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they shall be in future, while they continue as they are & God continues as he is- But instead of finding any man or unclear of men who are born & grow up without sin, are they not all polluted & vile? Every man who repents is obliged to own it- He is obliged to confess that the very nature of the human soul is degraded & fallen from God- this has been the confession of every wise heathen- This being the case the very nature of man 's disease appears to be too deeply seated in his nature to be cured by any man or created being- The salvation of the soul consisting in being so renewed as to correspond with its original state & being restored to the love & enjoyment of its maker; is a work attended with unsurmountable difficulties in the hands of a mere creature. For instance, How would a man