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             Speedy repentance urged a sermon preached at Boston, December 29, 1689 : in the hearing and at the request of one Hugh Stone, [a mis]erable man [under a just sen]tence of [death] for a [tragical and] hor[rible murder : together with some account concerning the character, carriage, and execution of that unhappy malefactor : to which are added certain memorable providences relating to some other murders, & some great instances of repentance which have been seen amonst us / by Cotton Mather.]
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           Stone, Hugh, d. 1689.
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           Speedy
           Repentance
           urged
           ▪
           SERMON
           Preached
           at
           Boston
           ,
           Decemb.
           29.
           1689.
           
        
         
           In
           the
           Hearing
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           Request
           of
           One
           Hugh
           Stone
           ,
           〈◊〉
           ●●●erable
           Man
           〈◊〉
           〈◊〉
           〈◊〉
           ●●●tence
           of
           〈◊〉
           for
           a
           〈◊〉
           〈◊〉
           Hor●●●●●
           〈◊〉
           〈…〉
        
         
         
           COnscientia
           mea
           meruit
           Damnationem
           ,
           &
           paenitentia
           mea
           non
           sufficit
           ad
           Satisfactionem
           :
           Sed
           〈◊〉
           est
           quod
           mis●ricordi●
           〈◊〉
           super
           at
           〈…〉
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           Introduction
           .
        
         
           OUr
           Blessed
           Saviour
           ,
           hath
           given
           that
           Character
           of
           his
           Ministers
           ,
           
             That
             they
             be
             Rulers
             over
             His
             Houshold
             ,
          
           and
           that
           Commandment
           to
           them
           ,
           
             That
             they
             should
             give
             every
             one
             their
             meat
             〈◊〉
             du●
             Season
             .
          
           Whether
           or
           no
           our
           Good
           Neighbours
           will
           acknowledge
           our
           Government
           ,
           which
           we
           Esteem
           to
           be
           not
           at
           all
           De●potio●
           but
           wholly
           Ministerial
           ,
           and
           would
           rejoice
           〈◊〉
           we
           could
           therein
           ,
           with
           more
           universal
           Edi●●●cation
           enjoy
           the
           Assistence
           of
           those
           that
           mig●●
           
             Rule
             well
          
           ,
           though
           they
           
             Labour
             〈◊〉
             Word
             and
             D●ctrine
          
           ;
           yet
           I
           am
           sure
           〈◊〉
           ought
           with
           a
           very
           sollicitous
           Fidelity
           to
           〈…〉
           our
           Stewardship
           ,
           in
           that
           〈…〉
           
           which
           conc●rns
           the
           Feeding
           of
           the
           Houshold
           .
           It
           is
           Food
           and
           not
           〈◊〉
           which
           we
           are
           to
           Entertain
           the
           Soul●
           〈…〉
           people
           with
           ;
           〈◊〉
           Windy
           and
           Empty
           〈◊〉
           ,
           and
           Notions
           which
           
             〈◊〉
             dant
             quia
             non
             habent
          
           ,
           are
           〈◊〉
           from
           us
           ;
           but
           solemn
           and
           useful
           〈◊〉
           ,
           about
           Faith
           and
           Repentance
           and
           Holiness
           ,
           which
           make
           up
           ,
           
             The
             One
             Thing
             Needful
          
           ,
           and
           about
           those
           things
           without
           ●word4
           
             no
             man
             shall
             see
             the
             Lord.
          
           And
           if
           not
           Froth
           ,
           much
           less
           is
           Poison
           ,
           to
           be
           found
           in
           our
           Discourses
           :
           not
           a
           Snake
           instead
           of
           a
           Fish
           ;
           which
           alas
           ,
           is
           now
           adayes
           no
           less
           frequently
           ,
           than
           fatally
           met
           withal
           in
           Sermons
           about
           Iustification
           ,
           more
           than
           about
           any
           one
           Article
           of
           Religion
           But
           in
           all
           this
           there
           is
           to
           be
           had
           a
           special
           Regard
           unto
           the
           
             Due
             Season
          
           too
           ;
           in
           which
           
             Every
             Thing
             〈◊〉
             Beautiful
          
           .
           For
           ,
           tho'
           the
           Efficacy
           of
           Grace
           consist
           not
           in
           Moral
           Perswasions
           applyed
           (
           as
           the
           Arminians
           Dogmatize
           ▪
           )
           
             Tempore
             &
             Modo
             Congruis
          
           ,
           in
           a
           suitable
           and
           seasonable
           manner
           ;
           yet
           a
           Spiritual
           Physician
           ought
           t●
           wa●ch
           his
           Time
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           weigh
           his
           Dose
           ;
           and
           we
           should
           prudently
           take
           what
           Advantage
           may
           be
           given
           by
           Provi●ence
           to
           make
           this
           〈◊〉
           that
           particular
           Truth
           awakening
           to
           the
           mind●
           of
           them
           with
           whom
           we
           have
           to
           do
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Sense
           of
           these
           things
           ,
           caused
           me
           to
           Preach
           a
           Sermon
           ,
           which
           might
           Excite
           and
           Assist
           
             Speedy
             Repentance
          
           ,
           in
           that
           Congregation
           ,
           which
           I
           would
           awfully
           Remember
           my self
           ,
           Accountable
           to
           the
           Lord
           Iesus
           for
           .
           The
           
             Due
             Season
          
           ,
           which
           this
           Homely
           ,
           but
           I
           hope
           ,
           wholsome
           Food
           ,
           was
           adopted
           unto
           ,
           was
           at
           the
           Request
           and
           Presence
           of
           a
           miserable
           Murderer
           ,
           then
           under
           a
           just
           Sentence
           of
           Death
           ,
           to
           be
           speedily
           Executed
           on
           him
           .
           The
           Man
           was
           one
           
             HUGH
             STONE
          
           ,
           of
           Andover
           ;
           who
           npon
           a
           Quarrel
           between
           him
           and
           his
           own
           Wife
           ,
           about
           Selling
           a
           piece
           of
           Land
           ,
           having
           some
           words
           as
           they
           were
           walking
           together
           ,
           on
           a
           certain
           Evening
           ,
           very
           barbarously
           reached
           a
           stroke
           at
           her
           Throat
           with
           a
           sharp
           Knife
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           one
           stroke
           ,
           fetched
           away
           the
           Soul
           of
           her
           ,
           who
           had
           made
           him
           a
           Father
           of
           several
           Children
           ,
           and
           would
           have
           brought
           yet
           another
           to
           him
           ,
           if
           she
           had
           Liv'd
           a
           few
           Weeks
           longer
           in
           the
           World.
           The
           wretched
           man
           ,
           was
           too
           soon
           surprised
           by
           his
           Neighbour
           〈…〉
           be
           capable
           of
           denying
           the
           Fact
           ;
           and
           so
           he
           pleaded
           Guilty
           ,
           upon
           his
           Trial.
           Being
           under
           Condemnation
           ,
           and
           his
           End
           hastening
           upon
           him
           ,
           he
           gave
           me
           his
           Desires
           to
           hear
           a
           Sermon
           from
           me
           ,
           before
           he
           Dy'd
           ▪
           Wherefore
           ,
           I
           thought
           there
           was
           now
           before
           me
           a
           
             Due
             Season
          
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           Food
           of
           such
           Things
           ,
           as
           I
           now
           also
           per
           
           others
           (
           and
           to
           permit
           them
           ,
           is
           all
           I
           have
           done
           )
           to
           Print
           for
           the
           Edification
           of
           such
           as
           the
           Publishers
           propound
           thereby
           to
           benefit
           .
           I
           confess
           that
           I
           had
           not
           so
           much
           as
           
             One
             Day
          
           allow'd
           me
           for
           my
           Original
           Preparations
           of
           the
           Sermon
           ;
           and
           therefore
           ,
           not
           being
           able
           exactly
           to
           keep
           what
           I
           did
           not
           ,
           could
           not
           write
           ,
           necessitates
           me
           to
           Alter
           ,
           and
           doubtless
           to
           Amend
           some
           Imperfections
           in
           it
           .
           Yet
           it
           is
           
             very
             near
          
           ,
           what
           it
           was
           at
           its
           first
           Delivery
           ;
           and
           from
           the
           Experience
           which
           formerly
           I
           have
           had
           ,
           in
           publishing
           a
           Discourse
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           I
           encourage
           my self
           ,
           with
           Hopes
           ,
           that
           notwitstanding
           all
           the
           Weaknesses
           in
           it
           ,
           I
           may
           find
           in
           the
           Day
           of
           the
           Lord
           Iesus
           ,
           
             That
             I
             have
             not
             Laboured
             in
             vain
             .
          
           The
           Sermon
           is
           plain
           ;
           but
           besides
           my
           inclination
           at
           all
           Times
           to
           make
           none
           but
           such
           ,
           even
           an
           Heathen
           Seneca
           would
           have
           taught
           me
           ,
           that
           on
           this
           occasion
           any
           other
           would
           have
           been
           improper
           .
           I
           excuse
           not
           the
           ●eanness
           of
           the
           Composure
           ;
           but
           am
           waitin●●pon
           the
           Eternal
           Spirit
           ,
           〈…〉
           and
           blows
           where
           ,
           He
           ●lease
           ,
           〈…〉
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           The
           SERMON
           .
        
         
           
             Iob.
             VII
             .
             21.
             
          
           
             And
             why
             doest
             thou
             not
             pardon
             my
             transgression
             ,
             and
             take
             away
             mine
             Iniquity
             ?
             for
             now
             shall
             I
             sleep
             in
             the
             dust
             ,
             and
             thou
             shalt
             seek
             me
             in
             the
             morning
             ,
             but
             I
             shall
             not
             be
             .
          
        
         
           VVE
           have
           now
           before
           us
           ,
           a
           very
           miserable
           ,
           but
           we
           cannot
           excuse
           the
           hardness
           of
           our
           own
           Hearts
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           not
           also
           a
           very
           profitable
           ,
           Spectacle
           .
           You
           see
           a
           poor
           man
           in
           Irons
           here
           ,
           whose
           crying
           Murders
           have
           now
           procured
           unto
           him
           that
           Sentence
           ,
           which
           will
           not
           permit
           him
           to
           live
           many
           hours
           longer
           in
           the
           world
           .
           
