his_o people_n now_o in_o heaven_n be_v a_o ocean_n of_o infinite_a comfort_n lecture_n ix_o jer_n 50.20_o in_o those_o day_n and_o at_o that_o time_n the_o iniquity_n of_o judah_n shall_v be_v seek_v for_o and_o there_o shall_v be_v none_o etc._n etc._n argument_n i_o shall_v now_o conclude_v with_o the_o last_o sort_n of_o argument_n which_o be_v from_o those_o scripture_n that_o speak_v how_o god_n be_v affect_v with_o his_o people_n when_o they_o have_v sin_v which_o affection_n do_v necessary_o imply_v god_n see_v of_o sin_n so_o as_o to_o be_v angry_a with_o they_o yea_o in_o some_o respect_v god_n anger_n be_v more_o to_o they_o than_o other_o and_o we_o say_v in_o some_o sense_n god_n do_v more_o see_v and_o take_v notice_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o believer_n than_o other_o the_o place_n of_o scripture_n which_o speak_v in_o what_o manner_n god_n take_v the_o sin_n of_o believer_n be_v these_o ephes_n 4.30_o grieve_v not_o the_o holy_a spirit_n of_o god_n etc._n etc._n where_o 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and_o gripe_n he_o have_v within_o because_o of_o sin_n and_o no_o wonder_n he_o do_v not_o confess_v it_o and_o bewail_v it_o before_o god_n if_o therefore_o god_n keep_v thy_o heart_n in_o many_o doubt_n and_o fear_n give_v thou_o no_o rest_n consider_v whether_o thou_o have_v cast_v all_o that_o leaven_n out_o of_o thy_o house_n whether_o every_o achan_n within_o thou_o be_v stone_v or_o no._n it_o be_v in_o vain_a to_o cure_v the_o wound_n as_o long_o as_o any_o splint_n of_o the_o poison_a arrow_n lie_v within_o it_o or_o if_o thou_o find_v no_o sin_n unrepented_a of_o search_v whether_o thy_o formal_a lazy_a duty_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o all_o the_o blackness_n that_o be_v in_o thy_o heart_n we_o read_v in_o the_o canticle_n that_o the_o church_n laziness_n and_o she_o not_o open_v the_o door_n to_o christ_n when_o he_o knock_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o that_o spiritual_a desertion_n she_o be_v plunge_v into_o seek_v up_o and_o down_o for_o her_o belove_a but_o not_o find_v 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damn_v we_o lecture_n xxiv_o mat._n 6.12_o and_o forgive_v we_o our_o debt_n respect_v another_o question_n which_o be_v also_o of_o great_a use_n we_o be_v to_o dispatch_v at_o this_o time_n viz._n whether_o a_o believer_n repent_v and_o sue_v for_o pardon_n be_v to_o make_v any_o difference_n between_o a_o great_a sin_n and_o a_o less_o for_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v be_v persuade_v of_o the_o negative_a then_o will_v gross_a and_o notorious_a sin_n which_o tertullian_n call_v devoratoria_fw-la salutis_fw-la whirlpool_n and_o gulf_n wherein_o the_o party_n offend_v be_v plunge_v be_v no_o more_o than_o those_o sin_n which_o austin_n call_v quotidiana_fw-la &_o levia_fw-la daily_a infirmity_n which_o continual_o flow_v from_o the_o most_o sanctify_a person_n again_o on_o the_o other_o side_n a_o christian_a fall_v into_o such_o a_o gross_a sin_n may_v so_o far_o be_v swallow_v up_o with_o sorrow_n as_o that_o he_o shall_v think_v the_o whole_a bond_n of_o friendship_n be_v dissolve_v between_o he_o and_o god_n that_o he_o be_v cast_v out_o of_o that_o spiritual_a paradise_n he_o be_v in_o and_o that_o god_n be_v no_o more_o his_o father_n nor_o he_o his_o child_n it_o be_v therefore_o necessary_a to_o have_v a_o pillar_n of_o fire_n to_o guide_v we_o in_o this_o wilderness_n and_o that_o the_o whole_a truth_n of_o this_o matter_n may_v be_v understand_v observe_v these_o proposition_n question_n first_o every_o sin_n even_o the_o least_o sin_n do_v deserve_v eternal_a death_n as_o appear_v by_o those_o general_a place_n curse_a be_v every_o one_o that_o abide_v not_o in_o all_o thing_n the_o law_n