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Rein

fsion.

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Band

amazed

and

rife

with indignation againft

it, Rom.6. r.

What

Pall

we

fay then, Shall

we

continue

in

fin, that grace

may

abound

?-

- -force there

were that

did

abufe the,

grace

of

God

to

fin

;

How

does

the Apoftie rife with indignation againft

that abominable wickednefs

?

he

does

not

grant it,

but

reje&

it

with

a

horrible

indignation,

God

forbid.

What

?

to

fin

that grace may abound,

God forbid

:

What

?

to

make

ufe

of

the

grace of

God

to

further

fin

;

Shall

we

nand

to

anfwer

there men,

in

the horrible

reafoning

of their

hearts

?

No,

they are

to

be

cart

off with deteftation

and

reje&ion

,

with

a

God

forbid,

that there fhould

be

any

of

fuch

vile

and

wicked

hearts

thus

to

abufe

the

pardoning grace

of God

:

Suppofe

you forgive

one

fervant

a

fault, and

another

fer-

vant

íhould

fay

;

well, my

Mailer

hath

forgiven

him,

I

will

do

fo.

too;

upon that

ground,

if

thou commit the

fame

offence,

he will

not forgive

thee,

becaufe

thou

offendeft

pre

-

fumptuoufly, which

is

a

.molt

horrid

.

thing.

Let me

a

little,

further

reafon the

cafe

:

z

.

It

is

an

argument

of

an

abominable

heart,that

hath

no

way

to keep

it

from

fin,

but

only

guilt,

and

fear

of wrath and

Hell

;

Thou

makefl:

not the grace

of

God

an

argument to

keep

thee

from

fin,

nor

the evil

of

fm in

it

felf

;

which

is

a

great dif-

honour

and

wrong to

God

;

there

is

more

evil

in

fm

it Pelf

,

fetting

afide

the confideration

of

the guilt

and puniíhment

of

it,"

there

is

ten

thoufand times more

evil

in fin

it

felf

,

than

all

the puniíhment

in

Hell

will countervail

;

and

thou haft

no way

to

keep

thee from

fin, but

only the guilt

and

pu-

nifhment

;

it

is

an

argument

of

a

bare

wicked

heart.

.

2Suppofe

there

were

no

evil

of

guilt

or

punifhment, yet an

ingenuoru

gracious

fpirrt.would

never

do

it

;

What

fhall

I,

fin,

becaufe.

God

wit;

pardon

?

Shall

I

venture

upon it

?

no

,

I

will

never

do it

:

grace

reafons

to

a

quite

contrary

end

;

that

is

an

excellent

Scripture

in.

Tit.

2.

r

I.

The

grace

of

God

that

brings Salvation

;

it

is

this

grace

that

reveals the pardon

of

fn

;

this precious

grace

of

God

that brings

falvation

has

ap-

peared

to

all

men

:

But to

what

end

?

tesching

us

to

deny

un-

godlinefs

and

worldly

lugs

;

the grace

of

God

that

brings fal-

vation, it

teaches

us

thefe

lef

'ons

not

Each a

wicked

leffon

that

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