unregenerate man can possibly behold the kingdom of God, says, “That which is born of the flesh, is fleshh,” and therefore incapable of enjoying a spiritual kingdom. With these declarations of God agree the confessions of his most eminent saints. To his original corruption David traced the sin which he had committed in the matter of Uriah; not intending thereby to extenuate, but rather to aggravate, its guilt: “Behold, I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin hath my mother conceived mei.” St. Paul