The counterfeit Christian, or, The danger of hypocrisy opened in two sermons

2. Because he is so universally filthy and abominable vile in himself, and so remains and will abide for ever, there being no Possibility for him to become better, he being left and forsaken of God, without any means afforded of being purged from his unclean and filthy Nature.

3. Because he is not only unclean in himself, but also defileth the Hearts and Spirits of all such Persons who receive and entertain him; nay, all the Pollution of our Nature, ⟨p. 3⟩yea, the whole Nature of humane Race, was originally from that Compliance and yielding to him by our first Parents; 'tis this unclean Spirit that hath poisoned and notoriously defiled the whole Man both Body and Soul in all its Powers and Faculties, and not the whole Man only, but the whole World also. And as this is naturally the filthy and miserable Condition of all Creatures, so those who yield to his Temptations, come to have farther Pollution and Defilement cleave to their Hearts and Lives. Sin is an unclean thing, and it makes all such loathsome and abominable in the Sight of God, who are overcome by it. Though all naturally are vile and filthy, yet there are Degrees of Uncleanness, some are worse than others, more wicked, and so more like to the Devil, in whom his very Image or Likeness clearly may be seen.

3. Because he is not only unclean in himself, but also defileth the Hearts and Spirits of all such Persons who receive and entertain him; nay, all the Pollution of our Nature, ⟨p. 3⟩yea, the whole Nature of humane Race, was originally from that Compliance and yeilding to him by our first Parents; 'tis this unclean Spirit that hath poysoned and notoriously defiled the whole Man both Body and Soul in all its Powers and Faculties, and not the whole Man only, but the whole World also. And as this is naturally the filthy and miserable Condition of all Creatures, so those who yield to his Temptations, come to have farther Polution and Defilement cleave to their Hearts and Lives. Sin is an unclean thing, and it makes all such loathsom and abominable in the Sight of God, who are overcome by it. Though all naturally are vile and filthy, yet there are Degrees of Uncleanness, some are worse than others, more wicked, and so more like to the Devil, in whom his very Image or Likeness clearly may be seen.