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6

Gofiel

Rem

fSion.

gain

fan,

would'ßthou

not confume ur

?

fo

after

God

has

de-

livered

us

from

condemnation, the

guilt

offin,

and

the

fpirit

of

bondage

;

What

?

to trelpafs

again,

it

is

juif with

God to

be

angry

with us,

Pfal.

85.

8. The

Lord

will

Meal;,peace

--

-

-,

but

let them

not

return again

to

folly

;

if God

(peak peace,

O

return

not again

to

folly

;

I

appeal unto you,

bath

God

ever

(poke

peace

to your

fouls

?

Have

you

heard

the voice

of

gladnefs fpeaking

in

your hearts,

faying,

Son,

or Daughter

be

of

good

chear, go

in

peace, thy

fins

are

pardoned

?

Have you

not heard this?

If

you

have

not,

you

had need

to get it

;

if

you have,

then

return

not

again to

the

fame

fin

that

God

bath

gracioufly pardoned.

r

.

Return

not

to

the

fame

fin. 2.

Re-

turn

not

to

any

other

fan.

I.

Return

not

to

the

fame fin

;

it

is a

queftion,

and

a

great

cafe

of

Confcielice,

Whether

it

be poffi-

ble

for

a

Child

of

God

after

God

bath dealt

unto him

the

pardon

of

fin,

whether

he

may commit

that

fa

again

?

force have

de-

nyed

it

;

I

remember

force

antient

Divines

, Origen

and

Yertullian

upon thofe words

in

Heb. 6.

For

it

it

impof;'ible

for

thole

that

were

once

inlightned

,--

-

---

-i

f

they

findfall

away

to

renew

them

by

repentance

;

he applies it

to the

tin

of

unclean

neIs and lays he,

a

fecoid

repentance

is

not promifed

in

the

Name

of

Chrif}

to Adulterers

and

Fornicators

;

thus

I

may

boldly fay, we

do not

find

any certain exprefs exam-

ple

in

all

the

Book

of

God,

of

any Child

of God

that did

fall

into the

fame grofs

outward

fins

of

er an

acival

repen-

tance,

and

making

up his

peace

with God

for

fin

;

we find

no

exprefs

Scripture

:

I

do not fay,

we find

no

example

of

the Children

of God that

have

not committed

the

fame

fin

again,

as

Peter

and

Lot

,

but we find no example

of

any

grofs

fin

that they

have fain

into

:

mark ir,

after

their re-

pentance and

reconciliation

;

what

was

done

anvils

, was

done

before

they

came

to

have

it laid home unto

their

Con

-

fciences, and

applyed

unto

their

hearts for the

humbling

of

their

fouls in

making

their

peace

with God

:

True,

David

committed

Adultery,

but never the fecond time

,

after

he

had his

bones

broken,

he

fell

not

again

:

and fo

Peter,

after

he

went

out

and

wept

bitterly,

he

never

denyed

his

Mailer

again

;

and

fo

Abraham

equivocated

,

but we

read

not, that after

any