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Golpel

eint ion.

but

free

grace

can

do

me

good;

my

Confcience

tells me

hove

I

have

abufed

thisgrace,lhave

prefumed

on

fin

becaufe

of

this,

I

have

made the

thoughts

I

had

of

this

grace

a

means

to

further

me

in

fin

;

and

now

with

what

face

can

Igo

to

feekjhis grace

and

mer-

cy

?

thefe

will

be

ftinging

thoughts

to

thee

another day

;

when

a

Minifter

shall come

to

apply

the grace

of

God to

thy

foul,thou wilt

fay

there

is

mercy with

God

to pardon

fanners,

but

not for

tho{'e ,

that

have abufed

the grace

of

God

as

I

have done

;

e/TIanaffeh,

and

Paul, 'tis true,

they committed

many

great

fins

;

but did

they ever

commit

any

fin

upon

this

ground,

in

hope

of

pardon

?

O

look unto

it,

let none

go out

from

the

pretence

of

the

Lord

this

day,

with thoughts

to

venture

on

fin,

becaufe

ye hope it

may

be

pardoned

;

to ven-

ture

on fin on

that

ground,

is

the

molt

horrible

curfedeft

thing

that

c

be.

Tenthly,

"'tenth

way

of

difhonouring

the

grace

of

Gods

par

-

doning

mercy

;

as to

fin

in

hopes

of

pardon

,

fo

to

fin

after

pardon

:

after God

hath

revealed this grace

unto you

;

then to

fin

,

this

is

a

great

difhonour

to

this grace

:

Many

that

have been in

trouble for

their

fins, and

in

their trouble

have

cryed

to

God

for

mercy,

and

God

hath fpoken

peace

to

their

fouls,

and

hath told

them that

their

fins

are pardoned ,

and

that

he

will

cleanfe

their

fouls

from the guilt

of

fin

by

the

blood

of

his

own

Son

;

and

yet after

all

this they have

again fain to

their former

fins

:

I

have fpoke before

of

this

degree

of

difhonouring Gods

pardoning grace but

now

I

am fpeaking

of

a

further degree

;

not only to

fall

into that

fin

you

have

fought for

pardon

of, but to

fall

into

that

fin

that

you

have

force

comfortable

affurance

of

pardon

of

i

King.

z

i.

9.

The Lord

was

angry with

Solomon, becaufe his

heart

was

turned from

the

Lord, that

had

appeared

to

him

twice

;

re-

member, hath

not

God

appeared

to

force

of

you twice

,

and

given

you

affurance

of

his

love

and

pardoning grace

?

God

came

with

fweet

comforts

and

rejoyced

your

fouls

;

and

what

do you turn

from

the

Lord

"after hé

bath appeared

twice

to

you,

and

Paid

unto

thee, thy

fins

are

pardoned

?

this

is

a

grievous thin;

>,

Ezra 9.

14. Should

we

again

break, thy

Com

mandemeuts

?---

Wou1d'fl

not

than

be

angry with

us,fhould

we

a-

1

2

gain

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