             His
             Case
          
           do's
           truly
           Preach
           to
           〈…〉
           ●ame
           that
           
             my
             Text
          
           will
           Preach
           〈…〉
           
           but
           while
           I
           have
           an
           Eye
           to
           his
           particular
           circumstances
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           so
           overlook
           yours
           ,
           as
           to
           leave
           any
           one
           person
           in
           this
           vast
           Congregation
           without
           the
           Food
           proper
           in
           the
           present
           season
           for
           them
           .
           This
           Malefactor
           
             does
             know
          
           that
           he
           quickly
           must
           ;
           and
           all
           of
           you
           do
           
             not
             know
          
           but
           you
           sooner
           may
           come
           to
           
             sleep
             in
             the
             Dust
          
           ;
           wherefore
           let
           every
           one
           of
           you
           now
           hear
           as
           those
           that
           are
           concerned
           to
           get
           their
           
             Transgression
             pardoned
          
           ,
           and
           their
           
             Iniquity
             taken
             away
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Book
           of
           IOB
           ,
           in
           a
           sweet
           Poesy
           ,
           gives
           us
           a
           true
           History
           ,
           of
           strange
           Calamities
           ,
           and
           stranger
           Deliverances
           befalling
           a
           famous
           Person
           ,
           who
           made
           Arabia
           the
           Happy
           ,
           by
           his
           dwelling
           there
           .
           Had
           it
           not
           been
           Real
           and
           Certain
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           which
           is
           here
           〈…〉
           ,
           we
           may
           not
           imagine
           that
           〈◊〉
           Prophet
           Ezekiel
           ,
           or
           the
           Apostle
           Iames
           ,
           would
           have
           made
           such
           References
           ,
           as
           they
           did
           unto
           it
           ;
           it
           only
           remains
           that
           we
           do
           our
           parts
           to
           make
           it
           as
           useful
           as
           't
           is
           Real
           and
           Certain
           .
        
         
         
           It
           has
           been
           conjectured
           by
           some
           ,
           that
           Moses
           was
           the
           Writer
           of
           this
           elegant
           Narrative
           ;
           and
           the
           
             Arabian
             Idioms
          
           here
           and
           there
           occurring
           in
           it
           ▪
           consist
           very
           well
           with
           the
           Abode
           of
           Moses
           in
           his
           Exile
           :
           but
           it
           is
           as
           evident
           that
           Iob
           lived
           before
           Moses
           ,
           as
           't
           is
           that
           he
           lived
           after
           Abraham
           .
        
         
           Very
           wonderful
           Afflictions
           at
           once
           did
           surprize
           this
           Renowned
           Man
           !
           and
           under
           his
           Troubles
           ,
           we
           find
           him
           pouring
           out
           of
           his
           Complaints
           .
           Un●o
           whom
           ?
           It
           was
           a
           sigh
           that
           once
           passed
           from
           him
           
             As
             for
             me
             is
             my
             complaint
             to
             Man
             ?
          
           Alas
           ,
           he
           found
           Man
           a
           
             Physitian
             of
             no
             value
          
           to
           be
           complained
           unto
           ;
           and
           therefore
           't
           is
           unto
           God
           ,
           that
           he
           now
           makes
           the
           Complaints
           ,
           which
           our
           Context
           is
           the
           conclusion
           of
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Verse
           before
           our
           Text
           ,
           we
           have
           both
           a
           Confession
           ,
           and
           a
           Petition
           of
           a
           Distressed
           Man.
           
        
         
           For
           the
           Confession
           ,
           we
           have
           both
           the
           Matter
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           Object
           of
           it
           .
           The
           Matter
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           contained
           in
           those
           
           words
           ,
           
             I
             have
             sinned
             ,
             what
             shall
             I
             do
             unto
             thee
             ?
          
           q.
           d.
           Tho'
           I
           am
           clear
           of
           many
           things
           which
           my
           Friends
           do
           accuse
           me
           of
           ,
           yet
           my
           sins
           before
           God
           are
           so
           manifest
           and
           so
           multiplied
           ,
           that
           I
           can
           do
           nothing
           for
           the
           vindication
           or
           expiation
           of
           my
           Miscarriages
           .
           The
           Object
           of
           it
           is
           intimated
           in
           those
           words
           ,
           
             O
             Thou
             preserver
             of
             Men
          
           ,
           which
           are
           by
           some
           rendred
           ,
           
             O
             thou
             Observer
             of
             Men
             ,
             q.
             d.
          
           God
           has
           Observed
           more
           amiss
           in
           me
           ,
           than
           ever
           I
           found
           in
           my self
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           Petition
           ,
           it
           is
           with
           an
           
             Expostulation
             .
             It
             is
             ,
             Why
             hast
             thou
             set
             me
             as
             a
             Mark
             against
             thee
             ;
             so
             that
             I
             am
             a
             Burden
             to
             my self
             ?
          
           The
           Sorrows
           of
           men
           ,
           are
           the
           Arrows
           of
           God
           ;
           they
           that
           〈◊〉
           shot
           full
           thereof
           are
           sensible
           of
           〈…〉
           in
           every
           one
           of
           their
           〈◊〉
           
             Why
             hast
             thou
          
           ?
           is
           here
           a
           Deprec●tion
           of
           the
           evil
           mentioned
           .
        
         
           Well
           ,
           if
           we
           now
           pass
           on
           to
           〈◊〉
           Text
           ,
           we
           shall
           have
           there
           ,
           both●
           〈◊〉
           ,
           and
           an
           Argument
           .
        
         
         
           For
           the
           Petition
           ,
           it
           is
           here
           with
           an
           Expostulation
           too
           .
           T
           is
           ,
           
             Why
             dost
             thou
             not
             Pardon
             my
             Transgression
             ,
             and
             take
             oway
             my
             Iniquity
             ?
          
           As
           before
           ,
           
             Why
             dost
             Thou
          
           ?
           was
           as
           much
           as
           to
           say
           ,
           
             O
             do
             it
             not
          
           ;
           so
           here
           ,
           
             Why
             dost
             thou
             not
          
           ?
           is
           equivalent
           unto
           saying
           ,
           
             O
             do
             it
          
           .
           And
           it
           seems
           to
           follow
           upon
           the
           Title
           newly
           put
           upon
           the
           Great
           God
           ,
           
             O
             thou
             Preserver
             of
             Men
          
           ;
           q.
           d.
           Lord
           ,
           since
           thou
           art
           the
           Preserver
           and
           the
           Pardoner
           of
           so
           many
           Sinners
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           why
           should
           not
           I
           share
           in
           thy
           Mercies
           among
           the
           rest
           ?
        
         
           For
           the
           Argument
           :
           the
           force
           of
           the
           plea
           for
           a
           Pardon
           here
           ,
           seems
           to
           ly
           in
           this
           ,
           
             It
             will
             else
             quickly
             be
             too
             late
             !
          
           The
           terms
           of
           it
           are
           ,
           
             For
             now
             shall
             I
             sleep
             in
             the
             Dust
             and
             thou
             shalt
             seek
             me
             in
             the
             morning
             ,
             but
             I
             shall
             not
             be
          
           ;
           which
           in
           short
           is
           ,
           
             I
             shall
             quickly
             be
             dead
             and
             〈◊〉
             !
          
           To
           
             Not
             be
          
           ,
           is
           a
           Scripture-Sacred-Phrase
           for
           Dying
           :
           denoting
           not
           a
           total
           〈◊〉
           but
           a
           vast
           Alteration
           comeing
           upon
           us
           by
           Mortality
           ▪
           which
           is
           
           also
           here
           styled
           Sleeping
           ,
           with
           respect
           unto
           the
           condition
           of
           the
           Body
           in
           the
           Grave
           .
           And
           whereas
           we
           read
           of
           the
           Morning
           ,
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           an
           Allusion
           to
           the
           
             Morning
             Sacrifices
          
           usual
           among
           the
           people
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           it
           may
           carry
           this
           Import
           with
           it
           ,
           
             q.
             d.
             Lord
             ,
             if
             a
             Morning
             or
             two
             hence
             ,
             thou
             shouldest
             Look
             to
             find
             me
             on
             my
             Knees
             as
             I
             am
             now
             before
             thee
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             too
             late
             ;
             I
             shall
             be
             departed
             into
             that
             State
             ,
             where
             in
             ,
             I
             can
             make
             no
             Prayer
             to
             thee
             ,
             and
             have
             no
             Pardon
             from
             thee
             ,
             World
             without
             End.
             
          
        
         
           Wherefore
           the
           Doctrine
           unto
           which
           you
           are
           now
           to
           give
           a
           very
           great
           Attention
           ,
           is
           this
           .
        
         
           
             Men
             should
             be
             very
             Impor●●●●●
             in
             their
             Prayers
             to
             the
             Eternal
             God
             ,
             That
             their
          
           Transgression
           
             may
             be
             pardoned
             ,
             and
             their
          
           Iniquity
           
             taken
             away
             ,
             before
             the
          
           Sleep
           
             of
             Death
             bring
             their
             Great
          
           Change
           
             upon
             them
          
           .
        
         
         
           For
           the
           clearing
           of
           this
           Truth
           ,
           we
           have
           now
           Two
           Enquiries
           that
           ly
           before
           us
           .
        
         
           
             Our
             first
             Enquiry
             is
             to
             be
             ,
             What
             is
             implied
             in
             the
             Pardoning
             of
             Transgression
             and
             the
             
               Taking
               away
            
             of
             Iniquity
             ?
          
           
             For
             answer
             to
             this
             ;
             In
             general
             ,
             The
             Glorious
             Benefit
             of
             JUSTIFICATION
             is
             herein
             implied
             .
             If
             you
             ask
             for
             a
             Description
             of
             Iusti●ication
             then
             know
             ,
             
               That
               it
               is
               an
               Act
               of
               Gods
               Free
               Grace
               ,
               Releasing
               a
               Believer
               from
               the
               Guilt
               of
               Sin
               ,
               and
               Accepting
               him
               as
               Righteous
               ,
               thro'
               the
               Obedience
               of
               the
               Lord
               Iesus
               Christ.
            
             There
             are
             two
             things
             which
             a
             Religion
             still
             pretends
             to
             make
             provision
             for
             ;
             to
             remove
             th●
             greatest
             of
             
               our
               Troubles
            
             ,
             &
             to
             obtain
             the
             greatest
             of
             our
             Desires
             .
             The
             
               Christian
               Religion
            
             does
             both
             of
             these
             in
             a
             very
             admirable
             manner
             .
             The
             First
             is
             
             done
             in
             Iustification
             .
             The
             Distress
             of
             a
             Guilty
             Sinner
             lies
             in
             this
             point
             ▪
             
               What
               shall
               I
               give
               for
               the
               sin
               of
               my
               Soul
               ?
            
