The truly blessed man, or, The way to be happy here, and forever being…

5. That all the faculties and powers in fallen man are opposite to this way. They are combinedly set against it, it might be instanced in all severally; but we may here more particularly take notice of it in the Understanding. As for the Will, that is full of Enmity, Rom. 8. 7. The Affections: are set on things below, Phil 3. 19. All the powers of the body are servants of unrighteousness, Rom. 6. 19. Now all these are confirmed by the understanding, which is not only ignorant of the right way, and so cannot know the excellency of it, how then should it commend it to them? but is erroneous, Calls good evil, &c. Isa. 5. 20. It is preoccupied with a false way, which it approves of, commends, and cannot part withal, Jer. 8. 5. Hence, it entertains Gospel truths with a forestalled and prejudiced mind, which confirms the enmity of the will, and perverseness of the affections; it shuts out the light, and will give no credit to the reports of the Gospel: and this must needs render him very unteachable, because he must first be untaught these things. Were he only out of the way, he were easier reduced, but because he thinks his the only way, much is to be done to fit him for right instruction.

5. That all the faculties and powers in fallen man are opposite to this way. They are combinedly set against it, it might be instanced in all severally; but we may here more particularly take notice of it in the Understanding. As for the Will, that is full of Enmity, Rom. 8. 7. The Affections: are set on things below, Phil 3. 19. All the powers of the body are servants of unrighteousness, Rom. 6. 19. Now all these are confirmed by the understanding, which is not only ignorant of the right way, and so cannot know the excellency of it, how then should it commend it to them? but is erroneous, Calls good evil, &c. Isa. 5. 20. It is preoccupied with a false way, which it approves of, commends, and cannot part withal,