whose Griefs are sometimes so heavy and oppressing, that all the Comforts of the World are no more effectual to relieve the Soul labouring under them, than the sounding of Brass, and the tinkling of Cymbals, ⟨image 6⟩usually done by the Heathens, were to free the Moon from its dark Eclipse, which they fancied to labour in extremity. Yet the petty Preferments, the deceitful Riches, the vain Pleasures here are chosen, and ambitiously and eagerly pursued, and the infinite everlasting Happiness hereafter undervalued and rejected. But as the Wonder ceases, that a Man doth not see in the clearest Day, by saying, He is blind: so Carnal Men ⟨image 7⟩are without Faith, that is, the Internal Light of the Mind, they do not steadfastly believe the Reality of the Divine World, tho so clearly opened in the Gospel. They are under so strong a Delusion and Error of Sensuality, that they vilify a Spiritual Happiness, a Glorious Futurity, and present sensible Things, of no price in comparison, have the highest place in their Esteem and Affections. The proper Means to recover Man from his woeful ⟨image 7⟩Folly, are unceasing fervent Prayers, That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Glory, may give unto them the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation in the knowledge of him: The Eyes of their Understandings being enlightened, that they may know what is the Hope of his Calling, and what the Riches of the Glory of his Inheritance in the Saints: and to represent this World, and the next, as they are to ⟨image 8⟩their considerate Minds, that their Interest and Duty, with united Efficacy, may over-rule their Hearts, and turn the Stream of their Endeavours into the right Channel; that the judicious Comparison between Objects so vastly differing, may be the governing Principle of their Lives. All Things are vain and transient, within the Confines of Time; all Things stable and solid in the Territories of Eternity.
whose Griefs are sometimes so heavy and oppressing, that all the Comforts of the World are no more effectual to relieve the Soul labouring under them, than the sounding of Brass, and the tinckling of Cymbals, ⟨image 6⟩usually done by the Heathens, were to free the Moon from its dark Eclipse, which they fancied to labour in extremity. Yet the petty Preferments, the deceitful Riches, the vain Pleasures here are chosen, and ambitiously and eagerly persued, and the infinite everlasting Happiness hereafter undervalued and rejected. But as the Wonder ceases, that a Man doth not see in the clearest Day, by saying, He is blind: so Carnal Men ⟨image 7⟩are without Faith, that is, the Internal Light of the Mind, they do not stedfastly believe the Reality of the Divine World, tho so clearly open'd in the Gospel. They are under so strong a Delusion and Error of Sensuality, that they vilify a Spiritual Happiness, a Glorious Futurity, and present sensible Things, of no price in comparison, have the highest place in their Esteem and Affections. The proper Means to recover Man from his woful ⟨image 7⟩Folly, are unceasing fervent Prayers, That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Glory, may give unto them the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation in the knowledg of him: The Eyes of their Understandings being inlightned, that they may know what is the Hope of his Calling, and what the Riches of the Glory of his Inheritance in the Saints: and to represent this World, and the next, as they are to ⟨image 8⟩their considerate Minds, that their Interest and Duty, with united Efficacy, may over-rule their Hearts, and turn the Stream of their Indeavours into the right Channel; that the judicious Comparison between Objects so vastly differing, may be the governing Principle of their Lives. All Things are vain and transient, within the Confines of Time; all Things stable and solid in the Territories of Eternity.
