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The natural and unsanctified will of man is hard to tame. No prince can tame the will: he may load the body with irons, vex the sense with pains, yea, surcharge the affections with sorrows; yet still a man's will is his own: in his will he is a king, even while his body is below a slave. The will can make a man's life happy or wretched, when fortune cannot do it. The self-willed man needs no greater enemy than he is to himself.

1. The malicious and spiteful (Numbers 16:3).

2. They that despair of proffered grace, and with both hands put back the proffered goodness of God.

3. Contemners of the Word (Hosea 8:12).

4. Blasphemers.

(T. Adams.)

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KJV: But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.

WEB: but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries;