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B05826	A practical discourse of the sin against the Holy Ghost: shewing plainly, I. What it is. II. How any person may certainly know, whether he has been guilty of it. : Designed to bring incouragement to the faithful penitent, tranquility of mind to the obedient, joys to them that love; and the returning sinner from desperation.	Sharp, John, 1645-1714.	1695 (1695)	Wing S3007AA; ESTC R233296	26,766	101

your Self And if so Then as I said you cannot chuse but with Tears of Hopes and Joys and Grief and Love Return to him quickly by Repentance and Persevere and Hold on in a New and a Better Obedience Seeing there is upon These Terms Hopes for Thee even Thee too To Examine a little further Hast thou been guilty of an Vtter Willful and Spiteful rejecting of the Gospel of Salvation by the Holy Jesus Hast thou been guilty of This notwithstanding that in thy Conscience thou wert convinced that Jesus is the Christ and that Faith and Holiness is the Way to be Saved Hast thou been guilty of an advised and absolute falling away from the Profession of the Faith of Christ so far that against former Knowledge and Conscience thou dost maliciously Oppose and Blaspheme the Holy Spirit of God in the Word and in the Ordinances of the Gospel Hast thou so far rejected resisted and utterly quenched all the Perswasions and Motions of the Spirit of God working formerly upon your Heart and Affections as out of hatred to Christ to Oppose and Deny and Disown him and his Doctrines Or so far as thus to Crucifie to your self afresh the Son of God and by disowning him to put him to open Shame Heb. 6.6 Treading under foot the Son of God and counting the Blood of the Covenant wherewith you were sanctified an unholy Thing or Thus done despite to the Spirit of Grace Then indeed hadst thou also totally and finally continued in this State and liv'd and dy'd in it hadst thou been Guilty of this Vnpardonable Sin Which Sin by the way is also called the Sin against the Holy Ghost and becomes Unpardonable because 't is against the Office of the Holy Ghost and against the Gracious Operations of the Holy Spirit whose Business and Office 't is to perswade us to receive Christ crucified and the Faith and Doctrine of the Gospel Well Though thou hast then been a Sinner and unkindly Grieved the Holy Spirit of Love yet thou hast been no Apostate That is Thou hast yet been Guilty of no Willing Malicious Total Falling off from Christ and the Faith and Doctrine of the Gospel tendred to thee by the Holy Ghost and against the Light and Convictions of That Sacred Spirit thou hast not yet denied him and by a willful Blindness oppos'd him too If things are thus with Thee Sinner as I verily believe they are Come be so far Comforted as chearfully but yet Quickly and Sincerely to return to thy offended God and Saviour and do not stay in the Confines of Desperation any longer than you Dwell in your Sin Nay for thy Consolation and Encouragement in thy Speedy Return to thy offended Father in the Faith and Name of Jesus I have This further to add concerning the Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost That the Sin it self is only upon this Account Vnpardonable because it hath a finally Impenitent Temper joyn'd with it For otherwise were it possible that such a Sinner should Repent by a Sincere and Persevering Repentance there would be no doubt of his Pardon Even the Blasphemer of the Holy Spirit himself Repenting Returning Believing Laying hold on the Mercies of God in the Lord Jesus and Coming in to his Faith and Love and Obedience shall have Mercy Here stop a little Dear Christian and be perswaded to Consider the great Cause you have to Resolve presently and intirely to cast off the Sin that does so easily beset you and to choose Wiser and Better and to Return to the Ways of your Master with Speed and Care and Consolation too Do it Quickly and Sincerely and I do assure you your Case is not yet Desperate Oh that This Consideration might melt thee once more into Tears of Grief and Love and Joy too Tears of Hope and Penitential Tears And how can it choose but do so That there should be Balm in Gilead for thee even Thee too And that for Thee there should be a Physician there Let this make it an evil and a Bitter Thing to thee as the Prophet speaks Jer. 2.19 That thou hast forsaken the Lord. Evil and Bitter let it appear to thee That thou hast held out in any Known Sin against so much Tenderness and Compassion Love and Pity Long-suffering and Forbearance which St. Paul says an