318 FORGIVENESS OF SIN. tion, and lie down in darkness; or it must shut out all dreadful apprehensions of eternity by the power of its lusts and carnal affections; or it must, whatever its dis- couragements be, cast itself upon pardon in the blood of Jesus Christ. Now, if all the former ways be detest- able and pernicious, if the best of them be a direct opposition to the Gospel, what has the soul to do but to exercise faith, and to improve every encouragement, even the least, to that purpose. CHAPTER XV. IIINDERANCES TO A SENSE OF FORGIVENESS. - AFFLICTIONS. Having given some rules for obtaining gospel-peace, I proceed to notice, as the second general application of our subject, some HINDERANCES to a sense of forgive- ness. Consider, in particular, where the stress and hin- derance lies that keeps you from peace through an esta- blished persuasion of an interest in evangelical pardon. Do not always fluctuate up and down in generals and uncertainties; but fix on the distinct obstacle, that it may be tried whether it be sufficient to keep you in your present entanglementsand despondencies. Search out your wound, that it may be tried whether it be curable or not. To help you herein, I shall mention some general heads, to which most of the objections that distressed sinners make against their own peace
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