t/;{fil' '
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