command_v gal._n 3.10_o now_o every_o sin_n be_v a_o transgression_n of_o the_o law_n this_o the_o apostle_n speak_v universal_o of_o all_o sin_n without_o any_o exception_n rom._n 6.23_o the_o wage_n of_o sin_n be_v death_n and_o indeed_o this_o must_v needs_o be_v so_o if_o you_o consider_v the_o least_o sin_n be_v a_o offence_n against_o a_o infinite_a god_n and_o in_o this_o respect_n because_o god_n be_v not_o a_o little_a but_o a_o great_a god_n so_o every_o sin_n be_v not_o little_a but_o a_o great_a sin_n again_o if_o you_o consider_v the_o necessity_n of_o christ_n blood_n to_o expiate_v this_o no_o sin_n can_v be_v think_v little_a for_o if_o a_o man_n have_v no_o sin_n in_o the_o world_n but_o one_o of_o these_o little_a one_o he_o can_v not_o escape_v eternal_a wrath_n without_o christ_n mediation_n therefore_o we_o can_v say_v any_o sin_n be_v venial_a either_o from_o its_o kind_n and_o nature_n as_o papist_n distinguish_v such_o they_o make_v to_o be_v officious_a or_o jest_a lie_n or_o from_o the_o imperfection_n of_o the_o act_n such_o they_o make_v those_o that_o be_v commit_v indeliberate_o or_o out_o of_o ignorance_n without_o full_a consent_n or_o knowledge_n or_o from_o the_o smallness_n of_o the_o matter_n as_o to_o steal_v a_o farthing_n or_o the_o like_a none_o of_o these_o sin_n be_v so_o small_a but_o that_o they_o deserve_v hell_n because_o they_o be_v the_o transgression_n of_o the_o law_n of_o a_o holy_a and_o great_a god_n and_o our_o saviour_n confirm_v this_o when_o he_o say_v of_o every_o idle_a word_n a_o man_n shall_v give_v a_o account_n mat._n 12.36_o and_o that_o phrase_n of_o give_v a_o account_n be_v not_o a_o diminutive_a but_o aggravative_a expression_n our_o saviour_n do_v there_o argue_v from_o the_o less_o to_o the_o great_a thus_o if_o a_o man_n must_v give_v a_o account_n for_o every_o idle_a word_n much_o more_o for_o blasphemy_n against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n take_v we_o heed_n therefore_o how_o we_o bring_v down_o the_o weight_n and_o guilt_n of_o the_o sin_n here_o also_o we_o may_v see_v why_o paul_n find_v such_o a_o mountain_n upon_o he_o by_o sinful_a motion_n only_o arise_v in_o his_o heart_n there_o be_v two_o place_n that_o seem_v to_o import_v such_o a_o difference_n between_o sin_n as_o if_o some_o only_a deserve_a hell_n and_o other_o not_o the_o first_o be_v mat._n 5.22_o where_o our_o saviour_n speak_v of_o three_o degree_n of_o sin_n do_v proportionable_o assign_v three_o degree_n of_o punishment_n and_o the_o last_o only_o be_v guilty_a of_o hell_n fire_n but_o the_o clear_a answer_n be_v that_o our_o saviour_n speak_v allusive_o to_o those_o three_o court_n of_o judicature_n among_o the_o jew_n the_o least_o punishment_n whereof_o be_v death_n so_o that_o the_o first_o court_n punish_v with_o death_n the_o second_o death_n with_o a_o more_o grievous_a torment_n the_o three_o with_o a_o most_o grievous_a for_o that_o our_o saviour_n do_v only_o allude_v to_o these_o court_n and_o not_o speak_v of_o what_o fault_n the_o court_n punish_v be_v plain_a for_o none_o can_v think_v that_o the_o court_n put_v any_o to_o death_n for_o call_v his_o brother_n fool_n it_o be_v murder_n and_o such_o â—ins_n that_o they_o punish_v with_o capital_a punishment_n the_o other_o place_n be_v 1_o joh._n 5.15_o 17._o where_o the_o apostle_n make_v a_o difference_n between_o a_o sin_n unto_o death_n and_o a_o sin_n not_o unto_o death_n but_o that_o be_v clear_o to_o be_v understand_v either_o of_o the_o sin_n against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n which_o in_o those_o time_n when_o the_o spirit_n of_o discern_v be_v frequent_a may_v easy_o be_v know_v or_o of_o such_o sin_n that_o do_v plain_o discover_v obstinacy_n and_o impenitency_n accompany_v of_o it_o otherwise_o no_o man_n may_v pray_v for_o another_o man_n that_o have_v commit_v a_o mortal_a sin_n if_o by_o a_o sin_n unto_o death_n the_o papist_n will_v mean_v every_o mortal_a sin_n lay_v therefore_o this_o foundation_n that_o every_o sin_n be_v mortal_a in_o respect_n of_o its_o desert_n and_o guilt_n howsoever_o to_o the_o godly_a believe_v and_o repent_v no_o sin_n be_v mortal_a