Ingenuous Temper would have made another use of Rom. 2.4 Evil and Bitter let it appear to thee That thou hast held out in any Darling Vice so long against so many Gracious Calls and Invitations and Wooings of Thee to be Wise and Happy Evil and Bitter let it appear to thee That thou hast held out so long and taken little or no Notice of the Dying Words of a crucified Master but hast dis-regarded what he left thee in Charge when he went away Evil and Bitter it must needs appear to thee to have Held out so Long against the Calls and Invitations of Agonizing Love Speaking to thee meltingly and Saying If ye Love me keep my Commandments Come Dear Christian after such a Thought as This Try if thou can'st find it in thy Heart to Return to Affront him again as bad as ever by any Known Sin Try if in this Thought you can go on and still find it in your Heart to Affront him as much as ever by the voluntary Omission of any Known necessary Duty And then presently in a Holy Meditation look up to him with Reverential Love where he is now Preparing a Place for you if you will and say to him with an affectionate Humility Blessed Jesu Long hast thou staid for me and not given me up to a Reprobate Spirit but thou shalt stay no longer Thou hast long look'd for me and not given me up to a Spirit of Desperation but thou shalt look for me no longer I can hold out no longer I will hold out no longer against so much Love and Mercy So much Patience and Forbearance So much Long-suffering and Goodness I will I can hold out no longer Let the Sin promise what it will I will Hold out no longer against thee Let the Duty cost what it will I can hold out no longer against the endearing Calls and Intreaties of Bleeding Groaning Agonizing Dying Love No I cannot But seeing I have this Comfort that I have not Blasphemed thy Spirit or denied Thee and have so great Cause to Hope That I have not Committed the Vnpardonable Sin I am infinitely encouraged to come and to come joyfully to do Thy Will And I will come Quickly for I know the Night comes when none can work SECT VI. The first Practical Inference or Instance of Application from the Consideration of the Nature and Meaning of the Sin against the Holy Ghost Viz. That 't is Matter of great Encouragement for the Faithful Penitent to go on very Comfortably but yet very Sincerely in his Repentances HAving thus finish'd my Three first Heads of Discourse and shewn plainly what this Sin is and How we may assuredly know whether we

and all her Paths are Peace So says the Language of the Scripture And the Voice of Experience that says the same No Peace Nothing but Stings and Gnawings Shame and Dishonour Lashings and Rendings Inward Frettings and Uneasiness Discomposures and Disorders Heart-akings and Heaviness of Soul Fearfulness and Dissatisfactions of Mind Unquiet Days and Restless Nights attend a Sinful Course And for the Truth of all This I dare venture to appeal to the Sinner's own Experience And is This That which you like better than your own Inward Peace Is This That which you like better than you do to Cause Joy in Heaven by your Conversion from Sin to God and to Recover your own Peace and Joy again here and to make way for the extatick Joys of Futurity Come now Christian upon a View of both take which of the two you please Either the Stings and Gnawings The Shame and the Dishonour The Lashings and the Rendings The Inward Frettings and Vneasiness The Discomposures and Disorders The Heart-Akings and Heaviness of Soul The Fearfulness and Dissatisfactions of Mind The Vnquiet Days and Restless Nights of an Irreligious a Careless and a Prophane Course Or do This Cause Joy in Heaven as well as Joy and Peace to your Self by a Speedy Conversion from such an Uneasie Course to the Love and Obedience of your Saviour and the Ways of Holiness And blessed be God That the Choice is yet put to you and That you have not yet drawn upon your self the Guilt of the Vnpardonable Blasphemy 'T is true indeed you may if you please Christian Call the Stings and Gnawings the Shame and the Dishonours The Fearfulness and Dissatisfactions of Mind The Fretting and Uneasiness of a Sinful Course you may Call them Joys But yet oh that the Inconsiderate Sinner would but try the Difference The Difference I mean between the No-Peace of a Wicked and a Prophane Course and the unknown Peace and Delicacies of a Vertuous one All the Wisest and all the Best and all the Discreetest Men of the World that could see furthest into These Things have done so and they have quickly been convinced of the Truth of them