Left to his own heart
Being thus fortified both against the grace of God and against all advice and help from man, he is wholly left to the guidance of his own heart and of the king of the children of pride (Job 41:34). No marvel then that he is daily more rooted and grounded (Ephesians 3:17) in contempt of all mankind, in furious anger, in every unkind disposition, in every earthly and devilish temper. Nor can we wonder at the terrible outward effects which have flowed from such dispositions in all ages: even all manner of wickedness, all the works of darkness (Ephesians 5:11), committed by those who called themselves Christians, while they worked with greediness (Ephesians 4:19) such things as were hardly named even among the heathens (1 Corinthians 5:1).
1771 text
32. Being thus fortified both against the grace of God, and against all advice and help from man, he is wholly left to the guidance of his own heart, and of the king of the children of pride. No marvel then that he is daily more rooted and grounded in contempt of all mankind, in furious anger, in every unkind disposition, in every earthly and devilish temper. Neither can we wonder at the terrible outward effects, which have flowed from such dispositions in all ages: even all manner of wickedness, all the works of darkness, committed by those who called themselves Christians, while they wrought with greediness such things, as were hardly named even among the Heathens.
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Sermon 37 in the 1771 Works. Acts 26:24.
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