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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57945	The sin against the Holy Ghost: or, The sin unto death briefly discours'd of I. Proving what this sin is. And, II. That all other sins, how great and heinous soever, may be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall never be forgiven, neither in this world, nor in the world to come. To which is added, some instructions how a man may walk and not commit this unpardonable sin. By Mr. Robert Russel.	Russel, Robert, fl. 1692.	1700 (1700)	Wing R2348C; ESTC R220884	7,334	18

THE Sin against the Holy Ghost Or The Sin unto Death Briefly discours'd of I. Proving what this Sin is And II. That all other Sins how Great and Heinous soever may be forgiven unto Men but the Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall never be forgiven neither in this World nor in the World to come To which is added Some Instructions how a Man may walk and not commit this unpardonable Sin Mat. 12 31. That all manner of Sin and Blasphemy shall be forgiven unto Men except it be the Sin against the Holy Ghost By Mr. Robert Russel EDINBURGH Printed by James Watson for John Crossby 1700. Of the Unpardonable Sin AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST Or The Sin unto DEATH 1 John V. part of Vers 16. There is a Sin unto Death THere is no meer Man since the Fall that can live without Sin for all are Sinners But yet there are Degrees of Sin some Sins in their own Nature are small others are more great and heinous Many Sins there are that are great yet pardonable and one Sin there is unpardonable and whosoever commits that one Sin shall have no forgiveness but must for ever bear the weight and punishment both of that and of all his other Sins There is such a Sin as St John speaks of here in my Text that this is a Sin unto Death And now I come to the Explication of the Words from whence I shall raise this Point of Doctrine Doct. That amongst other Sins committed by fallen Mankind there is only one Sin that is a Sin unto Death whosoever committeth that he hath no Forgiveness neither in this World nor in the World to come Now for my further proceeding on this Subject I shall lay open to you First What the Sin unto Death is Secondly That all our Sins how great and heinous soever may be forgiven Thirdly That this sin alone shall never be forgiven Fourthly The reason why that Sin alone is unpardonable And then Lastly I shall conclude all with a few words of Application I shall begin first with the Description of this unpardonable Sin where I shall endeavour to make as plain a Description of it as possible I can and in doing of it I shall I. shew you Negatively what is not this Sin II. I shall shew you positively what it is I. I shall shew you Negatively what is not this Sin unto Death or in what Degree a Man may Sin and yet not commit that unpardonable Sin against the Holy Ghost 1. It is not every quenching of the motions of the spirit that is that sin it is true when the Holy Ghost comes with a still Voice knocks at the Doors of Sinners hearts for Entrance he often comes strives with them and secretly Wooes beseeches them to leave their Sins be converted yet they quench and stifle all his Motions and bear up their Hearts against him and will not be obedient to his Heavenly Calls now such sin grievously against the Holy Ghost But yet this alone is not the unpardonable sin against the Holy Ghost for many who have stood it out a long time have often quenched and grieved the Holy Spirit yet at last they have been wrought upon unto sincere Conversion 2. A Man may commit many heinous crying Sins yet not be guilty of the unpardonable Sin against the Holy Ghost A Man may be an Idolater a Whoremonger a Furnicator a Murderer and work Witchcraft and sin with a very high hand nay he may live in all manner of Filthineness and Lewdness and yet not be under the Guilt of unpardonable Sin against the Holy Ghost Thus we read 2 Chron. 23. that Manasses sinned with a very high Hand he was an Idolater an Inchanter and worked Witchcraft and dealt with Familiar Spirits and wrought much evil in the Sight of the Lord. And Mary Magdalen had Seven Devils cast out of her Luke 8.2 and yet both were pardoned 3. A Man may sin presumptuously against great Light and Knowledge and yet not commit this Sin unto Death For Peter when he denied Christ he did it against great knowledge of Christ he knew Christ to be his Lord and Saviour he was one of Christ's beloved Disciples and for all that how strongly he denied Christ and that with an Oath too and yet for all that Christ looked upon him with a merciful Eye and that he repented and was forgiven 4. It is not every Malicious Sin that is the unpardonable Sin against the Holy Ghost for St Paul certainly had great Malice in his heart when he went on so furiously to persecute the Church of God and yet was converted and became a Preacher of the Gospel of Christ which before he persecuted 5. And lastsy It is not final Unbelief nor final Impenitence that is the unpardonable Sin against the Holy Ghost tho some be of Opnion that it is because that Sin is unpardonable and Christ himself hath said Mat. 12.31 That all manner of Sin and Blasphemy shall be forgiven unto Man except it be the Sin against the Holy Ghost But you are to take the words of our Saviour in their true sense and meaning it is all manner of Sin and Blasphemy committed within the compass of a Man's Life that shall be forgiven except the Sin against the Holy Ghost for the Sin of final impenitency and final Unbelief is not compleated untill the very Moment of a Man's Death and then you all know that there is no Repentance and consequently no Pardon after Death for Christ saith He that Sins against the Holy Ghost hath no forgiveness neither in this World nor in the World to come Now why should Christ say in this World if there be no space to be forgiven in in this World But a Man may commit the unpardonable Sin against the Holy Ghost even many years before his Death Besides there are many thousands that die in Impenitency and Unbelief and are damned and yet never committed the unpardonable Sin against the Holy Ghost Thus have I shewed you Negatively what is not this unpardonable Sin none of these Sins in particular is that Sin II. I come now to shew you positively what this Sin unto Death is and wherein this unpardonable Sin against the Holy Ghost doth consist Now there are several Opinions in the World about it some hold one thing some another But I have not time nor room to dispute concerning others Opinions about it but I will endeavour through God's help to lead you to the plain sight of it by the Light of the Holy Scripture Now in the first place you must know that there are two sorts of People that cannot commit this unpardonable Sin 1. The true Believer cannot commit it tho many times for their Trial God suffers them to fall foully into many grievous Sins yet they being rooted into Christ they are upheld by free Grace and Mercy that they cane not fall into this unpardonable Sin 2. The grosly ignorant cannot