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161

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fpel

Keys

fsion.

forts

of

pardon continually going

along with

it

:

Now

you

have

heard

thefe

things,

go away

and befeech

God

to

fettle

things

aright

in

your

fouls.

Say

to

your

hearts Lord I

fee

that

fetling

of

the

heart aright

upon

Chrift

for juftification

and

pardon

of

fin,

is

another

manner

of

bufinefs than

I

was

aware of,

and

I

am

perfwaded that

if

I

had

died

before,

I

fhould certainly

have

dyed

under

Tome

of

thefe

mifl;akes

;

Lord,

fettle my

heart

aright

in this

great

bufinefs.

Do

not go

away

with

fuch

thoughts

as

thefe

;

the

Ninifter

fpeaks

of

fuch

miftakes,

but I

hope

it

is

far

otherwife

;

do not venture

to

put off what

we fay

with

fuch

flight

thoughts

;

when we

fpeak

unto you we

fpeak

in

the Name of

God

,

and

it

is

a

horrible

taking of the

Name

of

God

in

vain,

if

we examine

not what

we fay unto

you by the

Word

;

And

therefore

know you are charged

this

day

in

the

Name

of

God

to

look

to

it,

and

to

examine

your hearts what grounds

you go upon

for the

pardon

of

your

fin,

that

you may not

mift-ke

;

in

which we (hall

give

you

force

further

help

in

laying

down

force

pofitive

grounds that you

may

reft

upon

for

the pardon

of

your

fin.

CHAP.

XVII.

of

the

true Evidences

of,Forgivenef

of

Sin.

Ut

if

it

be

asked ,

Who

are they that have

their

fins

pardoned

?

furely they

are not

many

this

Text

puts

it

in

the

fingular number,

Ble

f

fed

is

he

that

hath

his

fin

pardoned,

and by

that which hath

been

delivered

about

the miftakes,

it

appears

there

are

not

very

many

;

but

yet

force

there

are

,

and

this

is

the

work of

this

day

in the

Name of the

Lord

to declare

to

force

poor

fouls

this

day

their

fins

are

pardoned

;

this

is

the

mefiage

from the Lord I

am

to fpeak

to

them

(I

hope divers

in

this place)

as

from

Chrift,

Son

and

Daughter

be

of

good

comfort,thyfins are pardoned

;

And blef-

fed

is

that

man

and

woman

that this day

fhall

hear

that

joyful'