# ) Subje.£1; for holy tbl9ugbt~~ .-., iJ.f mage of the Devil- : 1 onq:~wa.~ man·intireaod l}raight, no\:V defqrtl;led and crooked in all his 'faculties, once W4S he ho'ly and happy,: now filthy,and f~bje61: toall fin a~d mifery ·: ·opq: he w.as £he darlingofGod, Lo~·d of.. the world, and a· fie coffi,pan,~oq for ~he bl~ifed ,Ang~ls , [.low he is GC?4s .eneruie, .t-he Devils ilave,arid. the .baCeO: panjof the whole Creation: Oh. (DUtable free;will that chofe to.fall,that might. · havechofen tq ~~nd ! furely man io.his·bdt ~flate was fubj~6l: - ro vanity_: Oh. how litde1. was the pleaf~lre; an4 ,how lafiing is the pa41~ ( B. ut 9 my foul, P,~de :~o.t fa~lt -wit~ Adt~m,, ·if: · · thnu hadfi been !0 ~lS flea~ , .thou Wouldft·. . bavedoneas perdid, yea, }ho~dqft fPe fan1e · . ~v·ery day, too too_ volupt~~ily, ;and oh:h9ice, fin is a tr.llnfgre!fiq'! ·of ~be.La~ , ~pc:lthis bolJ· ,La~ tho~t..break~~ evetymom~pr , .Oh .. my! (otll~ w]1at f11i(erable cafe artJho~l in ! wha~· ~n~iry _ro.(;qd,:-antipachy to good, and coo– fiant tendeqcy to .all evil is in tby depr-ved· )Jature ! W o is tl)e, wheres .t~le light i~ my: underfianding, the reCtitudeot mywill, the· regularity of rpya£fe~ions : where ~s. rhe tc:n->'. 'derneGe of_my,confctence,. t,he t·enacity o£ ~Y memor.y.~ .and t~e viClory q~et my lowe~ u~_r~;tly pafiions ! -- Lord, w.her~ am l,and.what wlll become of me, ~xcept ·Fr~e~g~ace tnter~,. ;t)o(e tor J11Y deliveran~e? · .. · I ,·. 7. Thin~, Oh .thinkrpuch uppn the fl:upen· dious work ·of m'ans Redemption : 'here the ran{omed of the 'Lord may and, mufi expa1 r ·~iate in the heart-melting meditations of the ' WilY of ·.theirrecQvery. Th.us, here'1l:andand · · . · \. _" paufe
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