306 I Cor 3 zo. expounded. Pro.zz,rs. Gen,9 ,,r. The deceitfidneffl ofdans heart. that Lyon to be of a better nature than his fellows, therefore does no hurt as they do,becaufe he is not look as they are,but chayned up? Where Gods renewing grace bath not changed our nature , it is only the powerful reftraint of bis providence which keepeth men from the very outrage of villany. Shall we then be proud, becaufe we are free from thofe offences, into which others break forth , and think we are made of tome better mould ? Nay, our nature is as untoward, and as deeply poyfoned with 'rebellion as theirs. Therefore rather fbould we be humbled in feeingthem.For,as was fhewed,in them we may fee our felves what we are. Peradventure thou haft fome goodparrs of wit, memory, &c. to commend thee; yet for all thofe, thy heart is evill ; yea, without a fpirituall change,fo much the work, by how much chafe parts are the better. Even as the more fruitfull the foile is,fo much the more will it abound with Thiftles, unleffe it be tilled. And the Lord 4noweth the thoughts ofthe wife, [that is,fuch as excel' in natural gifts,that are the choyfeft and molt picked men,even the very flowre of the reft ] that they are vaine. III. Here Parents, and all they who ftand char- ged with the education of youth , muft remember their duty. The heart of man in generali, the heart, of all mankind, isltrangly, anditrongly wicked. Even in the heart ofa yong child, as Solomon Cayes, there is a bundle, and pack of folly laid up. And as Mof s layes, the thoughts ofmans heart are evill, even from his child -hood. This corruption then of nature mutt be lubdued betimes, elfe it will grow to that
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