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ofel

,err:

40n.

117

any aéfual

renewal

of

faith and

repentance,

that

he

commit-

ted

that

fin

again

:

a

wound while

it

is

open,

and

not fully

clofed,

it

may

bleed again

;

but

when

it

is

fully clofed

to

bleed again

is

dangerous

;

and

fo

any

of

the people

of God,

af-

ter

the aftual renewal

of

their

faith and

repentance, you

can-

not give

me an

example

that

any

of

them

have fain

into the

fame fin

again

;

I

do

not absolutely deny it,

but

I

fay

it

is a

dangerous

thing, God

hatlt

not

left an

example

;

he

bath left

examples

that

his

Children

have

fain,

but not

after they

have

renewed

their

faith

and

repentance, that they

have

fain

i--

to

the

fame

fins

again

;

I

(peak not

of

inward thoughts ,

I

know

that

they after

repentance

will

return

again

;

but

for

any outward grofs

aftual

fin

after

the

renewal

of

faith

and

repentance , they

have

not

return

'd

again to commit

the

fame

fin

:

when

once

a

joynt

is

out,

or

a

leg broke

and

fet ,ufital-

ly

that

joynt

or

bone is

flronger

than

before

;

and fo

I might

Phew

you after they

have finned, and been

fet

again,

they

have,

been

ftronger

than

before

:

a

Child

of

God

falling

into

fin is

juif

like the

breaking

of

a bone.

Gal.

6.

r

.

And

you

that are

fpiritual

muff re

flore

fach

a

one ;

the

word

in

the

Original

is

put

him

in

joynt

again

;

any godly

man

or

member

of

a

Church that

falls

into fin,

is as

a

bone out

of

joynt,

and

you

that

'are

fpiritual

mul{

fet it

again

if

once

you have

a

bone

out

of joynt

the

longer you let

it

go,

the

more

painful

it

is

;

to

if

you

fall

into any

fin,

the longer you let

it

go, the more

unweildy

you

will

be

:

No

marvel you cannot go

about

your

bufinefs

handfomely,

when you have a bone out

of joynt

;

but

has

God

been fo

merciful

as

to put you into

joynt

again

;

you

know

what Chri

t'c

faid

to the man,

Thou

art

made whole,

&c.

fo

I fay

to

you,

you

that

have

finned, and

God

has

par-

doned

you,

fet

you

in

joynt again,

Go

your way, you are

made

whole,

take

heed

of

finning

again,

left

a

worfe

thing

befal

you.

2.

A

fecond

fort that

difhonour

the

grace

of

God

are

fuck

that

though they

fall

not

into

the

lame

großfns

again

of

ter

par-

doning

mercy,yet

are

negligent in

the ways

of

God

;loofe,flight,

vain,fenfual,

carnal,

dead

-

hearted

in

their converfation,

and

do

Rot

anfwer the

grace

of

God

revealed to them,

but

are

more

Q3

drofiie