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That
linnet
-o
f
prefumptionare
pardonable.
651
are
to
exile&
iudgement
and
condemnation,
feeirg
fuch
treade vnderfoote the
forme
ofGod,
and
count
the
blood
of
the
tef}ament
an
vnholy
thing,
and ctien
defpite the fpirit
of
grace,as
he
explanethhimfelfe
in
the
verfes
following.
And
fo
much concerning the:firfarlucflion.
The
fecond is,
§
Sel.5.
whether the
Chrifliananan
may fall
into
prefitmptuous
fins;
Mat
the
cbri-
and
ifhee doe, whether they
be pardonable
or
no.
For the
!á
pnlYfaÁ
firft,tho
gh
it
mull
needes bee
confeffed
that
it
is a
fearefull
teors, firmer,
cafe,to.
negle&
Gods
iuflice and
iudgements
becaufe
of
his
and that
fo
Ja!*
long
fuffering, or
to take
occafion
vpon the abundance
of
fing,he
may be
Gods
'mercies
and
readineffe
to
forgiue, to prouoke him
r
"ernedt°
continually
by
our
finnes
;
yet it cannot
be
dcnied,but that
a
mertte.
'true
Chriflian,
through
the
flrength
of
his inbred
corrupti,-
ons,may
fall
into
thefe
prefumptuous
firm
es; neither
is
there
any priuiledge
in
the holie
Scriptures
to
exempt
them from
any
finne
whatfoeuer;
but that
either before
or after
their
conuerfion.thev
may
fallinto it,
fauing onely
that
vnpardoa.
nable:finne which,
is,'
committed
againfl
the holie
Ghofl
Moreoueri.Datrid prayeth the
Lord
to
keepe
him
from
pre-
furptuem
finnes,
and
that
he
would
not
fuffer,thcm'ta
rai2,ne
osier
hire;
Pfàlnt,'
9.13
.
where
fidi
bee
iheweth
that
of-him,
Plalm,
x9.'3.
felfehee
was
apt to
fall
intò
fuch
finnes,
ifthe
,Lord
did not
preferue
him from
them;
and
fecondly,he
implieth;
that the
Lord might
for
good
caufcs
knowne
v-nto himfelfe
Puffer
him to
,commit
thefe
fumes
of
prefumption
;and
therefore
he
further
prayeth. that,
if
bee
fhouldfall
into:fuch¡funnes,
it:
would
plcafe
the
Lord to
raife
hirnby
true
repentance;
and
not
fuffer
them to rule and
raignein
him.
So
that
it
appca-
:
reth that
a
true
ChriPrianirray.fal
into
thefe
finnes.NoW,.
that-
hauing
fallen
he may rife agai:ae
bytrue
repentance; and
rem
ceiue
pardon
and
forgiuene
e,it;is
lik.ewife
manifcfl.
For
if-
once
the Lord
receirie vs
into the
couenantofgrace;
and
ac-s
knowledge
vs
for his -children,
.then
nothing in
the
world;
no
not
the tnofl'grienous
finites
which
wee
can
fall
inta,eaty
feparate
vs
from the
IoueofGod
which
is
in
Chris
Iefus
our
L
órd,as
the
Apoillefpeaketh,Rom.S.;S.39.
Secondlric,cui
Roin.2
33,59
Satliourteilethvs,that
eatery
/tine
erne'
bla,(pherny
'ball
be forQi
ocil
ni-o
tm
vpon:,true,
repentance, fauing,,oìjd
c
the
blaf:Mat.i2.3iFy,.
phemic
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