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GoJl

el

R

in

f

sion.

to

God

in the

Higheft

;

Lord,What

is

man

that

thou fhouldJt

be

fo

mindful of him

?

thou

haft

made

him

a

little

lower

than

the

An-

gels

;

nay,

as

you

have

heard

this

day,

God

has

fet

him above

thofe

Angels that

finned

againft him

;

Chriß

would not

chew

mercy to

them, they

could

not

be

pardoned

;

this

is

for

poor

fin-

ners

in

the

world,

a

generation

of

thofe

that

feek

him,

that

have

this

great

mercy

of

pardon

and forgivenefs

of

fin

revealed to

them

;

What

fhali

we

fay

to

there

things?

the Apoftles

expref-

lion may help

us

to make way

to the Application

,

and

as

I

have

told

you

we

fhould

fan

&ire

the

Name

of God,

in

ftanding ama-

zed

at the wonderful

grace

of God

that glorioufly appears

in

the

Juftification

of

a

finner,

as

we

have opened

in

many

Particulars.

And now

we have

many things to

fay

in

the

Application of thefe

things,

for the anfwer to that queftion, What

(hall

we

fay

to

there

things

?

attend

in

the fear

of God,

and

you íhall hear

in

the Ap-

plication what fhall

be

Paid

to thofe things, you

have

heard

in

the

former

Doctrine.

CHAP.

XIV.

of

the Dishonour

that

is done

by

Men

to

the

Pardoning

Grace

of

God

by

flighting of

it.

rIrft,

This

we

have

to

fay

to

thefe

things,

Surely

if

the

Pardon

of

Sin

be

fo

great

a

mercy as you

have

heard,

and that

there

is

fuch a

wonderful work,of

God

in

it

,,

then

it

muff

needs

be

a

horrible

and vile thing

to

fin

againft

this

grace that

the

heart

of

God

is fo

much

in

;

to

difhonour

this great

work of

God

muff

needs

be a

very vile

and

horrible thing

:

And this

hath

been

my

intention,

my

very plot,

as

to

fet

forth

the

greatnefs

of

the

grace,

of

God

in

the

mercy

of

forgivenefs ;

fo

fo

to keep you

from

finning

againft

this

grace.

If

he be bleffed upon

whom

fùch a

great

and

glorious

work

of God

is

wrought

in

forgivenefs

of

fin;

then

it muff needs

be a

molt horrible

and dreadful

thing

for

any

man

or

woman to

fin

againft this

grace

of

God

;

and

horrible to

difhonour

fuch

a

great

work

of

God

as

this

is.

But