             Behold
             ,
             that
             matter
             in
             Iustification
             very
             wonderfully
             provided
             for
             .
             The
             Psalmist
             of
             old
             ,
             called
             this
             a
             Parable
             ,
             and
             
               A
               Dark
               Saying
            
             ;
             even
             this
             ,
             
               The
               precious
               Redemption
               of
               a
               Soul
               ,
               by
               the
               Messias
               alone
               .
            
             Blessed
             be
             God
             ,
             that
             we
             can
             with
             satisfaction
             penetrate
             a
             little
             way
             into
             the
             Mystery
             .
             But
             I
             may
             not
             give
             you
             a
             full
             Discourse
             upon
             this
             illustrious
             Head
             of
             Divinity
             ,
             whic●
             indeed
             the
             Standing
             or
             the
             Falling
             of
             the
             whole
             Church
             is
             concerned
             in
             the
             right
             stating
             of
             ;
             and
             as
             I
             may
             not
             ▪
             so
             
               I
               need
            
             not
             insist
             upon
             it
             ,
             because
             ,
             you
             have
             the
             published
             Writings
             of
             many
             Learned
             Men
             ▪
             on
             this
             very
             point
             ;
             which
             I
             〈…〉
             ●ecommend
             unto
             your
             〈…〉
             suppose
             you
             are
             all
             of
             the
             Disposition
             ,
             which
             our
             famous
             Wilson
             would
             often
             express
             ,
             by
             saying
             ,
             I
             
               Love
               nothing
               so
               much
               as
               to
               see
               a
               Preacher
               keep
               
               close
               to
               his
               Text
               ,
               and
               the
               Scope
               of
               it
            
             ;
             and
             therefore
             I
             shall
             now
             
               keep
               Close
               to
               my
               Text
            
             ,
             by
             offering
             to
             you
             a
             few
             Conclusions
             relating
             to
             IVSTIFICATION
             ,
             All
             which
             the
             Terms
             used
             in
             my
             Text
             suggest
             unto
             us
             ;
             but
             in
             all
             ,
             I
             must
             also
             
               keep
               close
               to
               the
               Man
            
             whom
             I
             do
             here
             most
             particularly
             design
             the
             edification
             of
             .
          
           
             
               Conclusion
               1.
               
            
             
               [
               
                 My
                 Transgression
              
               ]
               The
               Hebrew
               word
               for
               it
               Notes
               ,
               
                 a
                 Transgression
                 out
                 of
                 Pride
              
               :
               And
               my
               Conclusion
               from
               it
               is
               ,
               〈◊〉
               .
               
                 There
                 is
                 a
                 wicked
                 and
                 a
                 cursed
                 Pride
                 in
                 the
                 Sins
                 of
                 men
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               First
               of
               our
               sins
               was
               founded
               in
               a
               cursed
               Pride
               ,
               &
               the
               most
               of
               our
               Sins
               are
               tainted
               with
               it
               .
               The
               first
               sin
               of
               Adam
               had
               Pride
               for
               a
               main
               ingredient
               of
               it
               .
               It
               was
               propounded
               unto
               him
               ,
               in
               
                 Gen.
                 3.
                 5.
                 
                 Ye
                 shall
                 be
                 as
                 Gods
                 ,
              
               Honour
               and
               Grandeur
               was
               the
               Bait
               which
               he
               was
               taken
               with
               ,
               and
               his
               Pride
               affected
               a
               higher
               condition
               that
               that
               which
               his
               
               Maker
               had
               plac'd
               him
               in
               .
               The
               first
               Sin
               of
               Satan
               too
               had
               Pride
               for
               its
               Original
               .
               Hence
               we
               are
               advised
               in
               1
               Tim
               36.
               he
               that
               is
               
                 lifted
                 up
                 with
                 pride
                 ,
                 falls
                 into
                 the
                 condemnation
                 of
                 the
                 Divel
                 .
              
               It
               is
               thought
               that
               his
               Dissatisfaction
               at
               some
               Priviledges
               ,
               which
               he
               foresaw
               Mankind
               likely
               to
               be
               the
               subject
               of
               ,
               was
               that
               which
               prompted
               him
               to
               the
               Rebellion
               and
               Apostasie
               ,
               in
               which
               he
               is
               now
               
                 King
                 over
                 the
                 children
                 of
                 pride
                 .
              
               T
               is
               thus
               in
               all
               the
               Sins
               which
               those
               have
               been
               the
               Parents
               of
               ;
               there
               lies
               Pride
               at
               the
               bottom
               of
               them
               all
               .
               What
               S●l●mon
               sayes
               of
               one
               Sin
               ,
               
                 Only
                 by
                 Pride
                 comes
                 contention
              
               ;
               the
               like
               may
               be
               said
               of
               All
               Sin
               ,
               
                 Mainly
                 by
                 Pride
                 comes
                 Transgression
              
               .
               Upon
               the
               Root
               of
               Pride
               it
               is
               ,
               that
               there
               grows
               all
               the
               Disobedience
               to
               God
               ,
               which
               is
               at
               any
               time
               com●mitted
               in
               the
               World.
               It
               was
               the
               S●ying
               of
               the
               Prophet
               ,
               in
               
                 〈…〉
                 .
                 If
                 ye
                 will
                 not
                 hear
                 ,
                 my
                 soul
                 shall
                 weep
                 in
                 secret
                 Places
                 for
                 your
                 pride
                 .
              
               From
               our
               Pride
               it
               is
               ,
               that
               we
               do
               not
               Hear
               the
               voice
               of
               God
               unto
               us
               in
               his
               Ordinances
               
               o●
               in
               His
               Providences
               ;
               T
               is
               Pride
               that
               makes
               us
               thick
               o●
               Hearing
               when
               ou●
               God
               councels
               us
               to
               
                 Do
                 Iustice
                 and
                 love
                 Me●cy
                 ,
                 and
                 walk
                 Humbly
                 with
                 Him.
              
               Every
               Sin
               (
               as
               one
               sayes
               of
               every
               man
               )
               hath
               a
               Pope
               in
               the
               Belly
               of
               it
               ;
               something
               that
               
                 Exalts
                 it self
                 against
                 all
                 that
                 is
                 called
                 GOD.
              
               The
               Sinners
               whom
               Solomon
               calls
               
                 the
                 Fools
              
               ,
               are
               those
               whom
               David
               calls
               the
               pro●d
               .
               If
               men
               were
               not
               
                 proud
                 Fools
              
               they
               would
               never
               espouse
               a
               way
               
                 of
                 wickedness
              
               ;
               men
               Sin
               with
               an
               High
               Heart
               ,
               and
               that
               makes
               them
               Sin
               with
               an
               
                 High
                 Hand
              
               against
               the
               God
               of
               Heaven
               .
               Through
               Pride
               it
               is
               ,
               that
               we
               must
               have
               our
               Will
               ,
               tho
               Gods
               Will
               be
               quite
               contrary
               thereunto
               .
               And
               when
               the
               
                 most
                 High
              
               〈◊〉
               his
               commands
               before
               us
               ,
               we
               do
               ,
               as
               if
               we
               were
               
                 Above
                 ▪
                 Him
              
               ,
               say
               ,
               
                 We
                 will
                 not
                 hearken
                 therounto
              
               .
               Through
               pride
               it
               is
               that
               we
               can't
               bear
               the
               Order
               which
               the
               Sovereign
               God
               has
               ●ixt
               us
               in
               ,
               but
               we
               take
               indirect
               wayes
               to
               relieve
               and
               alter
               our
               circumstances
               .
               And
               here
               is
               the
               R●se
               of
               all
               our
               Miscarriages
               .
               Be
               sure
               YOU
               
               that
               are
               now
               in
               Chains
               before
               us
               ,
               must
               acknowledg
               this
               to
               be
               the
               Rise
               of
               yours
               .
               Your
               Proud
               Impatience
               of
               a
               little
               contradiction
               ,
               and
               your
               Proud
               Resistance
               to
               the
               Rules
               of
               good
               living
               ,
               have
               brought
               you
               to
               the
               Sin
               for
               which
               you
               are
               to
               dy
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conclusion
               2.
               
            
             
               [
               
                 My
                 Iniquity
              
               ]
               The
               Hebrew
               Word
               for
               it
               imports
               Iniquity
               with
               Crookedness
               and
               Perverseness
               .
               And
               hence
               I
               form
               this
               Conclusion
               .
            
             
               The
               Sins
               of
               Men
               have
               a
               World
               of
               ●●righteous
               
                 Crookedness
                 &
                 Perversness
              
               in
               them
               .
            
             
               Our
               Sins
               are
               not
               Right
               Things
               ,
               but
               there
               is
               a
               most
               uncomely
               Obliquity
               in
               all
               of
               our
               Iniquity
               .
               Every
               Sinner
               may
               say
               ,
               as
               in
               Iob.
               33.
               27.
               
               I
               
                 have
                 perverte●
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 right
                 .
              
               The
               Path
               which
               God
               in
               his
               Word
               has
               directed
               〈…〉
               ,
               is
               a
               
                 right
                 path
              
               ,
               or
               as
               't
               is
               called
               
                 A
                 path
                 of
                 Righteousness
              
               ;
               but
               sin
               is
               a
               wandring
               from
               it
               ;
               the
               Sinner
               
                 goes
                 astray
                 in
                 the
                 greatness
                 of
                 his
                 folly
                 .
              
               Sin
               is
               a
               Deviation
               
               from
               a
               
                 strait
                 Rule
              
               The
               Psalmist
               could
               say
               in
               Psnl
               :
               119
               :
               128.
               
               I
               
                 esteem
                 thy
                 precepts
                 concerning
                 all
                 things
                 to
                 be
                 right
                 .
              
