No1 io orti e Foifslcatlo 133 then perhaps we maybe fo befotted therewith, as we fhall hardly rellifli anything clíè, efpecially the con- trary vertue, whichwill feemeverybitteranddiítalt- fail untous. And therefore let usbeperfw<,.d2d not to É dhere too ranch to thefweetneffe anddelight that we finde preterit in the sling ofthis fin,l eft we become fo bowl chedwith it,as we never be able to forlakeit. The fourthDeceit, which Satan, ufeth to beguile The Deceit ; i ; Me' . " :halI is Thefalpere common opinionofmo may, ?11rÌCv£nP ìgd«lifftfion0f o rcirn.illreafon,untOwhich opinio ancd itf:emes eith r no nne at all, or elfe fo little as it ca,mattrea- neednot any great adoe be made about it : Molt men i°r'. think this fin offornication but a trickofyouth,whofe bloodheatedwith intemperance, mull have fomthing toallay its Iaít on. Now thefe twobec incompetent Judges,hothcommon opinionand carnall reafon,they arealtogether unfit to judge of the notorioufneffe of this fin,but letus bring itto the ballance oftheSanetu- ary,and thenwe fhall fee the juft weight ofir,we fhall fee it in its proper filthineffe and native uglinef%. No man that is guiltyofit can difcern itsdepravity,for the Veryconfcience is defiledby it: now theConfcicnce is asit were theveryglaffeofthe foule,and if the glafl`e be defiled,how canwe feethefpots in the foulet' and if thefebeenot to be difcovered, then nothing is left whereby-to judgearight ofit ; and therefore we mutt needs be deceived in theperceivingthe filthineffeand haynoufneffe thereof. Let us therforebetakeourfelves to the Scripture,whichwill íhew it truly in its proper colors,& then ifweLife the rneanes,Godwil affuredly fend hisSpirit to enlightenus. When h dahad but 2glimpfe of this lightopenedunto him, how great rake YeCa fanned chat finne to i , which
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