The Sinfulnefe ofSinne, f t83 that Principle, That best Wit to be worfhipped,&c. wete uttety unworthy His Majettie,They worth;pped him ig- noraxtlr, raptrilitioufly, net at became God, they changed big truth inn. a I1e.T hirdly fuppofe their principles to bee found, their C onclutons from thofe principles to be natvrall and proper, yet all chis is but !peculation they Rill are withoPtt the end of; all this, fpiritud prudence, their hearts were blinded, the heart is the Seale of know- tedge prallicall, that by the Principles of the winde and the Conclutions of the unJerftanding doth regulate and meafure the Convertation, but that was unable, yea a- verfe from any luck knowledge, for they held the truth of God in unrsghteottfne fe,they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, they fervcd the luits of their owne hearts, were given up to vile affe &tons, were filled with all unrighteoufneffe, and had pleafure in evill workes, even when they did things which they knew defcrved death, and provoked jt4 ment. This is that univerfall detet which is in us by nature ; and very much of this rernaines in the bell of us. Here then when we ale not able to conceive the Lords purpofe in his word, though of it lèlfe it be all light, when we finde with David that it is too excellent for us,let us learnt to bewaile that evill concupilcence of our nature, which 1h11 fils our under -_, handing with milis, and puts a utile before our faces. The whole Booke of God is a precious Mine full of un - fearchable treafures, and of all wifedome; there is no rcoria, no refute in it, nothing which is not of great mo- ment, and worthy of fpeciall and particular obfervarion, and therefore much are we Rill to bewaile the unfaith. fulnefhe of our memories and underftandings, which re- taine fo hale, and undert }and 1effe than they do recaine,, If David were cone }rained to pray Open mine eyes to fee more wonders in thy Law, how much more are wee to pray fo too ? If there were a dative of finne in `Dvoids heart, and did often make his light dimore, that did make N 4 AQ.t7.21,st Rom. x.24,15. Rom. 1.18.28. 24,26, 29)32.
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