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Rebuke to

jollity

of

ffirit

in

fad

times.

fciences, faith

God

when I call'd to mourning

and

weeping,

behold there

was joy"and

gladnefle,

and

mirth,

and drinking of

wine

:

This

iniquity fhafl.not

be

purged

till lou

dye,

faith

God,

Ile never pardon

it

Its

fpoken,

as

in

the

New

Tefl:amenr,

it's

fair]

of

the

fin

againft

the

Holy

Ghoi ,

that

it fh,uld

never

be

forgiven. And

fo

this

is

made

a

kinde

of

an

unpardonable fin,

though,I think that

it

is

not

fo:unpardonable.as.chat;but though

God ihould

give you

a

heart

to

fee

the evill

of it never

fo,

much

,

yet

you may

fmart for

it

in-this

world,

even

a

3

the Lord

did

concerning

Wes

,

he would not heare

hint, but bid him

fpeak

no more

of that

nutter,

but

he muff

dye

in

the wilder.

.

rrelle

:

O

the

Lord

cannot

but

look

with indignation

upon inch

as

thofeaie

;

what

fäirh

God?

flail

I

chafti e my

-rcvrr

_

dear

chip:;

en,

and

fhal1,

3

:his

wretch.that's

good for

nothing, but

to

ear and

drink

and

ger money

here,

;hall he

not

talte

lc

at

all

to

heart,

Ile

never bear this inch

God,

i.

¡hail never be

purged

from

him

ti!!

he

dye

:

O

my

brethren

if

ever

.;o

d

(His

to.

weeping

and mourning

it

is

now, and

therefore

no

-o

!}

rv

a

heart

in

rhefe mourning

times, it's afign that thy heart

is

hard

-

ned

from

the

feare of

vod:

If

ever this

text-of Chrifl were

fu

-.

table

it

is

in

ch

"efe

mourning times,whereín thofe are

held

forth!

to

be bleiled that do

molt,ne, and

on

the other fide,

thofe that-

doe

nor

mourne,they

will certainly

prove

to

be

aceurfedby

Christ when they fhall come

to

(land

before

him:

And then the

other

Scripture

is

in

the

6

Amos,

where

the

Lord complàines,

That

theydranke

wine in

BouPlés,

and

had

theirmafck,

and all

kind

of

jollity, &c:

O but

faith

there

was

none

that

d

%d

remember

the of

fations

o

f`Jofeph.

ofeph

mighr-

be

imprisoned, might be fold, might

endure

any

tifRielions,.

what

was

it

to

them

?

they

would

not

fo

much

as

Remember; O.

wo

to

them.,

SE,RMCiN,,.