23 g; Corruption dilofethnoun to évill: $ By cuing them togive themftives over to láfcivi- ouCneiie. b.Rsv.7,t. nand periloulbeffe of their condition, as the drunkard in Saly- Amon had no apprehenGon of his danger ; unfenfible -of the word of inftruftion,. as a deafe man -thàt hearts not, is unfen- fibleofadvice and counfell : They here (faith. the Prophet). but ludo-fluidnot, they feebut perceive nor, they heare out- wardly, but nut inwardly, they fee confufedly, but not clear- ly, the light (bines upon them, but not within them, they walkenot in the light, theyare not guided in their goings by the light ; they_are unferlibleof the char6¿ters and fymptomes of deflru}ion which are upon them, as Ephraim had gray haires here and there open him, howbeit he knew it not'-: Linien- fible:of the góoineff. and fsreetneile of Chrifl, as a diflem- pered:palate isunfenfible of the fweetneffe of the winegiven hfm to drinke; unfenfibleof the comfort, and pleafantnefle of fpirituall life, as the dead are unfenfble of the ¡oyesof the living ; and being thus pa( feeling, they,regärd not the lifeof grace, it is ofnó tn efteee with them. 4.. Their corruption doth oppofe the lif of grace, byeau, . fing them to give themfelves over to lafcivioufnefJ'e, to worke, un- clennneffe, dilpofing and inclining them -to evil!,_ as heavy things inclinedowneward, the -whole current of their aife- c}ions moving towards finne flrongly, fpeedily, undefatiga- bly, andunchangeably, as the Rivers move towards the Sea; baking and furfeting themfelves with carnali delights and pleafures, as thedrunkard bakes his .9efh -withflrong drinke, and the glutton furfets himfelfe with Tweet meat.;deligh- ting and fporting themfelves in finne as the fifh in the water, drinking iniquity (as 7o1, fpeaks) likeWater, as the dryground drinks in the water, and looks for more ; giving themfelves over unto finne, as the fouldiers to tht Centurion, tobe com- manded by it, tobe wholly liible& to it,:, as the harlot to the adulterer, proff.ituting and laying themfelvès open unto finne, and bringin; forthall their fruit to finne,.,and..this their fer- viceablenefle tofinne, delight and pleafure in finne, voluntary and full fubje,4ion under finne, doth . mightily oppofe the working of the life of grace within .them, fo oppofing it that none but Chrift can worke it. Betides, Satan dothalfo withmach forceand fraud .hinder this worke, b holding the. grind
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