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Firil,In

the

fetkir;

pardon

of

your

ns

f

a

your felz

es

al in

the

An

fry,

prcfence of

God, and

put this

Capon

your

fouls,

I

am

now

looking

after

the.

pardon

of

fin,

but

how do

I

do

it

?

does

my

bean

work

fo in it as

that

I

can fatisRe my

own Confcierice

in

the

work

i

do

?

that

it

is

fuch

a

work,

that may

teftifie

my

high

refpec`&

to

God

from whom

I

feek it

;

is

it fuch

a

work

as

maniiefts

that

I am fenfible it

is

.a

bufinefs

of

the

molt

infinite

concernment

that

I

have

in all

the

world

;

and

am

I

fenfible

of

the infinite Power

and

Majefly

of

God

as

one

that

is

infinitely above

me

?

when you

feek

after

pardon,

you

muff do

it

fo,

as

that

you may

be

able to

fatisfie

your

Confciences

that

your

feeking

is

fuck

a

work

as

does

hold

forth

the

glorious greatnefs

of

that God that you

are feek-

ing after

;

many

pray

lightly,

as

God

be

merciful to me, and

mumble over

a

few

words,

and

have done

;

does

this

hold

forth

that

they

have fuch an

apprehenfion

of

the

great

-

nefs,

of

the power

of

that

God

they

feek

after

?

Purely

no

;

that

s

the

firft.

Secondly,

If

thou

wilt feek

after

pardon

of

fn,

it

mtift

be

filch

a

feeking

may

teflife

that

thou

doll'

prize

thy

life

here

in

this

world

above

all

thing

elfe

in

it

;

becaufe

God

gives

thee

time

in

it

to feek

after

him

;

Is

thy

feeking fuch

that mani-

fefts

the time

of

thy

life

is

given thee

for

this

very

end

?

if

you were

fenfible

of

this,

you would

feek it in

another

manner

than you do

;

you

would

feek

it

as a

condemn'd

man

Peeks

his

pardon

;

for certa'nly, every

man

is a con

-

demn'd

man

,

and the

time

of

your lift

is

like

a

candemn'd

mans

time

,

between

his

condemnation

and execution

i

Now

does

your

feeking teftifie and

witnefs

that

you

fpend

your

time

, and

that your hearts

are

fo

ftir'd

infeeking

par-

don,

as

that

it

holds

forth

you

account

your

lives

precious

,

a

,d ufe

it

for the

fame end

,

to

get

the pardon

of

your

fin

?

If

a

condemn'd

man have

time to

feek

a

pardon two

or three

days and

he

follows

drit

kng,

playing,

and

the like,

cer-

tainly none would apprehend this

man

(pent

his

time,

as

if

it

were

given

him for to get

his

pardon;

look

upon,

the

courfes and

lives

of molt

men

;

and are

they

fuch

that

do

reftifie

they

live

to

that very

end, to

feek

pardon

?

if

men

were