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Gof]iel
knit
on.
rifher of
it,"
I
john
1.9.
the Apoftle
fpeaks
of
the wonderful
grace of God
in
Chrift
to
us
;
If
we confc
fs
our
fraas,
he
is not
only
ready
to
forgive,
but
to
cleanfe
us
from
there. And
Chap.
2.1.
My
little
children,'
write
unto
you
thatyoufin not,that
you
take not
liberty
in
any
fin.
They
might
fay, you
write 'theta
things that
we
fin
not
:
but we have
fnfui
natures,
and
fo
(hall
certainly
fall
into
fin
for
all
this
:
Well,
for the comfort
or.
Saints,.
If
any gran
fin,
(ayes
he,
we
have
an
Advocate with
the
Father
:
Jefus
Chrift
is
prefently
an
Advocate
though
you
fin
through ignorance
and
negligence,
and
do not renew prefent
acts
of
faith to
fue
out
a
pardop
:
yet
fayes
the Holy
Gholt,
yefus
Chrift
is
an Advocate with
the
Father
the Lord
Chrift
íta
ids
before the
Father pleading
that
no
evil
may
befall
you for your
fin
;
this
is
the
admirable priviledge
of
the Saints
of
God
,
a
molt
bleffed
priviledge
they
have,
by
the
Cove-
nant
of
Grace
;
that when
they
commit
a
fin, and may
be
take
no
notice,
and
may
be
Confcience
is
fo
benum'd
at
prefent,
that
they
go not to
God
to
Peek a
pardon
;
but may
be
lye
in fin
a
long
time
together
;
yet
(ayes
the
Text,
you
have
one
that
pleads
your
cattle
:
and
it
is
from
hence,that Gods
wrath
comes
not
c
ut
againft
you
;
becaufe
you
have an Advocate
with
the
Father
:
Well
fayes
the
fecond
verfe,
And
he
is
the
Proeitiation
not only
for
our
fans,
but the fins
of
the
whole
world
;
he means believers
:
Now
in
ver.
3.
(ayes
he,
Hereby
we
know
that
we
know
him,
If
we
keep
his Commandments
;
as
if
he
had
Paid,
If
we do not
take.
heed
of
fin
and
keep
his
Commandments,
we
know not this grace.
of
pardon
:
if
any
that
hear
us
Minifters teach
this
Doetrine,
and
fay
they
know
him,
and
have
no care
to
keep
Gods
Corn
mandments,
'tis
quite
contrary
to what the Apoftle
(ayes
;
he
fays,Hereby
we
knew
that
we know
him,if
we keep
his
Command
-
ments;this knowing
of
him,as
it
is a
means
to
keep
hisCommand-
ments,
fo
'tis
an
argument
we do know him when we
do
keep his
Commandments
:
v.4.
He
that
fayes
'know
him,
that
is,Chrift,
.
to
be a
Propitiation
and an
Advocate,and
keeps
not
hisCommand-
ments is
a
lyar,.
and
the
truth
is not in him
:
That
man
that
rea=
fons
thus,
and
fiyes,Well,I
believe
in
Jefus
Chrift,
and
I
know
my
fins
are pardoned through faith
in
him
;
yea,
and
all the
fans
that.
(hall
be
committed,
a
pardon
is
laid in
for them,
and
I
(hall