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heart

too

;

God

is

mightily

taken

with it

:

when

once

thy

fins

are

pardoned,

then

God

makes

thy heart

melt

to

him

as

Its

does

to

thee

but

the

farrow of

one

that

is

an

Enemy to

God

does

not

foften

Gods heart

;

there

is

a

great

deal

of

difference between the

forrow of

Gods

Children,

and

the

forrow of

others

;

they

make

forrow

the ground

of

pardon ,

this

God

accepts

not

:

'tis

true,

you

may

forrow

for fin,be-

caufe it

may

be

a

means

to

btiiiig

you to

Chrift

;

but

that that

Juftifies the

foul

is

Union with

Chrift

by

Faith,

and

all

that

furrow

that works Repentance

to

Salvation flows

from Gods

grace

in

Chrift

having Juftified you. Juftification

is

the

firft

thing

that

eftates thee

in

bleffednefs

;

forrow

does

not

firft<

(late

thee in

a

bleffed

condition,

but

is

meerly

a

fruit of that

bleffednefs

thou art Rated

in

:.

certainly

thefe

things

are

the.

Truths

of

God

:

fo

that

when

you

look

for

bleffednefs

any,

other

way

,

you

look for it meerly

in a

natural way,

or

as

a

Heathen

may

do

;

a

Heathen

knows

he

ought not to

offend

God,

and

he

knows he had need

to

have

mercy from

God,

and

that

he

Ought

to

be

forrowful

for his

fins ;

I

might

give.

you

many

examples

for

it,

but

I

mutt

haften

:

thofe then

that

Peek

after pardon

of

fin

this

way, do

but

Peek

for

it

meerly

in

a

natural way.

Secondly, Others

fay,

lam

not only

furry

for

my

fins,

but

1_reform

;and

is

not

this

aground

of

pardon? Know likewife,

that there

may

be

a

leaving

of

fin, and

yet

fin

not

pardoned.;

for that

rake

the example

of

Herod,

'Lis

Paid,

He heard

`folon

Baptifi.

gladly, and

reformed

in

many

things

;

.he

was

a

great

deal

the

better.

for

"fghn's

Miriliiry,

and

yet

Herod

was

not

pardoned

;

this

is

a

notable example

for

you

that

come

to

hear Sermons,

and. feem

to

be

much affected, let

me ask

you.

in the

Name

of God,

and

let Confcience

aafwer,

What

is

it

you reformed

fince

you

heard

all

thofe

Sermons

of

the

Evil

of

Sin,

and

now

of

the

Pardon

of

fin

?

What

Evils

have

you

reformed

in

your

families

,

and

in

.

your

own

hearts

?

I

can

-

not but

hope that

many

of

you may fay,

through

grace thefe

and

thefe

evils

were

in

my

family

before,

but

now

I

have

reformed them

and

thefe

evils

I did before, but

now

I

have

icft

them

.hope

many

can fay

fo,'..an4

bleífed

be

God

ford

this.