               But
               now
               every
               
                 false
                 way
              
               has
               a
               figure
               not
               conformed
               unto
               the
               precepts
               of
               God.
               The
               Sinner
               walks
               in
               
                 crooked
                 paths
              
               ,
               when
               God
               has
               required
               ,
               
                 make
                 strait
                 pathes
                 for
                 your selves
              
               :
               And
               he
               has
               no
               constant
               course
               .
               One
               while
               't
               is
               one
               Lust
               ,
               and
               than
               another
               ,
               which
               he
               is
               madly
               slaving
               unto
               ;
               Sin
               is
               that
               Harlot
               ,
               whereof
               t
               is
               said
               ,
               
                 her
                 wayes
                 are
                 moveable
              
               !
               And
               the
               Sinner
               is
               herein
               a
               most
               unrighteous
               man
               :
               He
               defrauds
               both
               God
               and
               man
               of
               their
               dues
               ,
               with
               an
               injnstice
               too
               black
               to
               be
               described
               .
               But
               if
               ever
               there
               were
               a
               perverse
               and
               an
               unjust
               man
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               I
               am
               sure
               YOU
               that
               are
               in
               Irons
               here
               ought
               to
               account
               your self
               such
               an
               one
               .
               Your
               F●o●ardness
               has
               pusht
               you
               on
               to
               the
               most
               unreasonable
               thing
               that
               was
               ever
               done
               in
               the
               Land
               ,
               in
               which
               you
               have
               not
               now
               long
               to
               live
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Conclusion
               3.
               
            
             
               [
               
                 Pardon
                 my
                 Transgression
              
               ]
               The
               word
               ,
               Pardon
               ,
               signifies
               the
               Removing
               of
               a
               Load
               ;
               yea
               ,
               a
               Transferring
               of
               it
               unto
               him
               who
               takes
               it
               off
               .
            
             
               Whence
               this
               Conclusion
               doth
               arise
               ▪
            
             
               In
               Iustification
               ,
               the
               Burden
               of
               Sin
               is
               Translated
               from
               the
               Sinner
               unto
               the
               Lord
               Iesus
               Christ.
               
            
             
               Sin
               is
               an
               heavy
               Burden
               upon
               the
               Soul
               which
               it
               lies
               upon
               ;
               and
               the
               Sinner
               may
               justly
               roar
               under
               it
               ,
               as
               in
               Psal.
               38.
               4.
               
               
                 My
                 Iniquities
                 ,
                 as
                 an
                 heavy
                 Burden
                 ,
                 are
                 too
                 heavy
                 for
                 me
                 .
              
               Hence
               ,
               
                 The
                 Bearing
                 of
                 Iniquity
              
               ,
               is
               a
               phrase
               that
               sometimes
               occurrs
               in
               the
               Book
               of
               God.
               Every
               sensible
               Soul
               ,
               feels
               it
               like
               a
               ponderous
               Mountain
               of
               Lead
               upon
               him
               ;
               the
               Thousands
               of
               Talents
               which
               he
               owes
               unto
               the
               Revenge
               of
               God
               ,
               are
               ●
               Weight
               upon
               him
               ,
               which
               he
               finds
               there
               is
               no
               Enduring
               of
               .
               Ask
               the
               Undone
               Murderer
               that
               is
               now
               before
               you
               ,
               whether
               he
               feels
               not
               Sin
               like
               a
               Load
               upon
               him
               ?
               That
               Malefactor
               will
               be
               
                 prest
                 to
                 
                 Death
              
               for
               ever
               ,
               by
               the
               
                 Dead
                 Weight
              
               of
               Sin
               ,
               who
               shall
               be
               so
               Mute
               under
               his
               Guilt
               ▪
               as
               not
               to
               cr●
               out
               ,
               
                 Lord
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 oppressed
                 ,
                 undertake
                 for
                 me
                 .
              
               But
               in
               Iustification
               this
               intollerable
               .
               Burden
               is
               T●anslated
               unto
               the
               Blessed
               Lord
               Iesus
               Christ
               ,
               who
               was
               made
               a
               Curse
               for
               us
               .
               And
               thus
               we
               are
               told
               in
               Isa.
               53.
               6.
               
               
                 God
                 hath
                 laid
                 on
                 him
                 the
                 Iniquity
                 of
                 us
                 all
                 .
              
               The
               Burden
               of
               Sin
               ▪
               〈◊〉
               the
               Obligation
               to
               make
               Satisfaction
               for
               it
               ;
               this
               is
               a
               Burden
               enough
               to
               Break
               the
               Backs
               of
               all
               the
               Angels
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               if
               it
               were
               laid
               upon
               them
               .
               On
               Supposition
               of
               a
               Law
               given
               by
               God
               ,
               and
               on
               Supposition
               of
               that
               Law
               broken
               by
               man
               ,
               there
               follows
               a
               Necessity
               ▪
               of
               a
               Satisfaction
               to
               be
               made
               unto
               the
               Justice
               of
               that
               Holy
               One
               ,
               who
               will
               be
               known
               to
               be
               of
               
                 purer
                 Eyes
                 than
                 to
                 behold
                 Iniquity
                 .
              
               The
               Rule
               according
               to
               which
               the
               Almighty
               God
               acts
               as
               the
               Iudge
               of
               the
               VVorld
               ,
               is
               the
               Re●titude
               and
               Holiness
               of
               His
               Nature
               ;
               and
               the
               Law
               which
               he
               hath
               given
               us
               
               is
               Ratify'd
               with
               such
               a
               Sanction
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               now
               no
               pardoning
               of
               a
               Sinner
               without
               a
               Satisfaction
               to
               Him
               ,
               
                 Against
                 whom
                 only
                 we
                 have
                 sinned
                 .
              
               Now
               the
               Obligation
               to
               pay
               the
               Debt
               which
               our
               Sin
               has
               run
               us
               into
               ,
               is
               in
               Iustification
               made
               to
               fall
               upon
               our
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               who
               is
               our
               
                 Surety
                 for
                 Good.
              
               As
               one
               speaks
               well
               ,
               
                 Nostram
                 causam
                 Sustinebat
                 ,
                 qui
                 nostram
                 sibi
                 Carnem
                 aduniverat
              
               ;
               and
               as
               I
               remember
               ,
               Prosper
               expressed
               it
               ,
               
                 We
                 were
                 Crucify'd
                 in
                 Him
              
               ;
               or
               according
               to
               the
               Language
               of
               the
               ancient
               Cyprian
               ,
               He
               bore
               both
               us
               and
               all
               
                 our
                 sins
              
               .
               The
               Lord
               Jesus
               now
               becomes
               the
               Antitype
               of
               the
               Ancient
               Scape-Goat
               ,
               upon
               whose
               Head
               ,
               is
               laid
               all
               the
               Sin
               ,
               which
               we
               have
               to
               answer
               for
               .
               There
               is
               an
               Imputation
               in
               this
               Affair
               ;
               and
               as
               't
               is
               said
               〈…〉
               5.
               21.
               
               
                 God
                 made
                 Him
                 to
                 be
                 Sin
                 for
                 〈◊〉
                 ▪
                 who
                 knew
                 no
                 Sin
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 might
                 be
                 made
                 the
                 Righteousness
                 of
                 God
                 in
                 Him
              
               ;
               't
               is
               thus
               by
               a
               Divine
               Imputation
               and
               Constitution
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Conclusion
               4.
               
            
             
               [
               
                 Take
                 away
                 mine
                 Iniquity
              
               ]
               The
               word
               ,
               
                 Take
                 away
              
               ,
               signifies
               a
               Causing
               to
               
                 pass
                 away
              
               ,
               and
               indeed
               therein
               ,
               a
               
                 passing
                 by
              
               .
               Whence
               we
               have
               this
               Conclusion
               .
            
             
               In
               Iustification
               the
               Great
               God
               causes
               the
               Sin
               of
               Men
               ,
               to
               pass
               away
               ,
               without
               Notice
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               Sin
               is
               
                 passed
                 by
              
               ,
               and
               made
               to
               
                 pass
                 away
              
               ,
               when
               it
               is
               Forgiven
               to
               us
               .
               Our
               God
               therein
               says
               unto
               us
               ,
               as
               in
               2
               Sam.
               12.
               13.
               
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 hath
                 put
                 away
                 thy
                 Sin.
              
               As
               we
               do
               by
               Gods
               Law
               ,
               in
               Sinning
               ,
               so
               God
               does
               by
               our
               Sin
               in
               Forgiving
               .
               Hence
               the
               same
               word
               ,
               is
               used
               for
               both
               .
               In
               Sinning
               we
               pass
               by
               His
               Law
               ,
               as
               a
               thing
               not
               worthy
               of
               our
               Notice
               ;
               thus
               in
               Forgiving
               ,
               He
               passes
               by
               our
               Sin
               ,
               without
               any
               such
               Notice
               of
               it
               ,
               as
               to
               Damn
               us
               ,
               or
               to
               Judge
               us
               ,
               for
               the
               same
               .
               Our
               sin
               becomes
               now
               ,
               in
               some
               sort
               as
               tho'
               it
               had
               
                 never
                 been
              
               at
               all
               ;
               but
               as
               't
               is
               said
               ,
               in
               Jer.
               50.
               20.
               
               
                 Iniquity
                 shall
                 be
                 sought
                 
                 for
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 shall
                 be
                 None
                 ;
                 and
                 Sins
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 shall
                 not
                 be
                 found
                 .
              
               And
               Methinks
               ,
               a
               poor
               Murderer
               ,
               such
               an
               One
               as
               is
               within
               Hearing
               of
               what
               we
               are
               now
               speaking
               ,
               should
               have
               his
               very
               Heart
               leap
               within
               him
               at
               the
               mention
               of
               such
               a
               thing
               .
               What
               ?
               For
               such
               an
               One
               ,
               when
               He
               stands
               at
               the
               Bar
               of
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               ,
               to
               have
               such
               a
               Verdict
               brought
               in
               for
               him
               ,
               as
               ,
               
                 Not
                 Guilty
              
               ,
               there
               !
               But
               thus
               it
               is
               in
               Iustification
               ;
               God
               therein
               causes
               our
               Sin
               to
               
                 pass
                 away
              
               But
               〈…〉
               does
               it
               pass
               ?
               We
               have
               a
               Repl●
               〈◊〉
               ●hat
               in
               ,
               Isa.
               38.
               17.
               
               
                 Thou
                 hast
                 cast
                 my
                 Sins
                 behind
                 thy
                 Back
                 .
              
