they do: nor could he wish them more habitually to cheat themselves with a mere name and form of godliness than they do———] And this is the state of all, without exception— [Men have their different tastes: one loves gross immorality, whilst another prefers a self-complacent round of outward duties. But these are only the baits which they affect: their radical neglect of God and of his Christ is the same in both. The Apostles themselves, not excepting St. Paul in his unconverted state, were once