the_o same_o we_o can_v prove_v it_o be_v because_o of_o repentance_n future_a so_o that_o still_o no_o sin_n will_v be_v forgive_v without_o repentance_n for_o suppose_v that_o be_v a_o true_a rule_n to_o stand_v upon_o god_n internal_a will_n to_o pardon_n be_v a_o immanent_a act_n and_o therefore_o from_o all_o eternity_n will_v it_o not_o as_o well_o follow_v god_n internal_a will_n to_o give_v repentance_n be_v a_o immanent_a act_n and_o therefore_o repentance_n be_v from_o all_o eternity_n if_o another_o be_v a_o true_a rule_n that_o god_n have_v give_v we_o all_o pardon_n from_o eternity_n only_o we_o have_v the_o sense_n of_o it_o and_o manifestation_n in_o our_o own_o soul_n may_v we_o not_o then_o say_v that_o we_o have_v the_o grace_n of_o repentance_n from_o all_o eternity_n but_o it_o be_v declarative_a in_o time_n in_o our_o own_o soul_n for_o although_o justification_n be_v god_n act_n and_o repentance_n we_o yet_o we_o be_v passive_a in_o the_o infusion_n of_o this_o as_o well_o as_o justification_n i_o speak_v not_o of_o repentance_n as_o a_o act_n which_o can_v so_o proper_o be_v say_v to_o be_v infuse_v but_o of_o the_o frame_n of_o the_o soul_n if_o a_o three_o rule_n shall_v be_v true_a that_o therefore_o sin_n be_v pardon_v because_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n say_v it_o will_v pardon_v all_o do_v not_o this_o hold_n also_o for_o repentance_n see_v in_o the_o covenant_n god_n promise_v to_o give_v a_o repent_a heart_n last_o if_o god_n may_v be_v think_v changeable_a because_o now_o he_o pardon_v and_o once_o he_o do_v not_o will_v it_o not_o as_o well_o hold_v because_o he_o now_o give_v grace_n to_o such_o a_o man_n to_o repent_v and_o once_o he_o do_v not_o to_o conclude_v therefore_o it_o follow_v with_o a_o equal_a necessity_n that_o if_o future_a sin_n be_v forgive_v before_o they_o be_v commit_v that_o god_n also_o do_v accept_v of_o future_a repentance_n before_o it_o be_v practise_v or_o else_o if_o repentance_n be_v not_o receive_v by_o god_n till_o actual_o perform_v so_o neither_o be_v sin_n forgive_v till_o actual_o commit_v and_o repent_v of_o the_o result_n of_o this_o whole_a truth_n be_v by_o way_n of_o use_n use_v to_o admonish_v we_o that_o we_o make_v not_o any_o doctrine_n about_o grace_n in_o the_o genius_n and_o natural_a consequence_n of_o it_o to_o encourage_v or_o harden_v to_o sin_n if_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n which_o have_v appear_v to_o teach_v thou_o to_o deny_v all_o ungodly_a lust_n make_v thou_o love_v they_o the_o more_o if_o because_o you_o be_v under_o grace_n sin_n have_v therefore_o dominion_n over_o you_o if_o there_o be_v goodness_n with_o the_o lord_n and_o therefore_o you_o do_v not_o fear_v he_o then_o know_v all_o thing_n work_v contrary_a to_o their_o nature_n and_o scripture-direction_n all_o gospel-grace_n be_v a_o cleanse_n purify_n refine_n property_n it_o be_v fire_n to_o get_v out_o the_o dross_n it_o be_v water_n to_o wash_v away_o the_o filth_n it_o be_v oil_n to_o mollify_v the_o wound_n of_o the_o soul_n it_o be_v wine_n to_o make_v the_o heart_n glad_a and_o rejoice_v in_o god_n do_v not_o while_o you_o promise_v yourselves_o a_o liberty_n by_o grace_n therein_o become_v servant_n of_o corruption_n more_o especial_o let_v the_o child_n of_o god_n who_o have_v have_v sweet_a experience_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n upon_o their_o soul_n take_v heed_n of_o