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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67742	Carnal reason, or The wisdom of the flesh how foolish, deceitful, dangerous, reprobate and divilish; together with rectified reason, or the wisdom of the spirit, how divine, transcendent, safe, profitable and delightful: as also, how many was at first created; how he is now corrupted, and how he may be again restored: being three fundamental principles of Christian religion; which few do indeed know; and yet he who knows them not, cannot be saved. By Junius Florilegus. Licensed and entred according to order.	Younge, Richard.	1669 (1669)	Wing Y142; ESTC R218076	22,612	22

Whence God in judgement gives them the Spirit of slumber Eyes that they should not see and ears that they should not hear Rom. 11.2 yea shuts up their eyes Isaiah 6.9 10. And blinds their mindes John 1● 40 and delivers them up to walk in their own counsels Jer. 9.14 And to strong delusions that they should believe lies and to a reprobate minde Rom. 1.28 Isaiah 6.9 10. Mat. 13.15 And lastly God in justice delivers them up to Satan the Prince of darkness so to be further blinded that the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ shall not shine unto them Psalm 69.23 Ephes. 2.2.2 Cor. 4.3 4. 2 Thess. 9 10. By all which you may see what a pitiful Chimera the Natural man is especially touching his knowledge in spiritual things and for the good of his soul. But hear also what the same Word speaks of the Regenerate I will give you their Character also in the very words of the Holy Ghost I pray minde them It is said that God circumciseth the hearts of his children that believe in him and of stony hearts makes them fleshy and soft Ezek. 11.19 Rom. 2.29 yea he takes away the stony hearts out of their bodies and giveth them new hearts Ezek. 36 26 even putting a new spirit into them Ezekiel 11.19 Besides he so farther softens them that they become like melting wax Psalm 22.14 Then opens them to hear and receive his Word Acts 16.14 1 Sam. 10.26 yea he washeth them from wickedness Ier. 4.14 Cleansath them Psalm 73.13 Purifies them by faith Acts 15.9 and sheds his love ●●r●ad in their hearts by the Holy Ghost Rom. 5.5 And having thus prepared them he writes his Law in their hearts Ier. 31.33 Heb. 8.10 10.16 and puts in them such a filial fear of his name that they shall never i●part from him Ier. 32.40 Whence they are said by the Holy Ghost to be pricked in their hearts Acts 2.37 to set and apply their hearts to understand his Precepts Prov. 2.2 Dan. 10.11 12. and to seek him with their whole hearts Psalm 1.2 To have per●eiving hearts Deut. 29 4. To lay up his word in their hearts Psalm 119.11 yea to have it written in them Psalm 37.31 and to keep his Commandments 〈◊〉 their hearts Proverbs 3.1 4.21 to have contrite hearts Psalm 14.18 Repenting hearts Rom. 2.5 Faithful and believing hearts Rom. ●0 9 Willing hearts Exodus 35.5 Meek lowly and humble hearts Mat. ●3 to 6. ●1 25 to have stedfast Isaiah 38.3 stable Heb. 13.9 rise Prov. 18.15 and understanding hearts 1 Kings 3.12 to have sin●hearts Ephes. 6.5 sincere hearts Gen. 20.5 true hearts Heb. 10.22 ●●est and good hearts Luke 8.15 pure hearts 1 Pet. 1.22 Matth. 5.8 clean hearts Psalm 51.10 and perfect hearts 1 Kings 8.61 Psalm 101.2 Isaiah 38.3 And what can be further said in praise of men But ●ake another instance Secondly As the Regenerate and Unregenerate differ in their ●●arts so no less in their sight and knowledge of spiritual things whence God is said to open the eyes of Believers Isaiah 42.7 Acts 26.18 To see the wonders of his Law Psalm 119.18 yea he gives them the spirit of Wisdom and Revelation to teach them all needful truths Ephes. 1.17 1 Cor. 2.10 whence they are said to have their eyes in their heads and open Eccles. 2.14 to have seeing and enlightned eyes Ephes. 1.18 and called children of the light and of the day 1 Thess. 