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f

iel

Toni

ion.

107

to

make an

Attonernent,

Levit.

14.

They were

to

take

a

bunch

of

Hyfop,

to

fprinkZle

withal

;

Now

fays

David,

Purge

me

with

Hyfop,

that

is

apply to

me

the

blood

of Chrift

,

for I

have

need

of frefh

applications

of the

blood

of Chrift

;

I

have

finned againft

him,

and have done

what

in me

lay

to

bring

my

felfunder Gods

wrath,

and have

brought

new guilt

up-

on

my

foul

:

Now for

the

affurance

of thy

love

to

me

,

let

there

be

frelh

applications

cf

the blood

of

thy

Son

;

let

there

be

a

new

fprinkling

of

the blood

of

thy

Son upon

me

:

I

fuppofe many

of

you

in

reading

this place, did

not think

of

the meaning

of

the Spirit

ofGod

in

ir,

that

may

be

a

great

help

unto

you,

when

at

any time you are feeking

the

par-

don

of your

fins, to

cry

to

God

to

be

purged with Hyfop

;

o

Lordfprinkle

the

blood

of

Chrift

afrefh

upon

me;

for

I

know

that

all

my

Prayers and

Tears, and

all

that

1

can do, cannot

purge

me

from

the

guilt

of that

fin

'have

committed

againf

thee

,ex-

cept thou

purge

me

with Hyfop;

that

is,

by

applying

of

the

Blood

of

thy

Son

unto

me

:

And this

is

the

Eighth

way

of

difhonour-

ing

the grace

of

God,

in

feeking

for

it

any

other

wµy

than

through

the

blood

of

his Son

;

and remember when you

are

feeking

it,

that

it

may

be

the laft time

;

and

therefore re-

member

you look

up to

God for

it

in,

by,

and

through the

death

of

his Son

;

for otherwife, though

you are never

fo

earneft

in

Prayer

,

you

difhonour

this

grace

:

It

is

an eafie

matter

to convince men and

women,

that they are guilty

of

difhonouring

the grace

of

God,

if

they

feek

for

pardon

in

a

negligent

and

fluggifh way

;

but

now, though you are

ne-

ver

fo

fenfible, and

put

forth never

fo

much

firength

in

feek-

ing for ir,

yet

you

difhonour

God,

except you

look

upon

it

as

fuch

a

high thing

that

can never

be

reach'd

unto,

but

through

the mediation

of

the

Son

of God.

g.

The

ninth

way

of

difhonouring the

grace

of

God,is

for

any

one to

venture

on

fin,the

rather

becaufe

they

hope

they Jhall

be

pardoned, that dare to venture on

fin on

that ground

,

hoping

that

God

will

at

laft pardon them.

I fpake

before

of

thofe

that

did

nothing

elfe but

increafe

their

fins

inftead

of

feeking

par-

don

of

fin, and

of

the

.miferable fad

condition

of

fuch

:

Put

thofe

we now fpeak

of, are

not

fuch

as

are come

to

this

height

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et