all unrighteaufne fie and ungodlinef . thou cut out of the fame peece,and made of the fame mafl'e, the fame clay e Haft not thou the fame nature 1 that other men have a And what is the reafon thou runneft not into the fame outrages that others doe Not becaufe thy nature is better, but becaufe thou art more reftrained. A Wolfe that is tyed up,is the fame with the Wolfe that loth all the mifchiefe. This therefore know, that every naturali man is re- frained by by- refpeds. That rule is general!, Rom. 3. z 8.They have nos the flare of G o n before their eyes, whenhe would have a reafon why the nature of man is fo bad, having (pent the former part of the Chap. ter in reckoningup the fins to which it is inclined, he gives this reafon, They have not the feare of G o n before their eyes; all are alike in this,one is not more reftrained than the other. The difference ofreftraint is in regard of outward anions, there is no new fining of Grace in them, as is in the Saints. Againe, for thyVertues,rake heed thou deceive not thy felfe, for thou mull know there be naturali verrues that imitare thofe which he true, and are very like them; as the Briffoev (tone is very like the Diamond,yet there is great difference, one is a Pearle, the other is only a finning (lone: So I fay, narurall verrues may be very like true, but in God's fight there is a great deale of difference.For example, two men may come to die; One man is nor afraid out ofa ftupidity of fpirir,and on falle grounds may bee as fecure as another, that hash peace on the bell grounds,and this imitates true faith : So a man that is naturally meeke, may carry it better than one that bath true meekeneffe, there- fore it is hard to finde the difference; but if you look H a to 99 SER. I V. Rom .;.t 8>
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