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them

be

what they will,

if

there

be

but

a

poffibility it

is

enough,

thinking

every one it

might

be

he

:

Well

then,

ix

the

poffibility

of

being faved, would

be

received

with

fuch

joyfulnefs

by

the

damned

in

Hell

;

What

then

is

the

Poffefìion

of

it,

and

glorious

knowledge

of

it

to

a

foul

that

is

already pardoned

?If

they would

all

,cry

out,

on fuppofition a meffage

fhould

be

delivered

of

a

poffibility

that

force

fhould

be

freed from Hell,

and have

their

Tins

pardoned

?

They

would

all

cry

out,

O

bleffed, bleffed

in-

deed

is

he

that

fháll have his

fins

pardoned,

and

be

delivered

from Hell

l

if

they would

give this

teflimony

,

let

us

give

it

much

more

:

Though there

be a bleffed

difference between

their

condition

and

yours, yet

not long

fence

there

was

not,it

may

be, for ought you

know,

force

of

them

might go to

Church

with you,

fit

in

the

fame

Pew,

and

hear

thofe Sermons

of the

Evil

of

Sin,

which

now they

are

gone to

feel,

and

are

Phut

up

in the bottomlefs

pit

,

beyond

any

poffibility

of pardon

:

But

this

is

granted to you

all

that

are before the

Lord

this day

;

In

the Name

of God I

can

boldly preach this unto

you, that

if

you

come

in

and

believe, there

is

a

poffibility,

yea,

even

for the

worft

of

all,

they

may come in and

be

pardoned.

Now

if

the

damned

in

Hell would prife

it

fo

high, if there

were

a

poffibi-

lity for

them

to be pardoned, (hall

not

you

prife

it

as

high

as

they

?

As

I remember in fetttng out

the

evil

of

fin,

that

was one

thing that

aggravated the

fin

of

men above

the

Devils, that

the

Devils

believe

araá

tremble,

and

yet force

men will

not do

fo

much

as

the Devils

:

fo

now

I

fay,if

there

were

but

a

poffibility

of pardon

to

the damned

in

Hell,

how would

they rejoyce

;

and (hall not

you rejoyce more than the

damned

fouls

in Hell

would?

Bethink

your

[elves,

if

the damned

fouls in

Hell

would

rejoyce

,

if

they had

a

meffage

of

a

poffibility

for

them

to

be

faved

;

methinks

you fhould

not

be

quiet

,

if

you

find

not

the

fame

workings in

your hearts

as

would

be

in

theirs

.,

Shall

a

poor

Minifter

be

forc'd

to

fay

,

there

is

lefs

hopes

to

prevail

with you than if

he

were to preach to thofe

in Hell

?

Shall

he

fay, there

would

be

better Auditors in Hell than

are

here

?

God

forbid

it

fhould

be

fo

,

that

there

fhould

be

more

ftirring

in'

Hell

(if

they. might

but

hear

of

a

probability

of

being

pardon

-

ed

)

than

there

is

with you,

if

Your

hearts are

not

ftirred

at the

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hearing