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84

Goffel

Xemisiotz.

wont to

do

?

he

gave him this

anfwer,fayes

he,

I

cannot

live,and

what

f

all

I

now

think.of

uncleannefs

and fornication

?

I

am

in

danger

of

my

life,and

I

have

now

no

time

to

thinkpf.

uch

thins;

and

that helpt

and cured

his

thoughts

:

from this

we

may fee,that

if

a

foul was

pofieft

of

The

evil

of

fin,

and

the

danger

of

condem-

nation,the

necellity

and

great

.confequence

of

a

pardon

;

what

a

rnighty

means

would

it

be

to

take off

your

thoughts from

other

things,and turn

them upon

this;and certainly,

who ever

you

are,

whofe

thoughts

are not

mightily

taken

up

about

this great

fubjec`t

of

the

pardon of your

fins,

you take

the name

of

God

in

vain,and

do

not ffanai

fie

him in this

great

work,of

has;

and

know

this,you

that

fpend

your

dayes

fleeping

in

fecurity, your

damnation

fleeps

and (lumbers

not;

and

untill

your

fin

be

pardoned,the

infinite ju-

ftice

of

God

is

working your doom,for

the

full

fatisfadion

of

it,

that

is

the ftrft

thing

they

diíhonour God

in

that

go

on in

fecure

ceurfes without minding

fuch

a

great

thing

as

the

pardon of

fin is.

Secondly,Others

difhonaur

God,who

in

fitead

of

making

it

their

great

bufnefs

in this

world

to

get

theirfin

pardoned,t

hey

make

it

their

great

workto

increafe

the

guilt

of

fin,

by

heaping

up

more

and

more guilt,and

fo make

the

flame

greater,and

add to

it

conti-

nually.

You

would

think

it

a

very unreafonable

and

defperate

thing

in a

man,that

being condemned to

force

greivous &dreadrul

death, yet

there

being

a

pardon propounded

and

force

poflibility

of

it,

&

a

friend

for

this

very

end

get

a

Reprieval

of

the King for

two

or

three days,that

he

might

have

time to

fue

out his

Pardon;

fuppofe fuch

a

thing

:

Now then,

if

this

man

in

this time

of

Re-

prieval that

is

given for this

very end,to

feek

a

Pardon,fhould

call

for

good cheer

and

mufck,merriment

and

fporting,and

not only

fo,

but

fall

into

railing

againít the Prince, increafe

his

guilt,

and

provoke

the Prince more

and

more againft

him

;

Would

not

every man

fay,

this

man

is

worthy

of

the greateft extream

tor-

mentingeft death that

could

be

devifed

?

Nay,

I

fuppofe,

thould

you hear

of

fuch

an

one

condemned to

die,

and had his

life

given

him

for

this

very

end, you would

think,

furely

this

man

will

.

fpend thefe dayes

in

another

manner

than

ever he

fpent

his

time

before':

you

that

would think

fo

of

fuch

a

man,

it may

be

force

of

you, before

the

Lord

this

day are guilty

of

the

fame

evil,

for

this

is

a certain

truth,

that

all

the

men

in

the

world

have

been

condemn'd