And why will not you be That Happy Person Christian What should hinder you from being Wise for your Self and Wise for your Eternity Wise for your Truest and your Best Interest Or If you will not have me ask you the Question yet do This Ask your self the Question in your next Retirements when you are alone and with-drawn from the World Why my Soul say Why shall not I be That Happy Person That shall Cause Joy in Heaven and Joy to my Self Joy Above and Joy Below Joys Present and Future Joys by my speedy Conversion from Sin to God from my bosom darling Sin My Sin Especially considering the Hopes we have of being yet Successful if we are Speedy Sincere and Persevering The Vnpardonable Blasphemy has been none of our Sin Oh come then let us presently Arise and go to our Father and return Quickly with the Prodigal And then for the little Time that we have yet left for Eternity we 'll Labour Chearfully to continue in our Father's House and Favour by the few Rules of Probity and Sanctity which our Ascended Saviour was pleased to leave with us when he went away Till our short Day be ended and the Curtain be drawn and we give way to the next Age and we be securely put away to Rest and then our Work is over SECT VII The Second Practical Inference or Instance of Application from the Consideration of the Nature and the Meaning of the Sin against the Holy Ghost is This It brings Matter of Reproof and Terrour to the Careless and the Prophane Person that goes on in any known Sin and takes no Care to Come in and Return to God By Repentance and to Labour for the Contrary Vertue and Live in it FRom what has been said of the Sin against the Holy Ghost it appears very likely Christian that thou hast not been Guilty of that Vnpardonable Blasphemy Thou hast not with the Pharisees Blasphem'd him in affirming That the Miracles which thy Saviour wrought by the Power of the Holy Ghost were done by the Devil Nor hast thou made use of this as an Argument to deny him to be the Christ Thou hast not yet been Guilty of a Known Malicious and Total Falling off from and Denying the Faith of Christ and the Doctrine of the Gospel Thou hast not yet been Guilty of an Vtter Willful Spiteful rejecting of the Faith and Doctrine of Christianity notwithstanding that thou wert convinc'd that Jesus is the Christ Thou can'st not Charge these Things upon thy Self and therefore there is Reason to believe thou hast not committed the Vnpardonable Sin So far indeed thy Case is Hopefull But alas Perhaps all this while thou livest in some known willful Sin Thou continuest impenitently in some one such Guilt takest no Care to get out of it to Return to thy God by Repentance and Reformation and to obtain the Contrary Virtue and Live in it If this be thy Case last mention'd what does it signifie That thou hast not been Guilty of the Sin against the Holy Ghost For our Saviour tells us Except ye Repent ye shall all likewise Perish Thou hast not been Guilty very probably of the Vnpardonable Blasphemy But alas that other known willful Sin continu'd in is so long as 't is continu'd in the Vnpardonable Sin And let This be Matter of Terrour and Reproof and just Cause of Trembling to the Careless and the Impenitent and the Habitual Sinner Suppose thou hast not been Guilty of the Vnpardonable Blasphemy Ay but what if thy Lord come and find any other Known Iniquity thy darling Bosom Vice especially unreform'd unrepented of unmortify'd continu'd in by Thee Can'st thou expect then to be found in his Favour If thou art found out of the Covenant of Grace that is continuing in some Known Disobedience to him impenitently thou hast then Reason so long as you so continue to expect as little Mercy as if thou hadst committed the Vnpardonable Sin And how should this Consideration drive thee to a Quick and a Persevering Repentance of that Known Sin be it what it will And if as St. Paul says the Forbearance and Goodness of God should lead thee to Repentance How should these Terrours of the Lord as the same Apostle calls them perswade Thee and prevail upon Thee to run to it and to choose wiser and better and to do it quickly Lest thy Lord come and find thee though not a Blasphemer of the Holy Ghost yet out of his Way and his Obedience Going on in some deliberate habitual Sin Should he Thus come and find Thee come either by Death or Judgment and find thee out of his Covenant of Grace and Consign thee to the Sorrows of Eternity what shall it avail thee to say thou hast not been Guilty of the Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost For could That