GoJJelertif siora. et God caft said committed far ids fins whichtlGod laid the carting off him off for ever the thing s on Saul were thefe two fins. I. lie did not flay till Samuel came, when Samuel bad ap- pointed a time to come, he deferr'd it to the Taft minute, and Saul was in a great ftrait, he tarry'd for him long, and he thought he mull not go to war except he offer d Sacrifice before, and he ventured to offer it himfelf, and did not flay out the full time ; he Raid fo long till he thought that Sa- muel would not come , and then that he did was but to offer Sacrifice to God, and yet God laies this very thing unto his charge as a caufe why he would cart him off, i Sam. 13. i 3 . Samuel tells him that God had thought to eßablifh the Kingdom for ever unto him,But now he will not ; you are gone Saul for this fin. The fin in Scripture onwhich God laies his carting off upon is this, God fent him again( the Amalekites , and bad him delroy all, but he fJar'd the fat of the flock, and the King. Now the (paring of the fatof the flock was done out of a good intention, he profeffes it was that the People might have of the fatteft to offer in Sacrifice to God, a good -intention,and yet for this God tells him, that he would rend the Kingdom from him, for that thing, i Sam. t 5.28. True it is, that though Saul was guilty that thefe t were then two fins for fery e the Rory, thoufhall which God puts the carting away of Saul upon. And yet David committed murder and adultery , and was not cart off; why ? Why if Godwill thew his prerogative, what hath the creature to reafon with him for it, if he will damn Saul for his fins that were lets, and pardon Davids that were greater, what haft thou to do with that? his mercy is his own : Thou think'ft it may be becaufe thou couldft put a man off with this reafon, my fins are ftnall, and therefore I may be forgi. ven them becaufe they are not fo great as others : Grant it may be fo, yet know that 'tis not fo with God, he may pardon great fins in others, and yet thou maift perifh eternally for the tuft ins of all, and therefore take this for a Conclufion If thou hafl no other ground for the pardon of thy fins, but becaufe they are little ones ; I pronounce in the name of 3 G d 141
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