begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? And if the righteous fcarcely be faved, where fhall the ungodly and the finner Of the Means of overcoming Temptation. For in that he himself hath fuffered, being Behold, here I am, witness against me be- fore the Lord, and before his anointed: Whofe ox bave I taken? or whofe afs have I taken? or whom have I de- frauded? whom have I oppressed? or of. SERMON I. Deceitfulness of the Heart. [From Bishop TAYLOR's Sermons. ] JER. xvii. 9. The heart is deceitful above all things, and defperately wicked: who can know it? C RAFT and folly divide the greatest part of mankind; and there is no other difference but this, that fome are crafty enough to deceive, others foolish enough to be deceived. And yet the scales also turn; for they that are the most crafty to deceive others, are the verieft fools to deceive themselves. They rob their neighbour of his money, and lose their own innocency; they difturb his reft, and vex their own confcience; they throw him into prison, and themselves into hell; they make poverty to be their brother's portion, and damnation to be their own. Man entered into the world firft alone: but as foon as he met with one companion, he met with three to cheat him; the SerVOL. IV. pent, B |