Remains of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection…Remaines of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection…

1. He is a worthless thing, Job 11. 12. For vain man would be wise. In the original 'tis Empty man. Man is by Nature empty of every good thing. So the Apostle, in me, that is in my flesh dwelleth no good thing. There is nothing that is spiritually good left; all is lost by mans Apostasy from God. Yea, man is not only nothing worth, but worse than nothing. We use to say that a man that is over head and ears in debt, is many thousands (it may be) worse than nothing: so is man, he is infinitely in his makers debt, and cannot ⟨p. 283⟩come out, as we acknowledge in that petition forgive our debts; where we acknowledge two things. (1) That we are in debt to God. (2) That we cannot pay him. This is the condition of man, he is infinitely in God's debt, & he cannot pay any thing: he hath nothing to pay.

1. He is a worthless thing, Iob 11. 12. For vain man would be wise. In the original 'tis Empty man. Man is by Nature empty of every good thing. So the Apostle, in me, that is in my slesh dwelleth no good thing. There is nothing that is spiritually good left; all is lost by mans Apostacy from God. Yea, man is not onely nothing worth, but worse than nothing. We use to say that a man that is over head and ears in debt, is many thousands (it may be) worse than nothing: so is man, he is insinitely in his makers debt, and cannot ⟨p. 283⟩come out, as we acknowledge in that petition forgive our debts; where we acknowledge two things. (1) That we are in debt to God. (2) That we cannot pay him. This is the condition of man, he is infinitely in God's debt, & he cannot pay any thing: he hath nothing to pay.

2. He is a useless thing. Able to do the Lord no service,