in bondage to the devil, the world, and our own evil lufts.

Such is that state of unregenerate nature, in which we are all born of the first Adam. "The Face of God " is hidden from us, and we are trou"bled: his Breath is taken away; we " die, and return to our dust."

DISCOURSE

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DISCOURSE VIII.

THE CHARACTERS OF THE REGENE-
RATE AND UNREGENERATE STATES.

PSALM CIV. VER. 29, 30.

ARE TROUBLED: THOU TAKEST

AWAY THEIR BREATH; THEY DIE, AND RETURN TO THEIR "DUST. THOU SENDEST FORTH

THY SPIRIT, THEY ARE CRE-
ATED; AND THOU RENEWEST
THE FACE OF THE EARTH!"

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N the preceding discourse I observed, that though this passage of Scripture might feem to relate solely to the present state of the natural world; yet, in a more enlarged and spiritual sense, and without any improper force put