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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

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

Printed for H. Bonwick at the Red Lion in St. P. Ch. yard I. Savage sculp 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 Nihil ardet in Inferno nisi propria Voluntas S. Bernard LONDON Printed by J. L. for Henry Bonwicke at the Red-Lyon in St. Paul's Church-Yard MDCXCV THE Author's DEDICATION AND PRAYER Blessed TRINITY FRom an Affectionate and willing Spirit from a Heart desiring to please Thee and to be in all things right toward Thee I humbly Dedicate this Discourse to the Uses of thy Glory Love and Obedience begging this only for my self That I may not Preach to others and be my self a Cast-away For thy Faithful People begging Pardon and Peace That they may be cleansed from all their Sins and serve Thee with a quiet Mind through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Amen St. MATTH xij 31 32. Wherefore I say unto you All manner of Sin and Blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men but the Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man it shall be forgiven him but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven him THE CONTENTS Sect I. THE Occasion of this Discourse Sect. II. What the Sin or Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost is Sect. III. The Blasphemy of the Pharisees unpardonable no longer than willfully and impenitently continued in Sect. IV. How any Person may assuredly know whether he has been guilty of the Sin against the Holy Ghost Sect. V. The great Likelihood that the Christian Reader has not yet been Guilty of this Sin 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 Incouragement for the faithful Penitent to go on chearfully but yet very sincerely in his Repentance Sect. VII The Second Practical Inference from the Consideration of the Nature and Meaning of this Sin viz. That 't is just Matter of Reproof and Terrour to the Careless and the Prophane Person that goes on any known Sin and takes no Care to come in and Return to God by Repentance and to labour for the Vertue that is contrary to his Sin and live in it Sect. VIII The Third Practical Inference from the Consideration of the Nature and Meaning of this Sin It is Matter of Consolation to all Sincerely Humble Holy Devout and Obedient Persons to incourage them to persevere and go on a little longer with a Holy Joy and with a Religious Peace The CLOSE Sect IX Two Things necessary to the Holding out in a Christian Course which you Christian Reader that are assured you have not yet committed the unpardonable Sin should by all Means presently resolve upon which if you did you would be very safe and happy Sect. X. Three Aspirations or Emotions of the Soul that being joyfully Apprehensive it has not Committed this Sin is desirous henceforward to please God in a Life of faithful Obedience and Penitential Love A Practical Discourse OF THE Sin against the Holy Ghost SECT I. The Occasion of this Discourse BEfore I come to the more particular Enquiries in shewing what the Sin against the Holy Ghost is and the several Uses which I would draw from the Consideration of the Nature and the Meaning of this Vnpardonable Blasphemy and leave them upon the Affectionate Thoughts of those who have not yet quitted all their future Hopes and Expectations nor desire to do so I will stop a little to mention some of the Reasons and charitable Designations and Intentions of my Publishing a Discourse on this Subject I am perswaded and perhaps I have observ'd That there are some devout Christians who for want of a Right and True Account and a full Knowledge of what this Sin is have been discouraged from a Christian Course or else have gone on heavily in their Devotions and Obedience and in accomplishing with Sincerity those few Duties to God and Man which our Ascended Saviour was pleas'd to leave us in Charge when he went away Fearing that They have been Guilty of this Sin And therefore that all that they do or suffer is to no Purpose And tho' they truly aim at Immortality at a Blest and Joyful Resurrection and at the Divine Glory Love and Obedience and from an affectionate and a willing Spirit and a Heart right towards God Desire nothing so much as to please him and to be train'd up and fitted and trimm'd and disciplin'd for an Admittance to a New World of Blessed Spirits and to come away and spend a Rapturous Eternity at the Feet of Jesus yet all this while are afraid they may have committed this Sin And this cools their Love of God Hinders the Liveliness and the Chearfulness of their Duties and keeps them off from a Religious Peace and from the Prosecution of some Christian Actions which they would otherwise chearfully Perform For their Sake therefore in the first Place and to invite them to persevere with a Holy Constancy and Joy in the Commands of their Ascended Saviour I will shew plainly and truly what this Sin is A Second Sort of Men there are That by the Prevalency and Power of a Strong Temptation have made some dismal Recessions from their Baptismal Innocence and are Sensible that they have faln into a Sin and have displeas'd their God But they would quickly and humbly return to their offended Father with the Penitent Prodigal were they not afraid they had been guilty of the Vnpardonable Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost And for this Reason they are discourag'd in their Repentances and their Return to the Ways of God or at least go on very heavily in them with no Joy or Chearfulness or holy Purposes and Resolutions Which they say they would Quickly and Thankfully and Sincerely do were they sure they had not been Guilty of this Sin For their sakes also will I plainly shew what ' t is A Third Sort I find there are that have been very great Sinners Have long liv'd in a State of great Inconsideration and Carelesness Prophaneness and Neglect of the Soul and Immortality And they conclude That among so great a Heap and Conjugation of Sins which they have committed 't is ten to one but they have been guilty of this too And therefore That 't is to no manner of Purpose to return and seek a Reconciliation with their God For their day they think is over And if they should return to the Ways of God and choose better and live the Holy Life which is much the easier and the sweeter Life of the two yet they suppose all 's in Vain They have committed this Sin and the