fall_n and_o relapse_n if_o the_o prodigal_a son_n after_o that_o reconciliation_n make_v with_o his_o father_n after_o all_o that_o glory_n and_o love_v vouchsafe_v to_o he_o have_v again_o wander_v into_o far_a country_n prodigal_o consume_v all_o his_o estate_n live_v with_o swine_n upon_o husk_n how_o unpardonable_a and_o unworthy_a will_v this_o fact_n have_v be_v no_o less_o guilty_a will_v thou_o be_v who_o haste_n have_v the_o ring_n put_v on_o thou_o who_o have_v feed_v on_o the_o fat_a calf_n if_o after_o this_o thou_o provoke_v god_n by_o gross_a transgression_n some_o have_v dispute_v whether_o it_o be_v possible_a for_o a_o godly_a man_n to_o be_v secure_a in_o sin_v and_o more_o willing_a to_o offend_v because_o of_o god_n gracious_a covenant_n which_o will_v infallible_o rescue_v he_o out_o of_o that_o sin_n but_o what_o sin_n be_v not_o possible_a except_o that_o against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n even_o to_o a_o regenerate_a man_n take_v heed_n then_o lest_o thou_o love_v the_o gospel_n because_o it_o have_v always_o glad_a tiding_n and_o thou_o can_v not_o abide_v the_o precept_n or_o threaten_n because_o they_o speak_v hard_a thing_n to_o thou_o there_o may_v be_v a_o carnal_a gospeller_n as_o well_o as_o a_o popish_a legalist_n lecture_n xxix_o act_n 3.19_o repent_v and_o be_v convert_v that_o your_o sin_n may_v be_v blot_v out_o the_o apostle_n peter_n in_o this_o exhortatory_n discourse_n of_o he_o to_o the_o jew_n deal_v like_o a_o wise_a physician_n first_o discover_v the_o danger_n of_o the_o disease_n second_o apply_v a_o effectual_a remedy_n the_o disease_n be_v that_o heinous_a sin_n the_o jew_n be_v guilty_a of_o in_o kill_v of_o christ_n the_o prince_n of_o life_n which_o sin_n be_v aggravate_v by_o a_o threefold_a antithesis_fw-la 1._o they_o deliver_v up_o and_o deny_v christ_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o pilate_n when_o he_o will_v have_v acquit_v he_o 2._o they_o deny_v he_o though_o he_o be_v a_o holy_a and_o just_a one_o 3._o they_o desire_v a_o murderer_n to_o be_v release_v rather_o than_o he_o this_o be_v their_o sin_n in_o the_o next_o place_n you_o have_v the_o remedy_n prescribe_v in_o two_o word_n repent_v and_o be_v convert_v repent_v that_o denote_v a_o change_n in_o the_o heart_n and_o to_o be_v convert_v a_o alteration_n in_o the_o outward_a conversation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d howsoever_o it_o be_v general_o receive_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v only_o true_a and_o godly_a sorrow_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o imperfect_a and_o unsound_a grief_n which_o be_v upon_o hypocrite_n yet_o this_o be_v not_o universal_o true_a for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v apply_v to_o true_a repentance_n mat._n 21.19_o &_o 32._o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o a_o outward_a repentance_n meeer_o mat._n 11.21_o the_o other_o word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v reciprocal_o turn_v yourselves_o or_o be_v turn_v this_o exhortation_n do_v not_o suppose_v freewill_n in_o we_o it_o only_o denote_v our_o duty_n not_o our_o ability_n neither_o be_v grotius_n his_o assertion_n better_o than_o semipelagianisme_n when_o he_o compare_v the_o will_n of_o a_o man_n to_o the_o mother_n and_o grace_n to_o the_o father_n so_o that_o as_o child_n be_v name_v after_o the_o father_n and_o not_o the_o mother_n thus_o good_a action_n be_v denominate_v from_o grace_n not_o freewill_n for_o in_o our_o conversion_n freewill_n be_v neither_o a_o total_a or_o partial_a cause_n preoperant_a or_o cooperant_fw-la but_o the_o passive_a subject_n recipient_a of_o that_o vim_fw-la gratiae_fw-la vorticordiam_fw-la as_o austin_n call_v it_o the_o heart-changing_a power_n of_o grace_n this_o