               Our
               Sin
               therein
               passes
               as
               far
               from
               the
               Avenging
               Eye
               of
               God
               ,
               as
               what
               we
               cast
               behind
               us
               ,
               never
               to
               be
               regarded
               any
               more
               .
               Whither
               did
               I
               say
               ,
               it
               passes
               ?
               Nay
               ,
               to
               advance
               a
               little
               further
               ,
               't
               is
               said
               in
               Mic.
               7.
               19
               
               
                 Thou
                 wilt
                 cast
                 all
                 their
                 sins
                 into
                 the
                 Depths
                 of
                 the
                 Sea.
              
               But
               shall
               they
               not
               Rise
               and
               Float
               again
               ?
               Truly
               ,
               a
               Milstone
               thrown
               into
               the
               deepest
               Ocean
               shall
               sooner
               be
               
               brought
               in
               sight
               ,
               than
               the
               Sin
               of
               one
               who
               has
               been
               a
               Subject
               of
               Iustification
               ,
               shall
               ever
               be
               brought
               up
               for
               his
               Condemnation
               any
               more
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conclusion
               5.
               
            
             
               It
               is
               observed
               ,
               that
               the
               same
               words
               [
               Transgression
               ,
               and
               Iniquity
               ]
               are
               used
               both
               for
               Sin
               it self
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               punishment
               of
               Sin.
               
            
             
               Wherefore
               I
               shall
               here
               tender
               you
               this
               one
               Conclusion
               more
               .
            
             
               In
               Iustification
               the
               severe
               punishment
               of
               Sin
               ,
               is
               Remitted
               ,
               with
               the
               Fault
               it self
               .
            
             
               There
               has
               been
               a
               vain
               Distinction
               used
               about
               this
               matter
               ,
               between
               [
               
                 Reatus
                 Culpae
                 ]
                 Guilt
              
               ,
               as
               Deserving
               of
               punishment
               ;
               and
               [
               
                 Rectus
                 Paenae
                 ]
                 Guilt
              
               ,
               as
               
                 Obliging
                 to
              
               punishment
               .
               But
               these
               are
               so
               inseparable
               ,
               that
               when
               Guilt
               is
               Remitted
               ,
               the
               punishment
               goes
               along
               with
               it
               .
               In
               Iustification
               ,
               our
               Bonds
               are
               taken
               off
               ,
               and
               nothing
               is
               demanded
               of
               us
               ,
               as
               a
               price
               to
               A●one
               
               the
               Righteous
               God.
               It
               was
               said
               in
               in
               Isa.
               33.
               24.
               
               
                 The
                 Inhabitant
                 shall
                 not
                 say
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 sick
                 ;
                 the
                 people
                 shall
                 be
                 for
                 given
                 their
                 Iniquity
                 .
              
               Thus
               ,
               when
               men
               are
               
                 Forgiven
                 their
                 Iniquity
              
               ,
               they
               shall
               not
               by
               vindictive
               Justice
               be
               made
               to
               say
               ,
               
                 I
                 am
                 sick
              
               ,
               or
               
                 I
                 am
                 poor
              
               ,
               or
               ,
               
                 I
                 am
                 pained
              
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               .
               There
               are
               no
               proper
               Paenalties
               remaining
               for
               a
               justify'd
               man.
               Whatever
               Troubles
               he
               may
               afterwards
               meet
               withal
               ,
               there
               shall
               not
               be
               the
               Wrath
               and
               the
               Curse
               of
               God
               spicing
               of
               them
               ;
               and
               in
               regard
               of
               the
               
                 Second
                 Death
              
               ,
               it
               is
               very
               peremptorily
               declar'd
               unto
               him
               ,
               
                 Thou
                 shalt
                 not
                 Dy.
              
               It
               was
               the
               cry
               of
               the
               Psalmist
               ,
               in
               Psal.
               143.
               2.
               
               
                 Enter
                 not
                 into
                 Iudgment
                 with
                 thy
                 Servant
                 .
              
               The
               God
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               acts
               not
               so
               much
               like
               a
               Iudg
               ,
               as
               like
               a
               Father
               ,
               to
               a
               justify'd
               man
               ;
               and
               He
               not
               only
               secures
               him
               from
               the
               
                 vengeance
                 of
                 Eternal
                 Fire
              
               ,
               but
               also
               ,
               puts
               a
               New
               and
               a
               Knd
               Respect
               upon
               all
               the
               Temporal
               Afflictions
               ,
               which
               do
               befal
               such
               a
               Man.
               The
               
               Afflictions
               which
               happen
               to
               him
               ,
               are
               not
               so
               much
               Punishments
               as
               Chastisements
               ;
               and
               a
               Reconciled
               God
               therein
               proceeds
               according
               to
               that
               Rule
               in
               
                 Rev
                 3.
                 19.
                 
                 Whom
                 I
                 Love
                 ,
                 I
                 Rebuke
                 and
                 Chasten
                 .
              
               Yea
               ,
               if
               a
               Correction
               be
               at
               any
               time
               employ'd
               upon
               him
               ,
               it
               is
               at
               the
               same
               time
               a
               Benefit
               ,
               in
               that
               very
               thing
               which
               called
               for
               it
               .
               As
               the
               Dumbness
               of
               Zachary
               was
               as
               much
               an
               Argument
               for
               his
               Faith
               ,
               as
               a
               Chastisement
               for
               his
               Unbelief
               .
            
             
               And
               I
               am
               to
               tell
               the
               wretched
               Malefactor
               here
               ,
               That
               his
               Prison
               ,
               and
               his
               very
               Gall●ws
               ,
               will
               but
               be
               turned
               into
               his
               Advantages
               ,
               upon
               his
               true
               Repentance
               .
               Man
               ,
               you
               shall
               find
               Honey
               for
               your
               Soul
               ,
               in
               the
               Bowels
               of
               those
               Devourers
               ,
               if
               your
               Sins
               be
               once
               done
               away
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             But
             then
             ,
             our
             Next
             Enquiry
             is
             to
             be
             :
             Why
             should
             men
             be
             
               Importunate
               in
               their
               Prayers
               to
               the
               Eternal
               God
               ,
            
             for
             the
             pardon
             of
             their
             Sins
             ,
             before
             the
             
             
               Sleep
               of
               Death
            
             bring
             their
             Great
             Change
             upon
             them
             .
          
           
             For
             Answer
             to
             this
             ,
             Let
             these
             three
             Conclusions
             ,
             all
             found
             in
             the
             Text
             ,
             be
             laid
             together
             .
          
           
             
               Conclusion
               1.
               
            
             
               None
               can
               Forgive
               Sins
               ,
               but
               God.
               
            
             
               The
               Scribes
               of
               old
               were
               so
               far
               
                 Well
                 Instructed
              
               ,
               as
               to
               say
               ,
               in
               Marc.
               2.
               7.
               
               
                 Who
                 can
                 Forgive
                 Sin
                 ,
                 but
                 God
                 only
                 ?
              
               The
               true
               Answer
               is
               very
               short
               ;
               
                 None
                 .
                 Injuries
              
               done
               to
               men
               ,
               may
               so
               far
               be
               forgiven
               by
               Men
               ,
               as
               men
               only
               are
               concerned
               in
               them
               .
               Hence
               t
               is
               among
               the
               solemn
               Charges
               of
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               ,
               to
               us
               all
               ,
               in
               Mat.
               6.
               14.
               
               
                 Forgive
                 men
                 their
                 Trespasses
              
               .
               But
               as
               it
               was
               of
               old
               said
               ,
               
                 If
                 a
                 Man
                 sin
                 against
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 who
                 shall
                 entreat
                 for
                 him
                 ?
              
               Even
               so
               
                 If
                 a
                 Man
                 sin
                 against
                 the
                 LORD
                 ,
                 who
                 shall
                 pardon
                 him
                 ?
              
               Injuries
               done
               to
               God
               ,
               are
               to
               be
               Forgiven
               by
               Him
               alone
               ,
               whose
               Great
               Name
               is
               that
               in
               Exod.
               34.
               7.
               
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 Forgiving
                 Iniquity
                 ,
                 and
                 Transgression
                 ,
                 and
                 Sin.
              
               It
               is
               a
               Maxim
               ,
               
                 Nemo
                 potest
                 Remittere
                 de
                 Iure
                 
                 Alieno
              
               ;
               No
               man
               can
               dispose
               of
               Anothers
               Right
               .
               Who
               then
               can
               Intrude
               ,
               or
               dare
               Invade
               upon
               the
               Great
               God
               ,
               so
               as
               to
               allow
               for
               a
               Wrong
               which
               has
               been
               done
               unto
               His
               Majesty
               ?
               To
               
                 Forgive
                 Sin
              
               ,
               is
               a
               prerogative
               peculiar
               to
               the
               God
               of
               Heaven
               ;
               and
               it
               is
               therefore
               mention'd
               among
               ▪
               His
               Regalia
               ,
               in
               Mic.
               7
               8.
               
               
                 Who
                 is
                 a
                 God
                 like
                 unto
                 thee
                 ,
                 that
                 pardoneth
                 Iniquity
                 ?
              
               'T
               is
               one
               of
               His
               Incomparable
               Excellencies
               ,
               and
               a
               Flower
               in
               His
               Glorious
               Crown
               ;
               
                 T
                 is
                 the
                 Glory
                 which
                 He
                 will
                 not
                 give
                 unto
                 another
                 .
              
               Look
               upon
               sin
               as
               a
               Debt
               ;
               still
               God
               is
               the
               Creditor
               ;
               Look
               upon
               sin
               as
               a
               Fault
               ;
               still
               God
               is
               the
               Governour
               ,
               to
               whom
               alone
               belongs
               the
               Remission
               of
               it
               .
               VVe
               are
               advertised
               of
               this
               ,
               Rom
               8
               33.
               
               
                 It
                 is
                 God
                 that
                 Iustifies
                 Ministerially
              
               to
               Declare
               a
               Pardon
               ,
               is
               one
               thing
               .
               This
               may
               be
               done
               by
               the
               Churches
               of
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               Chirst
               ;
               as
               the
               Priests
               were
               to
               pronounce
               upon
               the
               Cleanness
               of
               the
               Leper
               .
               〈◊〉
               which
               respect
               our
               Lord
               said
               
               in
               
                 Iohn
                 20.
                 23.
                 
                 Whose
                 soever
                 sins
                 ye
                 remit
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 remitted
                 to
                 them
              
               And
               in
               such
               a
               sense
               was
               the
               Prophet
               ▪
               Ieremiah
               to
               pull
               down
               and
               pluck
               up
               Nations
               ;
               that
               was
               ,
               to
               Declare
               what
               Nations
               were
               so
               to
               be
               dealt
               withal
               .
            
