The application of redemption

As they said, in 1 Sam. 8. 19. When Samuel gave them Reasons against Monarchy; they say not, Your Reasons are not good, we will Answer them, and bring better Reasons for what we desire; No, but we will have a King. And as the Lord says to the House of Israel, Ezek. 33. 11. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways, why will you die? Give me the reason of it: It is not my will you should die, I forbid it; its not suitable to reason, that gain-say it; its not agreeable to nature that abhors it, to have your sins, and to have the plagues of them for ever: nay, but we will have our sins whatever come of it. This is the nature of the Corrupt will of every carnal man.

As they said, in 1 Sam. 8. 19. When Samuel gave them Reasons against Monarchy; they say not, Your Reasons are not good, we wil Answer them, and bring better Reasons for what we desire; No, but we will have a King. And as the Lord saies to the House of Israel, Ezek. 33. 11. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil wayes, why will you die? Give me the reason of it: It is not my wil you should die, I forbid it; its not sutable to reason, that gain-say it; its not agreeable to nature that abhors it, to have your sins, and to have the plagues of them for ever: nay, but we wil have our sins whatever come of it. This is the nature of the Corrupt wil of every carnal man.

Hence again we may see how cross to Reason and¹ common sense the corrupt carriage of ungodly men is, when they be left to their own wills: we look at it, not as a part of weakness, but a madness in truth; if a Malefactor will lie in the Dungeon, when means of deliverances is afforded; for a man to choose his fetters, and to keep on his chains and bolts, when he may be freed: yet this is the case and condition, yea the disposition of men who are not willing to be severed from their sins, nor to be set free from those chains of darkness wherewith they are fettered, and go up and down imprisoned in the world. Sin is compared to a deadly poison; the poison of Asps is under