64 ·Grace aioNnding rent in an heavy cafe, for n1any Days to.. gether.. . . 1 4·7· Then began~ I with fad and careful b ear~, to confider·of the nature and largenefs of n1 ySin, and to fearch in theWord of God, if ICO!fld in anyplaceefpyaWord of Promife, or any enco,uraging fentence,bywhich I tnight take relief. \Vherefore I began to confider , that of A4ark 3· .All manner ~ffin and ~lafphe.. mics fhall be forgiven unto the fons of ·menwhere· with foever theyJhall blafpheme. Which place, niethought, at a blufh,did contain a large and glorious Pron1ife for the Pardon of high Of– fences ; but confidering the place more fully, I thought it was rath~r to be pnderfrood, as ·relating more chiefly to thofe who had,while in a natural efrate, con1n1itted fuch things as there are n1entioned ;·but not to me, who had not only receiv·ed L1ght and Mercy, but that ·l had 9oth after, and alfo contrary to that, fo flighted Chrift as I had done. 148. I feared therefo_re that this wicked fin.) of n1ine n1ight be that fin unpardonable, o~ which he there thus fpeaketh, But he thllt jha!ll blafphe~eagainftthe Holy Ghoft, hath n1ver for•, givenefs, but is in danger of et.ernt?Jl Damnation, J~ · M~r. 3· And I did the rather give credit to this, becaufe of that fentence in the Hebrews, For you kpow how t·hat vzfterWtlrds, when he would ht~ve inherited ~he blejJing, he was rejeCltd; f6r he found no plac~ of repentance, th1ugh hef~~tgMt it carefully wit~ tears_. And this ftucl alwa . Q
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