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Z

kn1iisYotl.

Plea.

An

fw..

God

againft thee this day

,

tt4

fins

are not

pardoned

but

Band

upon

the

file, and

thou (halt eternally

perifYh

in

them

if

thou haft no

other ground

than

that,

to

thew

for the

par-

don

of

them.; and

therefore

never

make

that

an

argu-

ment

,

that

they

are

pardoned.,

becaufe they

are

lefs

than

o-

thers.

Secondly, Others

it

maybe

will pleacl,my

fans

are

not

many;

we

are

all

(inners,

but

I

have not multiplied

and increai'ed

my

fins

as

others

have

done. I (hall

anfwer to

that

briefly

know

that

one

fn

is

enough

to

damn thee,

as

fully

a

Million

of

tranfgreffions

reiterated again and again

;

One

chain

is enougga

to hold thee

in everl.afting

darknefs

,

and

God

may damn

thee for

one fin,

as

well

as

for

never fo

many thoufands,.

as

you

have

heard,

he did

the

Angels

for their firft,

and but one

lin

;

and

therefore

though thy

fins

are

not many, that

is

no

argument at

all.

Further,

we may obferve

in

the way

of

Gods

pardoning

mercy

;

he

pardons

force

that

have

gone

a

long time

on

in

their

fins,

and,

makes quick

work with others

that

have

been

but

a

little

time in

fin

,

and

that

we

may fee

in

the

example

of

Manaff

es

and

Aron

;

compare

thole two

together,.

in

the

example.

of

Manaffes you

(hall

find

that he

reigned

tome 55

years

;

he was

a.notorious

vile

inner

again&

God,

and.

yet he reigned

a

long time

in

it,

his

converfion

was

but

late

,

z

Kings

z.r.

.

r.

He

was

12.

years old;

when

he

began

to

raign,

and

he

raigned5

5.

years

in Jerufalern

;

and

.al-

molt

all:

this time he

went

on

in

committing molt notorious

abominations,

and

yet

God

pardoned him.

But now

mark?

his Son .Anon

comes

after him,

and

perhaps he might

rear

fon

thus,

my.

Father

lived thus

and

thus,

and

for

a

long

time

had his luff and

delres,

and

why

may not

I

venture to do

as

my.

Father

did

?

and

fo

he went

on

in

his Fathers wickednefs

but

now

mark,

God

comes

prefently

upon

him,and

lets him

live

but

two

years,

and.

there's

an

end

of

him.

it.Maanaff

es

continued

55. years,

and

his

Son

comes

after him, and

he

would go

on

in his Fathers

fteps,and

God

prefently

cut

him

of;

fo

though

Some

may

continue in

whoredom

,

and

in

other,

abominati-

ons,

and,

perhaps

live:

in.

outward

profperity

many

years

g..

4p

or

,ao

years,

yep

God

may pals

them

by,

and

,

then

if

thou

finn'ff:.