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123

Spirit

,

nor

the

warm

beams

of

Gods mercy

fhining into

their

hearts

;

they were

never acquainted with

fuch

things

;

and

therefore though

they

go on

in

fin,

after which they

have been

accuftomed,

'tis not

fo

much

to

be

wondred

at

:

But

thou

that

haft had

a

tart

of the

fweetnefs

of

Gods

love

in

Chrift ,

in

pardoning mercy

;

for thee to

fin

after

this,

'tis

a

grea-

ter

aggravation than the

fins

of the other

; and

as

Lis

a

grea-

ter

aggravation than

the

fins

of

the wicked

,

fo

thy

fin

goes

more

near to

the heart

of Chrift

than the

fins

of

the wick-

ed

and

ungodly

do

;

the

fins

of

the

molt prophaneft

wretch

in

all

the

Town

do

not go

fo

near

to

the

heart of

Chrift

,

as

thofe that are committed after

receipts

of

mercy from

Chrift

;

What,

you my fons to do

thus and thus

againft

me

?

I

remember

'Lis

reported

of

Cafar,

when many

with

their

Poinyards

came about

him, and

fab'd

him

in

the Senate-

Haufe,

at

length

comes

Brutus,whom

he

had

done

much good

for,

he

comes

and gives

him

a

blow,he

look

:d

upon

him,

and

cries

out

;

What,

thou

my

fon

Brutus,wilt

thou

give

me

a

blow

andflab

?

It

went nearer to

the

heart of

Cafar,

to have

Brutus

come and

give him

a

wound

and

flab,

than

for

all

the

other

that

came

round

about and

ftab'd

him

;

fo

Chrift

may

look upon thee,

for

whom he

has

purchas'd

pardon,fhed

his

blood,

and

laid down

his life

for

;

What,

thou

my

fon, wilt thou

fin

againft

me

?

for

wicked wretches

that

are

firangers to him,

no marvel if

they

fin

againft

him

;

but

for

you that are

his

fns

, his

redeemed ones, that

have

received fuch

pardoning grace

and

mercy

;

for

you

to

fin

, this goes

to

the

heart

of

Chrift

more

than the

fins

of

the

ungodlyeft

wretch

in

all

the Parifh.

And would you not

be

loth to do more

againft

Chrift

than the víleft

wretch

in

the

Parifh

?

you that

have

received

fo

much

mercy from

Chrift. Further,

other

mens

fins

anger

God,but

no

mens

fins

grieve

the

f#rit

of

God

fo,

as

the

fins

of

thofe

that

have

received pardon

;

they

go to the

heart of

God,

and

grieve

the

Spirit

by

which they

are

fealed;

the Spirit

of God

that bath

fealed to

your

fouls

the pardon

of

your

fins,

let not that Spirit

be

grieved

;

'tis

a

greeter

fin

to

grieve the

blefl'ed

Spirit of

God

than you are aware

cf.

Further,

yet

once

more,

you

bring

a

dif

vrace

upon

o

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