We must not expect to find in our hearts an inward light, that will infallibly guide us right. Since the fall, the heart is full of mental darkness ; for " the natural man receiveth not the things of the spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him :" I. Cor. 2, 14. If his heart is ever to become spiritual, the grace of God must be implanted through the medium of sensation, the same like evil first entered. Eve heard the false reasoning of Satan, her eyes beheld the forbidden tree, " that it was good for food, and pleasant to the eyes," &c. Gen. 3,6. Hence evil was implanted into her heart, which manifested itself in actual disobedience.

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