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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

Door of Mercy is shut against them And that now they had e'en as good let all run against the Rocks and let alone the Soul and take no more Care about it But take their fill of Sensuality and Wickedness and lie down in a State of Inconsideration and Prophaneness And for the Sake of these also will I plainly truly and clearly shew what this Sin is That so the one Sort may see infinite Cause to return to their offended Father quickly And tho' it be with Fear and Trembling yet may do it also with a holy Hope great Encouragements and a Religious Chearfulness too provided it be with a Present Vniversal and Permanent Change And the other Sort Namely the Person of a sincere Probity and Sanctity of Life may go on in a Course of Faith and Devotion Piety and Charity Divine Love and Obedience with a Holy Joy and a Religious Peace SECT II. What the Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost is THat I may make the present Discourse as Satisfactory as I can to every Reader and as Vseful as I can for the Designs and Purposes and Needs and Desires of every Christian That the Sinner may be encouraged and invited to return to his God and his own truest Interest by a Speedy a Sincere and a Persevering Repentance and all may be encouraged and endeared to go on chearfully in a Religious Course in the Ways of Pleasantness and the Paths of Peace Prov. 3.17 I will plainly insist on these three Things I. First Shew what this Sin is II. Secondly Give a Rule how any Person may assuredly know whether he has been Guilty of it or not III. Thirdly Shew the very great Likelihood that you Christian Reader have not yet been Guilty of this Sin From all which three Particulars I shall draw three Practical Inferences or Instances of Application 1. Shew What this Sin is The Sin or Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost was as appears in this Chapter St. Matth. 12. the Sin of the Pharisees and in short 't was this They Blasphem'd the Holy Ghost in affirming That those Miracles which the Holy Jesus wrought by the Power of the Holy Ghost were done by the Power of the Devil And consequently deny'd him who did them to be the Christ. And the Heinousness of it consisted in This By these Miracles which he wrought by the Power of the Holy Ghost he design'd to convince them that he was the Messias And would by this Light manifest to them plainly that he acted by the Power of the Holy Spirit of God He charitably designed those very Miracles which they reproachfully imputed to the Devil to be a convincing Testimony from God that he must be the Messias the Christ the Saviour of the World No they would not be perswaded would not come in to his Faith and his Love and his Obedience but would wilfully resist and oppose the Power of his Doctrine and his Miracles The convincing Light of which plainly and clearly manifested that he acted by the Power of God And rather than they would acknowledge them to be done by the Power of the Holy Ghost they affirm'd That he did them by the Power of the Devil v. 24. Upon this Christ to convince them is pleased to tell them That the Miracle of Casting out Devils which he had wrought just before could not be done by the Power of the Devil For a Kingdom divided against its self could not stand v. 25. And therefore 't was not likely that Satan should cast out Satan And if Satan could not or would not cast out Satan then surely it must be by the Power of the Holy Spirit of God that he cast out Devils and wrought Miracles And if so how could they choose when they saw the Miracles that he did but be convinc'd that he acted by the Power of God And consequently how could they Resist and Oppose Deny and Disown him to be the Christ the Messias the Saviour of the World 'T was all as one They would not be convinced by the holy Doctrines which he Taught by the Miracles that he wrought and Wonders that he did And rather than believe on him and become Wise and Happy they obstinately affirm'd That what he did by the Finger of God and the Power of the Holy Ghost was done by the Power of the accursed Spirits of Darkness Now this was not only a Great Blasphemy indeed against the Holy Ghost But 't was a wilfull shutting their Eyes against the Light Against the Light I say it again of that Doctrine and those Miracles which were done on Purpose to Convince them that he was the Christ whom notwithstanding they Deny'd and Disown'd Resisted and Oppos'd Upon this Christ tells them That if they continued in this Blasphemy and would obstinately go on to impute those Miracles to the Devil which were done by the Power of the Holy Ghost and would not be Convinced and come in and Receive and Believe on the Lord of Glory but deny and oppose him and maliciously and with a wilful Blindness hold out against the visible Work of God That this must needs be to them that continue in it unpardonable And well indeed might it be unpardonable when the Apostle says Act. 4.12 There is none other Name under Heaven given among men whereby we must be saved That his Name and Person His Revelation and his Love His Message and his Designs His Doctrine and his Miracles should be Denied and Disowned Opposed and Rejected and their Eyes obstinately shut against all the convincing Arguments of his Doctrine and his Miracles that he was the Saviour of the World But here may be one Material and Important Question ask'd How comes it to pass that 't is said in the Text Whosoever speaketh against the Son of Man it shall be forgiven him But whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven How comes it to pass that the Speaking against Christ should be more Pardonable than the Speaking against the Holy Ghost To this I Answer To speak against the Son of Man i. e. against Christ only before he was manifested to be the Messias by the holy Spirit of God and the convincing Miracles which he did This might be a Sin of Ignorance and therefore Pardonable upon a general Repentance But to speak against the Holy Ghost i. e. to resist the holy Spirit of God which manifestly appear'd in the Miracles which Christ wrought on Purpose to convince them this could be no excusable Ignorance but must be a willful Blindness Nay to impute them to the Devil on Purpose because they would not be convinc'd by them to come in to Christ and receive and own him Surely such an Opposition and Resistance such a contradicting and crossing his gracious Ends and merciful Designations to them could be no other than an obstinate willful Blindness and a shutting their Eyes against the Light And therefore if continu'd in could not but be Vnpardonable And that 's the