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62,
Go#el
Remijsiora.
fhould I labour to follow
hard
after
them,
and
get
as
near
o
them
as
I
can in
point
of Sandification
:
this
Argument
Mould
come
with power
and
ftrength
upon
our
hearts,
to
f(:ir
up
all
our
endeavours to
be
like to
them
in
point
of Sanctification,
that
are
equal
with
them
in
point
o:Juffification. How
Mould
we
imitate e_wofes's Meeknefs,
David's
Love,
Paul's
Zeal, and
fob's
Patience.
CHAP.
Ix.
Of
Pardoning Mercy
being an Irrevocable
Mercy.
Le
fed
are
they
that
have
their
Inigccities
forgiven,
for
it
is
vent
13
an irrevocable
mercy
;
when
God'pardons
fin,
he
never
re-
voles
it
again
;
it
is
true,
the
foul
that
is
pardoned may after-
wards
commit many offences,that may provoke the difpleafure of
God
againft
him,
yet
he íhal( never
fo
provoke
God,
as
to caufe
him
to revoke
this
mercy
of
pardon
to
all
eternity
:
if
thou
art
once
pardoned ,thou
art
pardoned
for ever
:
It
is
not
fo
with
God
in
pardoning
as
it
is
with
men
; a
King pardons
a
Malefactor
on
condition
of
his
good
behaviour
afterwards
;
though
it
is
true,
a
Believer
will
be
more
careful
of
offending
after
he
is
pardon-
ed
than ever before
:
But
yet, God
does
not pardon
me
fo
much
on
condition
of
my
good behaviour
as
of
his
free grace,
therefore
it
abides
:
He
does not
fay to
a
poor foul,
I
will
par-
,don
you,
but
it (hall
be
on this
condition
, that you
behave
your
Pelf
well,
and
if
you
be
found
tripping
in
any one
thing,
I
will
recal my
pardon
back
again
:
it
is
fo
with
a
Princes
Pardon,
a
man
that
is
pardoned
for
his
life, if that
man
afterwards
offend,
perhaps breaks
the Peace,
which
in
another
man
would
not
be
fo
great
a m fitter,
for
he
could
foon
fatisfie the Law for
it
;
but
he that
goes
under pardon
for
his life
,
if
he
break the Peace,
it
colts him
his
life
;
whereas
another,
if
he
firike
a
man,
it
is
but
an Affault and
eery
in
him
but
he
that
has his
Pardon
for
his
lifer
it
to
them
áßp
;ione by
him,
his
Pardon may
be
evoktion
:
it
is
obfervable to him
his
life
:
I
hope you will
not