duty_n of_o repentance_n be_v urge_v from_o the_o profitable_a consequent_a piscator_fw-la call_v it_o effectu_fw-la utili_fw-la the_o effect_n of_o conversion_n which_o be_v that_o your_o sin_n may_v be_v blot_v out_o it_o be_v not_o a_o inference_n of_o causality_n but_o of_o consequence_n blot_v out_o be_v as_o you_o hear_v from_o merchant_n that_o expunge_v their_o debt_n or_o the_o scribe_n that_o race_v out_o those_o letter_n which_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v in_o the_o paper_n or_o the_o painter_n that_o deface_v those_o lineament_n which_o shall_v not_o be_v in_o the_o picture_n in_o the_o next_o place_n you_o have_v the_o time_n when_o these_o sin_n shall_v be_v blot_v out_o that_o be_v when_o the_o time_n of_o refresh_a shall_v come_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v use_v exod._n 8.15_o some_o do_v not_o understand_v this_o nor_o that_o expression_n the_o time_n of_o restitution_n of_o all_o thing_n vers_fw-la 21._o of_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n but_o of_o that_o preservation_n the_o elect_a shall_v have_v when_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n shall_v be_v hence_o it_o be_v that_o they_o expound_v the_o day_n of_o the_o lord_n so_o much_o speak_v of_o in_o peter_n and_o other_o place_n which_o be_v say_v to_o be_v come_v upon_o the_o believer_n of_o that_o time_n when_o god_n come_v to_o destroy_v jerusalem_n but_o there_o be_v no_o cogent_a reason_n to_o go_v from_o the_o receive_a interpretation_n which_o make_v the_o day_n of_o judgement_n to_o be_v the_o time_n of_o refresh_v to_o the_o godly_a for_o so_o indeed_o it_o be_v because_o than_o they_o be_v ease_v from_o all_o those_o trouble_n and_o oppression_n they_o lie_v under_o in_o
make_v little_a or_o nothing_o of_o it_o as_o it_o be_v a_o great_a fault_n in_o a_o child_n to_o slight_a or_o make_v nothing_o of_o his_o father_n correction_n now_o let_v all_o the_o world_n judge_n whether_o the_o antinomian_a doctrine_n do_v not_o open_a a_o wide_a gate_n to_o despise_v god_n affliction_n this_o make_v they_o cry_v down_o fast-day_n repentance_n humiliation_n and_o confession_n of_o sin_n yea_o they_o make_v it_o popery_n and_o hypocrisy_n what_o be_v do_v this_o way_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o may_v say_v with_o homer_n magistrate_n 6._o if_o god_n have_v command_v magistrate_n to_o execute_v outward_a evil_n upon_o some_o godly_a man_n that_o have_v heinous_o offend_v than_o its_o god_n will_v to_o afflict_v they_o for_o sin_n but_o he_o have_v do_v so_o if_o a_o godly_a man_n be_v through_o the_o dalilah_n of_o some_o corruption_n persuade_v to_o have_v his_o hair_n cut_v off_o his_o spiritual_a strength_n go_v and_o so_o he_o fall_v into_o the_o sin_n of_o murder_n be_v it_o not_o god_n will_v that_o the_o magistrate_n shall_v put_v he_o to_o death_n for_o this_o sin_n and_o what_o god_n will_v have_v the_o magistrate_n do_v be_v it_o not_o as_o much_o as_o if_o god_n himself_o have_v do_v and_o must_v not_o all_o say_v this_o be_v a_o chastisement_n upon_o he_o because_o of_o his_o sin_n thus_o have_v i_o bring_v reason_n to_o prove_v that_o which_o i_o think_v be_v never_o deny_v before_o till_o this_o age_n which_o every_o day_n like_o africa_n bring_v forth_o some_o monster_n and_o certain_o the_o doctrine_n of_o affliction_n upon_o the_o godly_a be_v so_o sweet_a and_o wholesome_a a_o truth_n that_o none_o but_o a_o spider_n can_v suck_v out_o such_o poison_n from_o it_o as_o the_o antinomian_n have_v do_v lecture_n v._n rome_n 3.24_o 25._o be_v justify_v free_o by_o his_o grace_n etc._n etc._n we_o come_v now_o to_o consider_v how_o the_o antinomian_n can_v make_v good_a that_o paradox_n of_o his_o god_n chastise_v not_o 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