That all men living nakedly considered in themselves,1have l•st all power to do any thing that is good, Rom. 3. 12. None that doth good, 1. His light is quite extinct, and his eyes quite out: hence said to sit in darkness, and the shadow of death, Mat. 4▪ 16. now a shadow is a privation of some light, this of all light, hence called darkness it self; take the blindest Indian, he is a witness of this truth, and a right picture of a soul fallen from God: hence because he cannot see, he cannot do, 1 Cor. 2. 14. 2. All that life he had to act well is lost too, Eph. 2. 1. he is dead in trespasses and sins: he cannot breath, not speak, nor think, nor do one thing that is good: I say nakedly considered in himself. And hence look upon a man quite forsaken of God in Hell, there you may see as in a lively looking-glass what every man living is when the Lord leaves him: he can blaspheme him, he cannot love him, he can contemn God, he cannot esteem him: he can wish there were no God to punish him: he cannot submit unto God, though he leaves the most heavy load upon him, and you see not your selves until you see your selves here, and see your selves thus.
THat all men living nakedly considered in themselves,1have l•st all power to do any thing that is good, Rom. 3. 12. None that doth good, 1. His light is quite extinct, and his eyes quite out: hence said to sit in darknesse, and the shadow of death, Mat. 4▪ 16. now a shadow is a privation of some light, this of all light, hence called darknesse it self; take the blindest Indian, he is a witnesse of this truth, and a right picture of a soul fallen from God: hence because he cannot see, he cannot do, 1 Cor. 2. 14. 2. All that life he had to act well is lost too, Eph. 2. 1. he is dead in trespasses and sins: he cannot breath, not speak, nor think, nor do one thing that is good: I say nakedly considered in himself. And hence look upon a man quite forsaken of God in Hell, there you may see as in a lively looking-glass what every man living is when the Lord leaves him: he can blaspheme him, he cannot love him, he can contemn God, he cannot esteem him: he can wish there were no God to punish him: he cannot submit unto God, though he leaves the most heavy load upon him, and you see not your selves untill you see your selves here, and see your selves thus.
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