2,66 The Gofpel of the Trefpafs-Ofering. made David cry, Sacrifice thou wouldft not,. Pfal. 5r. elfe would Igive it he was at a Lois what to do. There was no Provifion madeby the Law for Atonement in that Cafe of his ; But as God by prerogative and. fpecial Difpenfation fpared his Life, fo he did alfo forgive his Sin, and taught him upon this Occafion the Imperfection of all the legal Sacri- fices : But yet there is an Atonement and a Trefpafs-Offering pro- vided under the Gofpel, even for fych Sins : There is a Spiritual Sacri- fice, jefus Chrift and his Blood : Therefore fuch notorious Sinners ihould not defpair ; fee i Cor. 6.1I. Such were force ofyou, foul enough and bad enough, but ye are wafhed, butye are juflified. Objeft. 3. But there be fome Sins even under the Gofpel, for which the Apóftle faith, there remaineth no more Sacrifice for Sin, Heb. to. but fiery Indignation andfearful looking for of judgment. dinfro. This is only the Sin againfb the Holy Ghofl. Now becaufe ma- ny when in Trouble of Confcience, are apt to fear they have com- mitted this Sin; I fhall therefore open a little to you the Nature of it,, to prevent Miftakes and Difcouragements : I shall' endeavour to thew, . you both wherein it doth not and whereinit doth confiat. And firft wherein it doth not confiT z. Ic is not every Error in Fundamentals that amounts to this Sin for force Hereticks have been renewed by Repentance, have been con- verted and reclaimed from the Error of their Way, which they that Sin againft the Holy Ghoft cannot be. 2. Suppofe a Man do not only err in FundamentalTruths, but (peak reproachful piercing Words againft it; as the _Quakers ufe to do when they fcoWagain a Chrift without us, and againft the Bible, cal- ing it a Dead Letter, This is Blafphemy; but yet it is not impoffible'. even for fuch a one, to repent and be forgiven, for Matth. 12.3°,32.. every Blafphemy againft the Son, that is, every kill or fort of°Blafphe-- my, may be forgiven. 3.. Yet further, that Sin which of all other. doth in force Refpe&s come neareft to the Sin again.ft the Holy Ghoft, is Perfecution; For here is Malice : Yet fame, even of thefe al-fo, have obtained Mercy; as Pant the Apoftie, who before his Converfion was a Perfecutor, he was both a Fundamental Het etick, and a Blafphemer, and a Perfe= cutor, 4.,, Some have thought it doth confift in univerfal Apoflacy. But there are rather Circurnitances that may accompany it, but are not of the Effcnce of it. Apoftacy is not efIential to it, much lefs univer- fal .Apofiaèy. It is true, thole in Heh. io. and Heb.6. were Apoftates, that fell, away, from their former Profeffion.; Therefore ppoftacy i fOLUCP
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