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Gyfiel.
emion.
2
5
kindnefs from you
;
Which of
thefe
is
the
greater
incourage-
inent
?
certainly
to
a
flavifh
fpirit the
one
may
be
more than the
other
:
But
to
a
fpirit that
may
be
fuppofed to
have any
inge-
nuity
in
it,
the
later words mutt
needs
far
more
ingage him
to
walk
with
God
all his
days.
What,
is
Gods
grace
fo
free
?
that
he fhould
have fuch
pitty
on
poor
creatures,
not
only
at
their
firft coming in,
and
caning
themfelves
on
Christ,
as
to
par
-
don
all
their
fins,
though
they
be
never
fo
many
and
great
?
but
alto
ft:ch
a
Covenant
upon
my coming
in,
that
God
will
dif-
charge
all fins
that
(hall
be
committed
fur
time
to come, though
I
be
re
ÿdy
to
fail
into
fin
daily,
yet
I
fhall
not
come into con
-
demnation
?
O
what will
fo
infinitely ingage
a
gracious and
ii,ge_
nuous
fpirit
as
this
does
I
furely nothing
like this.
Now if
this
be
true,
that
man
that
is
forgiven,
is
thus forgiven
;
not only
for
time
paf,
but
alfò
fr
time to
cone
:
Then
bleffed is
the
man
whole
tranfgreffions
are
forgiven,
and
whole
iniquities are
pardoned.
Of
the tenth Myf?erie,
God
pardóns
a
fìnner,
not
becaufe
he
is
,
but
that
he
might
be
changed.
1o.The teritbMyft'erie
is
this
(for
I
would endeavour to
Phew
you
what
a
mighty work Pardon
of
Sin is
, and
raife
up
your
hearts
to
have
higher
thoughts
of
it
than
ever
you had
before
)
God
does
not
pardon
becaufe
a
inner
bath his
heart and nature
changed, but
that
he
might
be
changed.
And thus
the pardons
of
God
differ
from
all
ocher
pardons;
a
Prince pardons a
Male
-
fac4or,
or
a
Father
a
Child
:
but upon
what terms
?
a Prince
ex-
peas
his
Subject
fhould
be
changed
as
far
as
he can
difcern
;
and
a
Father,
(
though
never
fo
tender)
will not _pardon
a
Child,
unlefs he come
in
and manifeft
a
change
of
his
difobedient fpi-
rit,
and
then
he
pardons.
God
cloth
rot
pardon
becaufe
we
are changed
;
but
that
we
might
be
chanj
d
:
his
Pardon
comes
firft,
Rom.4..5.
a
very ftrange
place
f.
r
this,
and
may
iqcourage
any
poor
foul
that
is
troubled
or
fia. to come
in
Î
ríd
lay
hold
upon
Gods
mercy
in
Chriff;
But
to
him
that
wokf,h
not, but
be-
lieveth
on
him
that
jufl
ifaeth
the ungodly
his
faith
is
counted
unto
bin;
for
righteoufnefs.
Mark,
when
God
comes
to
juftifie
a
fin-
E
ner,