             
               But
               Authoritatively
               to
               Dispense
               a
               Pardon
               ,
               is
               another
               thing
               ,
               and
               it
               pertains
               to
               God
               alone
               .
               It
               was
               a
               passage
               
                 of
                 Moses
                 ,
                 in
                 Numb
              
               14
               ▪
               17
               Let
               the
               power
               of
               my
               Lord
               be
               great
               [
               The
               Iews
               find
               a
               Letter
               of
               a
               greater
               figure
               than
               usual
               there
               ,
               to
               intimate
               ,
               they
               say
               ,
               something
               of
               an
               extraordinary
               Greatness
               ;
               but
               what
               is
               it
               ?
               it
               follows
               ]
               Pardon
               I
               
                 beseech
                 thee
              
               .
               None
               but
               one
               that
               has
               the
               
                 great
                 Power
              
               of
               a
               God
               can
               pardon
               Sin.
               The
               Popish
               Blasphemy
               and
               Villany
               upon
               this
               point
               ,
               was
               the
               Scandal
               which
               first
               gave
               occasion
               to
               the
               Protestant
               Reformation
               ;
               and
               God
               forbid
               that
               any
               Pr●testant
               should
               Return
               to
               lick
               it
               up
               .
               Wherefore
               YOU
               that
               here
               stand
               Condemned
               both
               by
               God
               and
               Man
               ,
               are
               now
               to
               be
               put
               in
               mind
               ,
               not
               only
               that
               
               we
               have
               no
               ▪
               Priest
               ,
               to
               Absolve
               you
               and
               Deceive
               you
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               Rulers
               of
               this
               place
               may
               not
               Pardon
               you
               ,
               if
               they
               could
               :
               but
               also
               ,
               if
               that
               your
               murdered
               Wife
               had
               Forgiven
               you
               before
               her
               Expiration
               ,
               this
               would
               not
               acquit
               you
               before
               the
               Tribunal
               of
               the
               Eternal
               God.
               To
               invert
               the
               words
               of
               
                 Elihu
                 ,
                 When
                 He
                 gives
                 quiet
                 ,
                 who
                 can
                 make
                 trouble
                 ?
              
               I
               would
               say
               ▪
               
                 If
                 he
                 trouble
                 you
                 ,
                 who
                 can
                 Quiet
                 you
                 ?
              
               I●
               He
               do
               not
               forgive
               ,
               none
               can
               Pardon
               you
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conclusion
               2
               ▪
            
             
               The
               God
               of
               Heaven
               requires
               our
               Importunate
               Prayers
               ,
               that
               our
               Sins
               may
               be
               forgiven
               to
               us
               .
            
             
               T
               is
               an
               Article
               in
               that
               Platform
               of
               Prayer
               ,
               which
               our
               Lord
               has
               given
               us
               ,
               O
               our
               
                 Heavenly
                 Father
                 ,
                 Forgive
                 us
                 our
                 Trespasses
                 .
              
               When
               a
               certain
               Man
               had
               sinned
               at
               a
               grievous
               Rate
               ,
               there
               was
               this
               Direction
               given
               to
               him
               ,
               in
               Acts
               8.
               22.
               
               
                 Repent
                 of
                 thy
                 wickedness
                 ,
                 and
                 pray
                 to
                 God.
              
               And
               O
               that
               this
               Direction
               
               might
               penetrate
               into
               the
               very
               Soul
               of
               the
               sad
               man
               that
               is
               now
               before
               us
               here
               ▪
               a
               Man
               (
               if
               he
               be
               worthy
               to
               be
               called
               so
               )
               of
               whom
               we
               may
               say
               ,
               
                 O
                 this
                 Man
                 hath
                 sinned
                 a
                 great
                 Sin
                 !
              
               Behold
               ,
               the
               course
               to
               be
               taken
               by
               every
               sinner
               .
               that
               would
               have
               a
               Pardon
               from
               the
               Lord
               ;
               
                 Pray
                 to
                 God
                 ,
                 if
                 perhaps
                 thy
                 Sin
                 may
                 be
                 forgiven
                 thee
                 .
              
               We
               have
               a
               promise
               of
               a
               Pardon
               ,
               in
               Ezek.
               36.
               25.
               
               I
               will
               
                 sprinkle
                 clean
                 water
                 upon
                 you
                 ,
                 and
                 ye
                 shall
                 be
                 clean
                 .
              
               But
               what
               follows
               ?
               
                 Thus
                 saith
                 the
                 Lord
                 God
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 yet
                 for
                 this
                 be
                 enquired
                 of
                 ,
                 to
                 do
                 it
                 .
              
               We
               must
               enquire
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               entreat
               of
               God
               ,
               if
               we
               would
               not
               perish
               without
               a
               Pardon
               forever
               ▪
               There
               is
               no
               sign
               of
               a
               Pardon
               in
               any
               man
               ,
               till
               it
               can
               be
               said
               of
               him
               ,
               as
               in
               in
               
                 Acts
                 9.
                 11.
                 
                 Behold
              
               he
               Prayes
               !
               T
               is
               in
               Prayer
               that
               we
               confess
               our
               Sins
               ,
               't
               is
               in
               Prayer
               that
               we
               renounce
               our
               Sins
               ,
               't
               is
               by
               Prayer
               that
               we
               cast
               all
               our
               Sins
               ,
               upon
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ
               ;
               and
               with
               out
               this
               ,
               the
               least
               Sin
               in
               the
               World
               is
               
                 utterly
                 unpardonable
              
               .
            
             
             
               
                 Even
                 those
                 that
                 have
                 been
                 already
              
               Pardoned
               ,
               
                 are
                 to
                 continue
              
               praying
               
                 for
                 a
                 Pardon
                 still
                 .
                 T
                 is
                 a
                 thing
                 which
                 none
                 among
                 the
              
               Disciples
               
                 of
                 our
                 Lord
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 ,
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 excused
                 from
                 .
                 They
                 need
                 the
                 comfort
                 of
                 a
                 Pardon
                 to
                 be
                 sensibly
                 Renewed
                 unto
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 tho'
                 it
                 have
                 been
                 once
                 told
                 unto
                 a
              
               David
               ,
               The
               Lord
               has
               put
               away
               thy
               sin
               ,
               
                 yet
                 he
                 keeps
                 praying
                 still
                 in
                 the
                 terms
                 of
                 the
              
               fifty
               first
               
                 Psalm
                 ,
                 a
              
               Prayer
               
                 fitted
                 for
                 the
                 lips
                 of
                 all
                 that
                 want
                 a
              
               Pardon
               .
               Luther
               
                 sometimes
                 distinguished
                 between
                 a
              
               Secret
               pardon
               ,
               
                 &
                 an
              
               open
               pardon
               ;
               a
               secret
               Pardon
               ,
               
                 every
                 true
                 Believer
                 has
                 ,
                 but
                 an
              
               open
               Pardon
               
                 implies
                 an
              
               Assurance
               and
               Evidence
               
                 of
                 a
              
               Pardon
               ,
               
                 which
                 many
                 a
                 Believer
                 wants
                 .
                 Well
                 ,
                 if
                 we
                 want
              
               Assurance
               ,
               
                 we
                 are
                 to
                 pray
                 that
                 it
                 may
                 be
              
               vouchsafed
               ;
               
                 if
                 we
                 have
              
               Assurance
               ,
               
                 we
                 are
                 still
                 to
                 pray
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 be
              
               continned
               .
               A
               Prayer
               for
               a
               pardon
               
                 is
                 never
                 out
                 of
                 Season
              
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Conclusion
               3.
               
            
             
               The
               sleep
               of
               Death
               ,
               brings
               upon
               men
               so
               great
               a
               change
               ,
               that
               they
               had
               need
               make
               sure
               of
               a
               Pardon
               before
               they
               are
               overtaken
               with
               it
               .
            
             
               
                 To
                 set
                 this
                 Conclusion
                 home
                 ,
                 there
                 are
                 three
              
               Assertions
               ,
               
                 which
                 methinks
                 may
                 sound
                 like
                 so
                 many
                 Claps
                 of
                 the
                 loudest
                 Thunder
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Ears
                 of
                 all
                 this
                 Numerous
                 Auditory
                 ;
                 but
                 especially
                 of
              
               that
               
                 poor
                 man
                 ,
                 that
                 must
                 never
                 come
                 within
                 these
                 Walls
                 again
                 ▪
              
            
             
               
                 Assertion
                 1.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Death
                 of
                 Men
                 ,
                 is
                 a
                 kind
                 of
                 sleep
                 unto
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 
                   This
                   is
                   a
                   Scheme
                   of
                   speaking
                   used
                   by
                   the
                
                 Holy
                 Spirit
                 of
                 God.
                 
                   Death
                   is
                   a
                
                 Sleep
                 
                   to
                   the
                
                 Godly
                 :
                 
                   therefore
                   it
                   was
                   said
                   in
                
                 Iohn
                 11
                 :
                 11
                 ,
                 12.
                 
                 Our
                 Friend
                 Laz●rus
                 s●eepeth
                 ;
                 Howbeit
                 Iesus
                 spake
                 of
                 his
                 death
                 .
                 
                   Death
                   is
                   a
                
                 Sleep
                 
                   to
                   the
                
                 Wicked
                 
                   also
                   .
                   Hence
                   it
                   is
                   said
                   in
                
                 Dan.
                 12.
                 2.
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 that
                 sleep
                 in
                 the
                 Dust
                 shall
                 awake
                 ,
                 
                 to
                 shame
                 and
                 everlasting
                 contempt
                 .
                 
                   Our
                   Burying
                   places
                   ,
                   are
                   therefore
                   not
                   unfitly
                   termed
                   ,
                
                 Caeme●ries
                 ,
                 or
                 Dormitories
                 ,
                 or
                 Sleeping
                 places
                 .
                 
                   Thus
                   the
                   Psalmist
                   feared
                   ,
                   in
                
                 Psal
                 13.
                 3.
                 
                 Lest
                 I
                 sleep
                 ,
                 the
                 sleep
                 of
                 Death
                 .
                 
