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Goi
el
P
em
fsion.
But
who
are
they
that
difhonour
this
g7
eat
work
of
God
?
or
how
many wayes may
we
be
guilty
in Gri
ing againft this
great
mercy
of
God
in
forgivenefs
of
fin
?
I [hall
Phew
firft
who
they
be
that
cart
di[honour
on
this
great
work
of
God
;
and Second-
ly,
Shew
thegreatnef
of
thy
fin,
what
a
dangerous thing
it
is
to
fits
againft
this
great
work
ofGod
in
pardoning
fin.
Anfw.
I
Firft,
They
fin againfl this
great
work&f
God
in pardoning fin
that
are altogether carelefs, who little
or
nothing
mind
it,
or
fcarce fpend any time about
it :
there
are
a
generation of
men
and
women
in
the
world,
that
have
fin
and
guilt
enough upon
their
fpirits,
yet
they fc;rce
ever
call
to
mind,or
queftion what
are the
terms
between
God
and
their
own Souls, how things
Rand be-
tween
God
and
them
?
what
God
bath
to
charge
them withal
?
whether God
bath any
thing
againft
them,yea
or
no
?
How
few
of
you
now
this
morning that arc
come
into the prefence
ofGod,
have had
your
thoughts working
thus
?
O
my
foul
how
is
it
with
thee
?
How
do
matters
(land
betwixt
God
and
thee? What
guilt
is
it
thou
baft
upon
thy
Spirit
?
What
bath
Divine
f
uflice
to
charge
thee
withal
?
Confcience
fpeakfreely ana
fully
:What
is
therein
Heaven againfi
me
?
Is there any
thing
upon
Record
that
1
am.
charged
withal
?
How is
it
between God
ana
me?
O
what
ftran-
gers
are
molt
men unto fuch
thoughts
as
thefe
1
but go
on in
a
fleepy,
fecure and dead
hearted way,
either they
believe
there
is
no
guilt
at
all
upon
their fpirits,
or no great
evil in
that guilt,
or
elfe
think
'tis
no
great matter for
God
to
pardon.
You are
very
folicitous
for
the flefh, what
you
(hall
eat
and
drink,, and
what
you
full
put
on
;
and
for your Eftates,
how
to
get
and increafe
in
the
world
:
But to make up
the Records
between
G od and
your
Souls,to get them difcharged,and the Records
of
Heaven cancel-
led
that are againft
you
:
O
how
feldom do thefe
things take
up
your
thoughts
?
Know
you that
are
of
fuch carelefs
fpirits
about
this
great matter
of
pardon
of fin,that
it
is
a
great
aggravation
of
your
fin,
that
you are
fo
carelefs about
that
great
work
of
God
in
pardoning
fin,
you are carelefs
and fpend but
a
few
thoughts
about
that,
that bath (as
I
may
fo fpeak
with holy reverence
taken up the
heart
of
the
infinite
God
from
all
eternity
:
cer-
tainly, there
is
not
any in
the
world,
not any
of
the
works
of
God
towards
his
creatures bath taken
up
the
thoughts
and
heart
of