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Gorp

el

Remiflion.

are

catcht, and others remain

worldly, filthy,

and

good

for

nothing,

that

is

the meaning

of

the

Teat,

and

not any

war-

rant

at all

for

r?áíxt

Communions

;

but

only

thus;"

where

the

Preaching

of

the

Gofpel"

is,

there are

Tome

fifIles

good

and

worthy

to

be

received,

and

others

that

are to

be

cafl"

out

Now,

as

there

is

an external

Kingdom,

fo

there

is

an

intern-

al

Kingdom

of

Chrifk

within

our

hearts

;

j

efus

Chrifl

him

-

felf

fets

up his

Throne

in

the

hearts

of

every

man-and

woman

tvhofe

fins

are

pardoned,

that

is

a

certain

truth

;

and

chin

day

in

the

Name

of

God

I

pronounce

unto

you,

that

if

your

fin

be

pardoned, Jefus Chrifl hath

let

up

his

Throne

in

your

hearts

;

and

if

you

find any

other Throne and

Lord but Chrifi

to

rule

you,

know from

God that

your

fouls

are yet in the

gallofbitternefi

and the

bond

of iniquity,

and your

fins

are

not

pardoned; but

that

foul, who

in

the Preaching

of the

Gofpel

can

fay,

Bleffed

be

God

I

have felt

Chrifl

come

into

my heart, and

prevailed

upon ate

;

and

now

Chrifls

Laws

are

the Laws

I

delire

to

be

ruled

by

; God knows

I'know

but little

of them,

but

I

w

ill

labour

to

underhand them

bet-

ter

;

therefore

I

come

this

day, that

I

might

know more

of

the

Law

of

God,

and

that

jefus

Chrifi

might

rule

more

powerfully

in me

than

ever

he

bath

done

;

if this

be

wrought

in

thee,

I"

fay

unto

thee in

the

Name of

Chrifl,

be

of

good

comfort, thy.

fins

are

pardoned,

God

will

(hew good

unto

thee

when

this

world

is

ended ;

theta

art

one

that jefus

Chrifl

hath

brought

into

his

Kingdom,

and

let

up

his

Throne

in

thy heart,

and-

therefore

thou may'fl

be

affured)

that

he

will

take thee

at

lall

into

his everlaflingKingdomh

giving

fut.;

Fourthly,

Where

God

forgives,

he

gives

much;

lows

forgiving; God

never

forgives

any.,

but

he

gives

mach

to

that

foul

whom

lie

forgives

:

As

in that

cafe

when

the

A.

ponies

preacht

the

Do trine

of forgivenefs

and

pardon

of

fin, the Holy

Ghofl

fell

upon them

;

fo

certainly,

where

the..

Preaching

of pardon of

fin

hath

power

through

the Mini-

[try

of

the Gofpel

over

a

foul

,.

God

gives

much

to

that

foul

and

there

are

three

things

efpecially

that God

gives

pre-

ientlyimto

the

foul

whom

he

pardons,

which

have all

been.

mentioned

before

in

opening the.bleilednefs

.of

pardon

,of

Z

ran;

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