                   Death
                   is
                   a
                
                 Sleep
                 ,
                 
                   How
                   ?
                   T
                   is
                   not
                   for
                   the
                
                 Spirit
                 
                   so
                   .
                   A
                
                 Psychopannychia
                 ,
                 
                   a
                   sleeping
                   of
                   the
                   Soul
                   on
                   Death
                   ,
                   is
                   too
                   gross
                   and
                   sad
                   a
                   thing
                   to
                   be
                   imagined
                   :
                   it
                   is
                   it self
                   ,
                
                 a
                 Dream
                 .
                 The
                 Active
                 
                   Apostle
                   would
                   never
                   have
                   said
                   ,
                   as
                   in
                
                 Phil.
                 1
                 ▪
                 23.
                 
                 I
                 desire
                 to
                 be
                 dislodged
                 and
                 be
                 with
                 Christ
                 ;
                 
                   if
                   he
                   should
                   have
                   had
                   nothing
                   to
                   do
                   but
                
                 Sleep
                 
                   in
                   the
                   Lodging
                   which
                   he
                   was
                   thus
                   desirous
                   to
                   go
                   unto
                   .
                   Let
                   no
                   man
                   imagine
                   that
                   his
                   departed
                   Soul
                   shall
                   become
                   stupid
                   and
                   senseless
                   ▪
                   and
                   with
                   out
                   all
                   Apprehensions
                   after
                   Death
                   .
                   God
                   forbid
                   it
                   should
                   be
                   so
                   !
                   N●r
                   do
                   YOU
                   that
                   are
                   here
                   a
                   dying
                   Prisoner
                   ,
                   expect
                   that
                   within
                   a
                   few
                   Hours
                   ,
                   you
                   shall
                   be
                   fallen
                   into
                   a
                
                 Deep
                 Sleep
                 
                   of
                   all
                   your
                   Faculties
                   .
                   No
                   ,
                   the
                   Souls
                   of
                   M●n
                   at
                   the
                   hour
                   of
                   Death
                   ,
                   do
                   rather
                   begin
                   
                   to
                
                 Awake
                 
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   Slumbers
                   and
                   Phan●a●ms
                   ,
                   which
                   they
                   are
                   here
                   buried
                   in
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   have
                   a
                   most
                   exquisite
                   feeling
                   of
                   the
                   condition
                   which
                   they
                   then
                   pass
                   into
                   .
                   How
                   then
                   is
                   Death
                   a
                
                 sleep
                 ?
                 
                   T
                   is
                   thus
                   for
                   the
                
                 Body
                 .
                 The
                 Body
                 
                   then
                   has
                   a
                
                 Rest
                 ,
                 
                   in
                   a
                
                 Bed
                 ;
                 a
                 Rest
                 
                   from
                   a
                   million
                   weary
                   Travels
                   :
                   but
                   as
                   a
                
                 Sleep
                 
                   will
                   have
                   an
                
                 End
                 ,
                 
                   so
                   this
                
                 Rest
                 
                   will
                   be
                   not
                   perpetual
                   ,
                   not
                   eternal
                   ;
                   the
                
                 Resurrection
                 
                   when
                   the
                   Almighty
                   God
                   will
                   call
                   ,
                
                 Awake
                 yee
                 that
                 ly
                 in
                 the
                 Dust
                 !
                 
                   that
                   is
                   the
                
                 Morning
                 
                   which
                   will
                   put
                   a
                   period
                   thereunto
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 Assertion
                 2.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Pardon
                 of
                 Sin
                 ,
                 is
                 not
                 after
                 Death
                 ,
                 a
                 thing
                 to
                 be
                 obtained
                 .
                 
                   As
                   't
                   is
                   said
                   in
                
                 Isa.
                 38.
                 18
                 ,
                 19.
                 
                 They
                 that
                 go
                 down
                 into
                 the
                 Pit
                 ,
                 cannot
                 hope
                 for
                 thy
                 Truth
                 ;
                 The
                 Living
                 ,
                 the
                 Living
                 ,
                 he
                 shall
                 praise
                 thee
                 .
                 Even
                 so
                 ,
                 The
                 Living
                 ,
                 the
                 Living
                 ,
                 he
                 may
                 get
                 a
                 Pardon
                 ,
                 but
                 if
                 once
                 a
                 man
                 be
                 gone
                 down
                 to
                 the
                 Pit.
                 he
                 is
                 past
                 hope
                 of
                 such
                 a
                 thing
                 .
                 The
                 Dead
                 must
                 cry
                 out
                 ,
                 
                 
                   as
                   the
                
                 Dying
                 
                   have
                   sometimes
                   done
                   ▪
                   with
                   a
                   woful
                   Desperation
                   ,
                
                 'T
                 is
                 all
                 too
                 late
                 !
                 all
                 too
                 late
                 !
                 
                   When
                   once
                   a
                   man
                   is
                
                 Dead
                 ,
                 
                   what
                   is
                   the
                   next
                   thing
                   ?
                   'T
                   is
                   answered
                   in
                   Heb.
                
                 9.
                 27.
                 
                 After
                 Death
                 ,
                 the
                 Iudgment
                 .
                 A
                 Iudgment
                 ,
                 
                   and
                   not
                   a
                
                 Pardon
                 ,
                 
                   is
                   the
                   thing
                   to
                   be
                   then
                   attended
                   unto
                   .
                   And
                   what
                   kind
                   of
                
                 Iudgment
                 
                   will
                   it
                   be
                   ?
                   Truly
                   ,
                   't
                   will
                   be
                   a
                
                 Iudgment
                 
                   which
                   no
                
                 Pardon
                 
                   will
                   Reverse
                   ,
                   none
                   can
                   Repeal
                   .
                   We
                   read
                   an
                   amazing
                   property
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   in
                   Heb.
                   6.
                   
                   ●
                   .
                
                 Eternal
                 Iudgment
                 ;
                 
                   even
                   the
                
                 Iews
                 
                   in
                   their
                
                 Confession
                 of
                 Faith
                 
                   call
                   it
                   so
                   .
                   When
                   once
                   we
                   are
                   Dead
                   ,
                   we
                   pass
                   into
                   a
                   VVorld
                   ,
                   where
                   all
                   is
                
                 Eternal
                 ;
                 
                   there
                   we
                   are
                   fixed
                   like
                   Rocks
                   in
                   an
                   astonishing
                   Ocean
                   of
                   Eternity
                   ;
                   't
                   is
                   an
                
                 Eternity
                 
                   of
                   VVeal
                   ,
                   or
                   an
                
                 Eternity
                 
                   of
                   Wo
                   ,
                   nothing
                   but
                
                 Eternity
                 
                   which
                   remains
                   before
                   us
                   .
                   And
                   O
                   how
                   awful
                   should
                   the
                   mention
                   of
                
                 Eternity
                 ,
                 Eternity
                 !
                 
                   be
                   to
                   YOU
                   ,
                   forlorn
                   and
                   setter'd
                   man
                   ,
                   who
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   do
                   not
                   get
                   a
                
                 Pardon
                 of
                 
                   the
                   Great
                   God
                   ,
                   before
                   this
                   week
                   be
                   ou●
                   ,
                   
                   must
                   unto
                   all
                
                 Eternity
                 
                   be
                   deprived
                   of
                   it
                
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Assertion
                 2.
                 
              
               
                 But
                 infini●e
                 and
                 Horrible
                 Woes
                 must
                 be
                 the
                 Portion
                 of
                 those
                 whom
                 Death
                 find●
                 Vnpardoned
                 .
                 
                   A●
                   the
                   Prophet
                   said
                
                 ,
                 Wo
                 unto
                 the
                 Wicked
                 ,
                 
                   even
                   so
                   I
                   say
                
                 ,
                 Wo
                 unto
                 the
                 Vnpardoned
                 ,
                 it
                 shall
                 be
                 ill
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 if
                 Death
                 find
                 him
                 so
                 .
                 
                   It
                   is
                   testify'd
                   unto
                   us
                   ,
                   in
                   Rom.
                
                 6.
                 23.
                 
                 The
                 wages
                 of
                 sin
                 is
                 Death
                 .
                 Our
                 Sins
                 
                   are
                   every
                   Day
                   crying
                   in
                   the
                   Ears
                   of
                   the
                   Lord
                   of
                   Hosts
                   ,
                
                 pay
                 us
                 our
                 wages
                 ,
                 pay
                 us
                 our
                 wages
                 !
                 When
                 Death
                 
                   arrives
                   unto
                   an
                   Unpardoned
                   Man
                   ,
                   then
                
                 pay-day
                 
                   comes
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                
                 Wages
                 
                   of
                   Death
                   and
                   Hell
                   for
                   ever
                   ,
                   are
                   pay'd
                   unto
                   the
                   Sinner
                   ,
                   whom
                   't
                   is
                   due
                   unto
                   .
                   That
                   Good
                   Man
                   took
                   it
                   for
                   granted
                   ,
                
                 If
                 I
                 be
                 Wicked
                 ,
                 wo
                 unto
                 me
                 !
                 
                   So
                   may
                   a
                   man
                   upon
                   the
                   Brinks
                   of
                   Death
                   [
                   and
                   ONE
                   of
                   you
                   is
                   very
                
                 certainly
                 
                   so
                   ]
                   assure
                   himself
                
                 ,
                 Wo
                 unto
                 me
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 now
                 be
                 found
                 Vnpardoned
                 !
                 Then
                 He
                 that
                 made
                 me
                 
                 will
                 not
                 have
                 mercy
                 on
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 He
                 that
                 formed
                 me
                 ,
                 will
                 show
                 me
                 no
                 Favour
                 .
                 Where
                 Sin
                 
                   is
                   the
                   Needie
                   ,
                   there
                
                 Destruction
                 
                   is
                   the
                   Thred
                   ;
                   if
                   a
                
                 pardon
                 
                   have
                   not
                   cut
                   it
                   off
                   ,
                   before
                   the
                   T●●ed
                   of
                   our
                   Lives
                   be
                   broken
                   ,
                
                 Wo
                 to
                 us
                 !
                 
                   Nothing
                   will
                   then
                   remain
                   for
                   an
                   Unpardoned
                   Sinner
                   ,
                   but
                
                 A
                 Fearful
                 Expectation
                 of
                 a
                 Fiery
                 Indignation
                 to
                 devour
                 him
                 ;
                 
                   Nothing
                   will
                   remain
                   ,
                   but
                
                 Everlasting
                 Fire
                 with
                 the
                 Divel
                 and
                 his
                 Angels
                 ;
                 
                   Nothing
                   will
                   remain
                   ,
                   but
                
                 ,
                 The
                 Worm
                 which
                 Dyeth
                 not
                 and
                 the
                 Fire
                 which
                 never
                 shall
                 be
                 Quenched
                 .
                 
