Go'pet cls, emision, that many people take ; they draw out the thread of their lives, and fpend out their day of Salvation in trifling with God ; they pray that God would be merciful to them in forgiving their fin, and yet go on to commit fin ; theydo not think, what aflrong in- gagement againflin Praying is ; I befeech you note it,every one of you that pray againft any fin, every Prayer thou makeft for pardon of fin,is a mighty ftrong engagement fromGod toyou to take heed of fin afterwards, may be you have not thought of this you fay;you pray every morning, confider what you do; if you have any care of your fouls, youwill not reft rneerly in fuch a form as your Fathers andMothers have taught you; but ifyou have any care of your fouls,youwill confider in Prayer to God, & fay,Lord I amguiltyof fuchand fuch fins, fuch fins mynature is moft prone unto, and fuch fins I have lately committed ; I will humble my foul before God in Prayer, and intreat God to forgiveme ; 'tis not Prayer to mumble over a few words,this is to prate and not to pray : but when you folemnly fet your felves to examine your own hearts what you are guilty of, and proteft againft your fins folemnly in the prefence of God, and fay, Lord this and. this particular fm I am guilty of ., Lord I was drawn to fuch and fuch fins the day before in fuch and fuch company, O Lord forgive my fin, and forgive me thefe and thefe particular fins ; this is the way to Peek pardòn of fin aright : Do you do fo ? this will be a mighty bond upon your hearts to think thus within your felves ; Lúrd, What have Ibeen fitting nmy_felffolemnly in theprefnce of the Almighty to confefc nay fins, and prayed him toforgive them ; what care have Ineed to take that I fall not into the rame fin again ? TI tfiat-haft come this day, and cunfeft andprayed ágaínft thy fin, dö not fall into it again; youthat are apt to breal out infopallion,when you find your felves beg n towax hot,ifyou would ut take fo much liberty as to bethLk your felves, that you have been praying to God this morning to forgive fuch a Paffion :. it would be of mighty concernment tohelp you from going on in Paflion,,- or any other fin, to confider that you_have been praying to God for pardon and fòrgivenefs of it ; you that do not confidert: s, but confefs your fins in the morning, . and then go on again to commit fin: you make more work for the next time : you N 3 corn 9;
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