God made man upright, but through the instigation of the Devil he fell into sin, which has involved us in all kind of misery; for the greatest misery is sin itself—it is contrary to the holy nature of God, and contrary to that pure nature in which God first formed man; of course, in that sense, all sin is unnatural, because contrary to God’s Holiness, God’s Law, and Perfections. Hence every man is considered in his fallen state, alike sinful. God declares that every man is become brutish; and one of the best men that ever lived once exclaimed, _I am more brutish than any man_! Those who fancy they are good kind of people and like the proud Pharisee in the Gospel, boastingly cry out, _God I thank thee I am not as other men_—and though they will acknowledge that man is fallen in some degree, yet not so bad as the scriptures represent; nor do I think any one can believe he is so great a sinner as God declares, till the Spirit opens his eyes, and quickens his conscience—till then he can find plenty of stones to throw at his neighbour, under the mask of holiness, and zeal for the Law; but if ever the Saviour stoops to write conviction on the ground of their hearts, they must acknowledge as Joseph’s brethren did, _we are verily guilty_.—_There is none that doeth good_, _no not one_. I shall only mention Twenty-nine names by which men are called in scripture; which will demonstrate the affecting truth that _all_ are gone out of the way, and that _exemption_ none can boast. In our fallen state we are compared, 1, to Devils—_Ye are of your Father the Devil_. 2, To Devil’s Soldiers—_And the Dragon fought and his Angels_. 3, _Children of disobedience and wrath_.—Ephes. 2. 4, To Murderers—_My soul is wearied because of Murderers_. 5, Liars—_They go astray from the womb_, _speaking Lies_. 6, Drunkards—_They drink Iniquity like water_. 7, They are called the Unclean—_I dwell in the midst of a people of Unclean Lips_. 8, Thieves—Robbers—_Yet have ye robbed God_. 9, Bastards—_My mother’s Children were angry with me_. 10, Prodigals—15th _Luke_. 11, We are called Fools. 12, Poor Wretches—_thou knowest not thou art poor and wretched_. 13, Madmen—_possessed with the Devil_. 14, Carnal—_are ye not carnal_, _and weak as men_? 15, Outcast—_thou wast cast out_, _to the loathing of thy person_. 16, Servants of Sin. 17, Devil’s Drudges. 18, Captives. 19, Slaves—_led Captive by him at his will_. 20, Ravenous Beasts. 21, Eagles. 22, Owls. 22, Lions. 23, Leopards—_No ravenous beasts go up thereon_; _no Lion shall be there—__the beast of the field shall honour me_, _the Dragon and the Owl_. _Come with me from the Lion’s dens_, _the Mountains of Leopards_. 24, to Dogs. 25, to Swine. 26, to Goats. 27, to Æthiopians. 28, to Rebels. 29, to Dragons. These are some of the names by which human nature is called; and do not these twenty-nine include all the rest of the metaphors by which poor man,