Every natural man is a hypocrite. He is different in reality from what he appears to be. I undertake to say, that there is not a natural man present here to-day in his true colours. If every natural man here were to throw off his disguise, and appear as he really is, this church would look more like the gate of hell than the gate of heaven. Because natural men are deceitful-because you draw a cloak over your heart, and put on a smooth face, and make the outside of a saint cover the heart of a friend.
Every natural man is a flatterer.
He does not tell other men what he thinks of them. There is no plain, honest dealing between natural men in this world. Those of you who know anything of this world, know how hollow most of its friendships are. Ever since my coming among you I have laboured with all my might to separate between the precious and the vile. This word is borrowed from the book of the physician.