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74

Gofpel

Remi

/lion.

fin

;

and therefore

I

will

but mention

them now

to

flrengthen

this

note

of rryal.

r

.

Huth

God

forgiven

thee

?

tben

he

hath

given

hid

Spirit

to

inlighten

thee

in the

great

my

fiierie.r

of Salvation

;

thou

picadef}

thou

art ignorant

,

and art not

Boole learned

;

if

God

have

fo

great

a

favour for

thee

As

ro

pardon thy

fia,

he

will

give

thee

under

flanding

in

the myfleries

of

the Gofpel,

jer.

3

i,

34.

where

God

pardons

fin

,

they (hall

have

this

mercy

to be

taught

of him.

2. God

2vi1'give

this

unto thee,

he

will

write

his

Law

in

thy

heart

;

chat

is

,

he

will work

in thy heart

a

hirable frame

and difpofition

to his

Law

that

thy

heart and

the Law

of

God fhallbe

like

two

copies,

that

have

the

fame

things

in

them, and

vary

not

one

title from

=one

another

;

there (hall

be

a

futablenefs between

thy

heart and

the

Law of God

;

no

only

to

do

that

which God

requires,becaufe

I

mull

do

it

;

but

becaufe

I

find

it

futable to the new

nature

bellowed

on me

he

will write

his

Law in

the

heart

;

and

therefore

I

pronounce

before

the

Lord

this

day again,

that

whofoever has his fin

pardoned, and

his iniquities

forgiven

,

that God hath writ

his Law

in

the

heart

of that

man or woman

by the

finger

of

his

own Spirit

;

that

heart

of

thine that

was

as

a

heart

of

f

}one,

God will write

his

own

Law

thereon,

as

he

did

on the

Tables

that

Mofes

broke;

though

always

thou hall

not

a

real

fight

of

ir,

yet fuch

a

thing

is

there,

and

is

a

comfortable

affurance

of

the pardon

of

thy

fir.

3,

God

gives

healing

mercies

to

cleanfe

thee

from

thy

fin,

Jer.

3

3.

8.

13'ilicleanfe them

fromtheir

inigatities,

and

pardon

all

their

fins

;

clean

fing

from

fin

and pardon

of

fin, they

ever

go

together;

if

God pardon thy

fin,

he

cleanfes

thee

from

fin

;

do

not look therefore only

after pardoning mercy,

but

like -

wife

after

cleanfing

mercy

;

thofe

whom God

hath

joyned

to-

gether,

let

no

man

put

afunder;

pardoning

and

cleanfing

God

hath

pat

together

:

God

may bellow other

mercies

as

health, flrength, and

fuccefs in

outward

things

without

par.

don

;

but

never

cleanfing

from

fin

without

pardon

of

it

:

and

therefore

if

thou

findef}

thy

heart cleanfed,

Peace

be

to

thy

foul,

thy

fins are

forgiven.

Fifthl!