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6 6

Go

!pet

12emifsioil.

God

;

th,refore

there

is

another expreflion

that

may make

it

more

full, that

God

will

never look upon

their

fins

again

that

he

has

once

pardoned,

he blots

them

out,

he

cafis them behind

his back, he removes them

as

far

as

the

Eaft

is

from

the

Weft

;

and

if

that

be

not

enough

to

fatisfie

thee,

Micah

7.

19.

He

will

call

them

into

the bottom

of

the Sea

;

things that are

caft

into

the

bottom

of

the

Sea,

are

utterly thrown

out

of

fight, never

to

be

lookt for

again.

Well,but

though God

caft

them into the'bottom

of

the

Sea, he

may think upon them.

Therefore,

Fifthly,

Mark

another

expreflìon

further to

fatisfie

thee,

God

layes,

He will

remember them

no

more

;

they

(hall

be fo

far

from

being

thought upon, that

God

layes he will

not remember

them

any more

;

but

you

will

fay,

it

is

impoflible

for God

but

to

remember

them

;

yea,

but when

God pardons,

it fhall

be

as

Irrevocable,

as

if

God

did

never remember them

;

there are

di-

vers Texts remarkable for this, Ifa.

43. 25.

I

will

blot out thy

tranfgreffions,

and

will

not

remember thy

fns

:

I,

may

be

not

now

(thou

maift

fay)

but

he

will hereafter

;

fee

what

is

Paid

in

Jer.

3

t.

34.

I

will

forgive

their iniquity, and

I

will

re-

member

their

fin

no

more

;

neither

now

nor hereafter,

I

will

re-

member

their fin

no

more.

Sixthly,

They

f

hall

be

fo

forgiven,as that

there

(hall

be

no

more

mention

of

them

;

there

(hall

never

be

the

leaft

mention

of

a

be-

lievers

fins

before

God

,

and

for

that

fee

ezek. 33.16.

it

is

fpoken

of

every godly

man indefinitely

that turns

to

God,

and

is a

Believer, None

of

his

fins

that

he

hath

committed

(hall

be

mentioned

unto

him

;

by the

way,

let men take

heed

how

they

upbraid

the people

of God

for

any

of

their

former

fins

:

Perhaps

you

knew

fuch

a

one

in

the

times

of

his

ignorance,

and

you

fay

he

was

a

lyar,a

Drunkard

;

but

now

God

has revealed his

mercy

to

him

in

the pardon

of

his

fin,

and

God

fayes he will

not

men-

tion them

any more

:

Take

heed how you

cafe

their

fins,commit-

ted

in

the times

of

their ignorance,

in

their

teeth, faying,

oh you

are

fo

precife

now,

I

knew what

you

were

a

little

,

before

;

Shall

the

God

of

Heaven fay, he

will not mention

them any

more

;

and

yet

will

you

do it

?

God

will take

it

very

ill, at

your

hands

:

this

is

admirable comfort to

every

Believer,

that

God

will not remember their

fin

any

more ; he would have thee

to

remember