5.5 counted a sober wise knowing and understanding people Deut. 4.6 and that increase in knowledge daily Prov. 4.18 and many the like expressions mentioned in the Word which I purposely omit Which being so were the same but truly believed rightly applied and seriously considered as O that men would but believe the Word of God to be Gods Word who would not long for and strive after such a condition What rare and incomparable Priviledges are these that the Regenerate man enjoys over what the Natural man does Can there be a greater difference between beasts and men or between the living and the dead than there is between the one and the other No. Onely the Sensualist perceive● it not therefore he desires not to become so wise so happy And if ever they do it must be the gift of God alone In the mean time if it be so that so long as we remain in our Natural condition we have eyes and see not ears and hear not hearts and understand not spiritual things as Christ himself plainly affirms Mat. 13.15 and his Apostle Acts 28.27 and before them both the Prophet Isaiah Chap. 6.9 10. and that we are onely bent to follow the ways of our own hearts Isaiah 57.17 which are deceitful above all things Ier. 17.9 And that these men have so lost the Prerogative of their Creation that they are become Beasts in condition if by nature they are blind deaf drunk mad yea stark dead in sin and in soul. How is it possible they should know bolieve and live a● Christ in his Gospel requires which is so Divine Spiritual and Supernatural so holy just and good Rom 7.12 Again If men by Nature are become Beasts and Serpents as th● Word Gods Dictionary who can give most congruous names to Natures every where stiles them how can any wise man wonder tha● these men should refuse a pardon when offered them That they should prefer Satans service before Christs choose Hell and refuse Heaven c. Yea● how should it be otherwise when their judgements are becom● so reprobate that touching spiritual things they altogether o● mostly judge by the rule of contraries esteeming good evil and evi● good put darkness for light and light for darkness bitter for sweet an● sweet for bitter They justifie the wicked and condemn the just as the Prophet affirms Isaiah Chap. 5.20 23. And so much of the secon● Reason But to these we may adde 3. Every man is born stark dead in sins and trespasses You hath he quickne● says the Apostle to his converted Ephesians that were dead in sins and tre●passes Ephes. 2.1 By one man sin entred into the World and death by si● and so death passed upon all men in whom all have sinned Rom. 5.12 to 2● O wretched man that I am who shall deliver me from the body of this death Rom. 17.14 to 2● As in Adam all dye 1 Cor. 15.21 22. Briefly we are not onely dead in sin but so burified in the grave of long custom that we cannot so much as stir the least joynt no not so much as feel 〈◊〉 own deadness nor desire life but resist all means tending thereunto except God be pleased to raise and restore our souls from the death of sin and grave of long custom to the life of Grace Now you know that a dead cond●tion is an insensible condition The dead are not frighted with fire and brimstone the dead hear not though God be on Mount Eball thnudring curses upon curses the dead feel not though that

both body and soul in Hell fire for thy sake Thy pains would have been but for a moment but mine will be everlasting and unquenchable fire And yet it is hard to determine whether the Voluptuous Prodigal or the Covetous Cormora●t is the greater fool He that with a wanton eye a liquorish tongue and a gamesome hand indiscreetly ravels out his Ancestors fair possessions it may be an hundred pounds per annum in three years and then leads the rest of his days in prison there to repent at leisure having for his attendants so●row grief derision beggery and contempt in the first place and aft●● that his portion with Dives in the burning Lake Or he who 〈◊〉 get an hundred pounds per annum and onely possess not use the sam● after he hath got it ●perhaps three years is content to be weepin● and wailing and gnashing of teeth in the Prison of Hell for evermore F● without question these two are both fools alike yea none fitter t● be begged for fools Again are not they stupendiously blockefied wh● all their life long do what God forbids and yet confidently hope t● escape what he threatens who expect that Heaven will meet the● at their last hour when all their life long they have galloped i● the beaten road towards Hell to have Christ their Redeemer and A●vocate when their consciences tell them that they seldom remember him but to blaspheme him and more often name him in the●● Oathes and Curses than in their Prayers who will say they love G●● and Christ and yet hate all that any way resemble him Are Fli● unto God Wax to Satan have their ears always open to the Tempter sh● to their Maker and Redeemer yea when they take up Arms again● Christ and are mockers of all that serve him in sincerity and truth A●● what more common than for a Christian in name ●o scoff at a Crhistia● indeed and to traduce those whom they cannot seduce Yea they will hazard the damning of their own souls rather than not fling a dagger at t●● apple of Gods