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GoJpel

Romp-

ion.

it,

and

therefore

it muff be

a

great work

that

muff

mani-

feft that

;

for

certainly

thofe whom

God pardons

he

makes

them

,underftand what

pardon

means.

Now

then, if

thy

feekiríg

be

fuch

as

that thou

knoweff what

it

is

thou

feekeft

after

, then

it muff

hold

forth

alto

that thou

doff

underfland the Name

of

God

is

exceeding

glorious

in

it.;

and

then

as

thou doeft apprehend this,

fo

according-

ly thy

heart

will

work

after

it

and

therefore

when

you

are alone,

and

you

find

you

hearts working

this

way

fay,

What

do

I do?

Do

I

fo

call

upon

him,

and feek

after

him,

as

that this

work

of

mine declares to

God

and

my

own Confcience

I

feek

for

it fo ,

as

that I may

manifeft

the

glorious Name

of

the

great

God

is

in it

?

certainly

if I

do

not do

it thus,

I

take

Gods

name

in

vain.

Sixthly Further,you

muff

fee/<after

it

as

if

you were now

to

anfiver

for

all your

fins

before

the

Lord,

as

you would

waft)

you

ha

l

done

it

then,

fo

do

it

now

;

I

put

it

to every one

of

you

;

Have

you not

been

on.

your

hck-

beds,

and

in

your

apprehenfion near unto

death

;

ha

eh

not

God

awaken-

ed

your

Confciences,

and

you have

been

afraid upon

the

account

of

your

fins

;

what kind

of temper your

fouls

have

been

in

then, know

it

concerns you

every day

in

the

whole courfe

of your

lives

to

have the

fame.

apprehenfi-

ons

as

you

had at

that

time

;

do now

as

then

you would

have done

:

certainly

thou

doff

not

underffand:.

what pardon

of

1in

means,

if

thou

doff not

feek

it thus.

Seventhly,Do

it

as

thou

tbini

j'1

in

thy Confcience the

Dam-

ned.

fouls in

Hell

would

do

if

God

fhould

give

them

a.

pof

bility

What

would

they

do

if

God

Mould

proclaim unto them

a

pofiibility

of

pardon

?

what

would

they

do

?

divers

things you

may

conceive

they

would do

;

and

here

it

comes up fully

to

my

hand

to

put you

upon

it,

to fay,

0

!

what

shall

I

do

?-

Were

we to preach

to them

in

Hell,

do

you think that

there

is

any one

of

them

but

would

mightily'

cry

to the God-of Hea-

ven

;

'tis not

like

that any

one

of

fuch an

Auditory

but

would

:

rttightily

cry

to

God

,

if

the

great

counfels

of

'God

concern-

ing

pardon

of

fin

were

preach'd

to

them

;

and

will

not

every

one

of

you now

mightily cry to-God for

it

?

certainly

if they

would

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