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spirit_n	father_n	son_n	work_n	11,828	5	6.1406	4	true

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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

is not only a Notional Knowledge and Humane Learning He may know much of God and of his will in the Letter of the Word and yet not capable of committing this unpardonable Sin But he must be so far enlightned as to see the Evil that is in Sin and the Excellency of Christ he must taste of the Heavenly Gift and be made partaker of the Holy Ghost and taste of the good Word of God and the Powers of the World to come and by the Blood of the Covenant which he counts as an unholy thing he is in part sanctified and cleansed from many Sins he must have sweet Comunion with God in his Word and Sacraments he must have some Taste of the Love and Favour of God and Comforts of his Spirit and be refreshed by it and taste of the Love and Favour of God and Comforts of his Spirit and taste of the Joys of Heaven and have some Fore-taste of the Happiness of the World to come 4. He must oppose the known Truth willfully he must willfully fall away after he hath received the Knowledge of the Truth Other sins are committed through Infirmity but this sin is wilfull the Will is the chief Actor in it And to compleat and make up this unpardonable Sin there is 5. Malice in the Heart without this this sin cannot be committed it must be a malicious opposing of the known Truth Now a Man having gone thus far he comes in the last place to be an Apostate Now for such a one willfully spitefullly and maliciously to fall away he so falls as never to rise more It is true the Children of God fall and that often and yet riseth again but when they fall through Weakness of infirmity and not willfully and maliciously but these wicked Wretches fall wilfully and maliciously and so fall finally Against such the Door of Mercy is ever shut Concerning such St. Peter saith 2 Pet. 2 21 22. There is such another dreadfull Place of Scripture against these Apostates that is Heh 10 26. Object But what is the reason then that this Sin cannot be forgiven The Reason arises from the Nature of this Sin for this Sin by whomsoever it is committed hardens the heart and fears the Conscience so that there is no place for Repentance to be wrought neither for that or any other Sin This Sin is called the sin against the Holy Ghost because it is a sin against the Person of the Holy Ghost so is all sin against his Person but it is called the sin against the Holy Ghost because it is against the Office and Work of the Holy Ghost Now every one of the Three Persons have their particular Work The work of the Father is to create the Work of the Son is to redeem lost Sinners and the Work of the Holy Ghost is to enlighten convince sanctifie and convert them Now a Man committing this unpardonable Sin against the Holy Ghost rejects all this Work of the Spirit Now for a Man to be throughly enlightned by the Holy Ghost that he comes to know the evil of Sin and of his lost and undone Condition without Christ and that none but the Merits of Christ can save him then for him wilfully and maliciously to oppose him and the Work of his Spirit and Will not be beholding to him for Salvation now for such one to be forgiven is utterly impossible Object But why is it impossible Nothing is impossible with God A Man through ignorance may deny Christ and maliciously fall from the Profession of the Truth into all Wickedness as did Saint Paul and the Jews that Crucified Christ and yet not falling against Light and Knowledge there is room for the Holy Ghost to work upon him to enlighten him and to convince him of his Folly and so makes way for Conversion And besides a Man after he hath been enlightned and yet falls back thro' Infirmity and the weakness of the Flesh as Peter did and doth not fail willfully and maliciously then the Holy Ghost may work upon him and work in him a deep sorrow for abusing so much Love and Mercy and so carrie on his good Work unto Salvation But for a man when he is once enlightned by the Holy Ghost and has had some taste of Gods love and favour and some fore-taste of the Joys of Heaven and then at last utterly opposing this Illuminating Work of the Spirit and willfully and maliciously to fall away and so to reject the Spirits renewing Work Alas then the Holy Ghost has done he has nothing more that he can work in him for this wretched Creature has utterly rejected him his enlightning Work his convincing Work his sanctifying Work he has utterly rejected Christs Pardon Heaven and all Now this poor Wretch is past all Hopes of Mercy all hopes of Pardon nay for such a one we are forbidden to pray as you see in the Verse wherein my Text is apart Now Christ praved for them who maliciously crucified him Luke 23.34 Saying Father forgive them for they know not what they do Alas they knew not what they were doing for had they known it they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory 1 Cor. 2 8. But if they had known yet crucified him Christ would not have spent his breath to pray for them for it would have been utterly in vain For when a Man has committed this unpardonable Sin neither the Prayers in Heaven nor Earth can do him any good for as the Text saith There is a Sin unto Death I shall conclude with a few words of Application I. Watch very diligently against all sin but above all take special heed of those sins that come near to the sin against the Holy Ghost and they are these Hypocrisie taking only the outward Profession of Religion and so dissembling and mocking of God sinning willfully against Conviction of Conscience and against great Light and Knowledge sinning presumptuosly and with an high hand These Sins tho' none of them are the direct sin again the Holy Ghost yet they will come very near to it therefore take especial heed of them lest they in time should bring you to the committing of that unpardonable Sin And II. Labour to be sincere in Religion and by a true Faith ingraft your selves into Christ for they that be with Christ can never commit this unpardonable sin For know this that amongst all the sins committed by fallen Mankind there is one sin that is a Sin unto Death which is the unpardonable Sin against the Holy Ghost which whosoever commits it hath no Forgiveness neither in this World nor in the World to come I desire you for to take your Bibles and search the places of Scriptures here cited And the Lord give you understonding in all these things FINIS