eye Zach. 2.8 Deut. 32.10 Again are not they Atheist●cal fools who read Luke 13.24 That many shall seek to enter into th● Kingdom of Heaven and yet shall not be able because they did not striv● to enter in at the strait gate yet they doubt not of their entring though they do not so much as seek And 1 Pet. 4.18 That the righteous shall scarcely be saved yet every Scoffer Drunken Beast and Blasphmer is confident that he shall be saved And 1 John 5.19 That th● whole world lieth in wickedness And Rev. 20.8 That the number of tho●● whom Satan shall deceive are as the sand of the Sea Revel 13.15 16 17● Isa. 10.22 Rom. 9.27 yet the most wicked of them think themselves none of the number nor any way concerned in the matter And Mat. 12.36 That we must give an account at the day of judgement for every idle word we speak yet they look to give no accoun● for their drinking swaring scoffing whoring cheating seducing Sabbath breaking and many the like enormities Are not these sensless and shallow pated fools and what are they better I beseech you who count them all Roundheads and Phanaticks that have more Religion than an Hea●●en or knowledge of heavenly things than ● Childe in the womb hath of the things of this life or conscience than an Atheist or care of his soul than a Beast and are mocker● of all that march not under the pay of the Devil Or they who no● onely spend their whole time and Patrimonies in riot and upon Dic● Drab● Drunkennes● but think every one exorbitant that walks not aft●● 〈◊〉 rule That will not onely eat the forbidden fruit as the price of death ●nal but account them fools that do otherwise who think Religion a dis●●●agement and their sins a glory for they glory in their sins and ●●e ashamed to appear good Are not they hair brain'd ●antick outragious desperate and Diabolical fools who being ne●er so little displeased with others will fly in their Makers face and tare ●●eir Saviours name in pieces with Oathes and Execrations as being ●orse than any mad Dog that flies in his Masters face that keeps ●i● Who as if Satan alone could expel Satan use to mitigate the ●●ngs of conscience by going to the Tavern or Alehouse to drink care ●nd sorrow away Or perhaps to the Brothel-house so adding sin to ●●●n leaving Gods remedies to seek remedy of the Devil For surely ●hey which strive to cure their present misery with present mirth have not ●heir misery taken away but changed and of Temporal made Eter●●l Luke 16.25 Yea I 'll appeal to themselves Whether this be ●●y other toward the stilling of their Consciences than as a saddle ●f gold to a gall'd horse or a draught of poyson to quench a mans thirst Then are not they fools in folio who will put so weighty a bu●●ness as their Salvation or Damnation upon a hazard as counting it 〈◊〉 indifferent thing whether at the last and great day of Judgement they shall be bid Depart ye cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his Angels Or hear it said Come ye blessed of my Fa●●er and inherit the Kingdom of Heaven c. Mat. 25.34 to 46. Then ●hat are they that like so many blinde men run headlong to hell and yet think themselves in the way to Heaven Who will boast of a strong faith and yet fall short of the very Devils in believing for they believe the threats of Gods Word and a general judgement Day and thereupon tremble James 2.19 Who think they do God good service in persecuting of his servants Joh. 16.1 whereof take a remarkable instance which is no less common than it is wicked and witless We read Iudges 15. that God in great love sent Sampson to deliver the men of Iudah from the slavish ●hraldom of their enemies but they in requital bind him in whom all their hope of deliverance lay and deliver him up to those enemies that kept them under to the end they might slay him and still make slaves of them Again after this God sent unto their Successors the Iews his onely Son to the end he might heal their diseases feed their bodies inlighten their mindes and save their souls And they in requital of all hate revile scourge and crucifie him though in killing him they did their utmost to split or sink the onely ship that could save them Now what think you of these blockish Iews were they more wicked or witless or ingrateful I know you will say they were all If so why are you such lots and shallow brains For it is but your case laid down in the person of another as the disguised Prophet dealt with Ahab 1 Kings 20. Or as Christ dealt with the Priests Scribes and Elders Luke 20. As thus God out of his infinit● love hath sent his Ministers to be your deliverers from the