                   But
                   no
                   Tongue
                   ma●
                   Express
                   or
                   Heart
                   conceive
                   ,
                   the
                   Dolo●
                   ,
                   the
                   Torment
                   ,
                   and
                   Anguish
                   of
                   that
                   Estate
                   ,
                   which
                   after
                   Death
                   is
                   reserved
                   for
                   the
                   Unpardoned
                   .
                   By
                   the
                   Help
                   of
                   an
                   Exalted
                   Fancy
                   ,
                   a
                   man
                   may
                   represent
                   unto
                   himself
                   ,
                
                 Racks
                 ,
                 and
                 Boots
                 ,
                 and
                 Fires
                 ,
                 
                   and
                   Rivers
                   of
                   Ardent
                   Brimstone
                   and
                   Running
                   Bel-metal
                   ,
                   to
                   cruciate
                   a
                   Malefactor
                   in
                   ,
                   but
                   all
                   of
                
                 them
                 
                   are
                   little
                   things
                   in
                   comparison
                   of
                   ,
                
                 That
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 portion
                 of
                 
                 the
                 Vnpardoned
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Heritage
                 appointed
                 unto
                 Him
                 by
                 God.
                 
                   As
                   One
                   in
                   Trouble
                   of
                   Conscience
                   for
                   Sin
                   ,
                   hearing
                   some
                   Discourse
                   about
                
                 Burning
                 to
                 Death
                 ,
                 
                   cryed
                   out
                
                 ,
                 This
                 is
                 but
                 a
                 Metaphor
                 to
                 what
                 I
                 feel
                 !
                 
                   Truly
                   ,
                   the
                   most
                   hideous
                   Tortures
                   in
                   the
                   world
                   ,
                   are
                   but
                
                 Metaphors
                 
                   unto
                   the
                   terrible
                   Blows
                   and
                   Wounds
                   ,
                   which
                   with
                   immediate
                   Impressions
                   of
                   Divine
                   Indignation
                   ,
                   will
                   in
                   the
                   other
                   world
                   ,
                   be
                   inflicted
                   ,
                   upon
                   the
                   Unpardoned
                   World
                   without
                   End.
                   Indeed
                   ,
                   as
                   a
                   Painter
                   being
                   asked
                   to
                   draw
                   unto
                   the
                   Life
                   ,
                   the
                   Horrors
                   of
                   the
                
                 Spanish
                 ,
                 Inquisition
                 ,
                 
                   only
                   besmeared
                   his
                   Table
                   with
                
                 Blood
                 ,
                 
                   intimating
                   that
                   the
                   Thing
                   was
                   too
                
                 Bloody
                 
                   to
                   be
                   otherwise
                   Described
                   .
                   So
                   ,
                   could
                   I
                   cover
                   my
                   Pulpit
                   with
                   nothing
                   but
                
                 Blood
                 and
                 Fire
                 ,
                 
                   it
                   would
                   give
                   some
                   little
                   expressive
                   Characters
                   of
                   what
                   the
                
                 Vnpardoned
                 
                   at
                   their
                   Death
                   are
                   Doom'd
                   unto
                   .
                   But
                   all
                   words
                   are
                   here
                   swallowed
                   up
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             What
             Remains
             must
             be
             the
             APPLICATION
             Of
             the
             Truths
             which
             have
             been
             thus
             cleared
             unto
             us
             .
             And
          
           
             1.
             
             There
             is
             an
             USE
             of
             these
             things
             which
             every
             one
             of
             us
             All
             are
             to
             be
             addressed
             with
             .
             'T
             is
             this
             ;
          
           
             Let
             every
             man
             among
             you
             seek
             ,
             and
             Secure
             a
             Pardon
             before
             the
             Sleep
             of
             Death
             shall
             overtake
             you
             .
          
           
             
               We
               all
               own
               our selves
               to
               be
            
             Sinners
             
               before
               that
               God
               ,
               whose
               Eyes
               are
               like
            
             a
             Flame
             of
             Fire
             .
             
               It
               was
               begg'd
               ,
               by
               one
               ,
               and
               may
               be
               begg'd
               by
               us
               all
               ,
               as
               in
               Psal
               ,
            
             19.
             12
             ,
             13.
             
             Cleanse
             thou
             me
             from
             Secret
             Sins
             ,
             keep
             back
             thy
             Servant
             also
             from
             presumptuous
             Sins
             .
             
               Besides
               ,
               the
            
             Corruption
             
               brought
               with
               us
               into
               the
               world
               ,
               which
            
             Concupiscence
             
               the
               Apopostle
               to
               the
            
             Romans
             ,
             
               in
               two
               or
               three
               
               Chapters
               together
               ,
               calls
               by
               the
               Name
               of
               SIN
               more
               than
               twice
            
             seven
             
               times
               ;
               there
               have
               been
            
             Actual
             Sins
             
               of
               all
               sorts
               ,
               which
               we
               have
               defiled
               our selves
               withal
               .
               And
               besides
               our
            
             presumptuous
             sins
             
               many
               thousands
               of
               times
               Repeated
               in
               our
               Lives
               ,
               whereof
               I
               may
               say
               to
               every
               man
               ,
               as
               once
               't
               was
               said
               unto
               One
               ,
            
             Thou
             knowest
             the
             wickedness
             which
             thy
             own
             Heart
             ,
             is
             privy
             to
             ;
             
               there
               are
               also
               our
            
             Secret
             Faults
             
               which
               every
               day
               ,
               without
               Humble
               Recollections
               ,
               we
               fall
               into
               .
               Some
               Sin
               thro'
            
             Ignorance
             ;
             
               and
               thus
               do
               many
               among
               us
               ,
               with
               whom
            
             Clip'd
             Oathes
             
               are
               such
               frequent
               Things
               .
               Their
               common
               interjection
               is
            
             Marry
             ;
             
               and
               they
               think
               not
               ,
               that
               they
               Swear
               by
               the
               Virgin
            
             Mary
             :
             
               ever
               now
               and
               then
               ,
               a
            
             God
             so
             ,
             
               passes
               from
               them
               ,
               and
               they
               do
               not
               think
               that
               they
               swear
               ,
               by
            
             Gods
             Soul
             ,
             
               in
               speaking
               so
               .
               Others
               do
               sin
               thro'
            
             Carelesness
             ,
             and
             Heedlesness
             :
             
               and
               hence
               they
               let
               more
            
             Spiritual
             Sins
             
               wonderfully
               have
               Dominson
               over
               them
            
             ;
             Pride
             ,
             Passion
             ,
             
             Malice
             ,
             and
             By-Ends
             ,
             
               do
               strangely
               carry
               them
               away
               .
               In
               short
               ,
               it
               is
               impossible
               to
               reckon
               up
               ,
               how
               many
               Regards
               there
               are
               ,
               wherein
               we
               have
               cause
               to
               Acknowledge
               before
               the
               Great
               God
               ,
            
             Father
             ,
             we
             have
             sinned
             !
             
               But
               why
               then
               do
               not
               we
               seek
               a
            
             pardon
             
               for
               our
               many
               and
               our
               mighty
            
             Sins
             ?
             
               know
               we
               not
            
             ,
             That
             we
             shall
             quickly
             Sleep
             in
             the
             Dust
             ?
             
               As
               we
               are
            
             Sinners
             ,
             
               we
               are
               also
            
             Mortal
             ;
             
               and
               we
               are
            
             Mortal
             Sinners
             
               too
               .
               Let
               me
               then
               urge
               a
               few
               Counsils
               upon
               you
            
             all
             ;
             
               and
               Let
            
             That
             
               man
               who
               is
               now
               just
               upon
               taking
               an
               Eternal
               Farewel
               of
               such
               Counsils
               ,
               give
               ●
               very
               particular
               Attention
               thereunto
               .
            
          
           
             
               Counsel
               1.
               
            
             
               Seek
               a
               Pardon
               ,
               and
               seek
               it
               
                 EARNESTLY
                 .
                 O
                 be
                 in
                 Good
              
               Earnest
               ,
               
                 &
                 (
                 to
                 speak
                 Scripturally
                 )
                 be
                 in
              
               Agonies
               
                 about
                 this
              
               Grand
               Concern
               .
            
             
               To
               awaken
               your
               zeal
               hereabout
               .
            
             
               
                 Consider
                 ,
                 The
                 vast
              
               Blessings
               and
               Comforts
               
                 which
                 a
              
               Pardon
               
                 is
                 accompanied
                 
                 withal
                 .
                 T
                 is
                 an
                 iterated
                 Exclamation
                 about
                 a
                 pardoned
              
               Man
               in
               Psal.
               3.
               
               ●
               1
               ,
               2.
               
               O
               the
               Blessednesses
               of
               such
               a
               man
               
                 There
                 are
              
               Blessednesses
               in
               this
               Life
               
                 which
                 a
                 pardon
                 will
                 bring
                 unto
                 us
                 .
                 A
              
               pardon
               
                 will
                 be
                 the
              
               Sugar
               
                 of
                 all
                 our
                 mercies
                 .
                 This
                 was
                 that
                 which
                 made
                 Health
                 ,
                 to
                 be
              
               Health
               indeed
               unto
               Hezekiah
               ;
               
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 only
                 say
              
               ,
               I
               am
               alive
               and
               Healthy
               !
               
                 but
                 he
                 could
                 say
                 therewithal
                 ,
                 as
                 in
              
               Isai.
               38.
               17.
               
               Thou
               hast
               cast
               all
               my
               sins
               behind
               thy
               back
               .
               A
               Pardon
               
                 will
                 also
                 be
                 the
                 sweetner
                 of
                 all
                 our
              
               Troubles
               .
               
                 It
                 will
                 be
                 a
                 piece
                 of
                 wood
                 from
                 the
                 Cross
                 of
                 our
                 Lord
                 Jesus
                 ,
                 to
                 dulcifie
                 the
                 waters
                 of
              
               Marah
               ,
               
                 whi●h
                 are
                 usually
                 so
                 bitter
                 to
                 us
                 .
                 When
                 a
                 man
                 lay
                 sick
                 of
                 a
                 sore
                 Disease
                 ,
                 this
                 Word
                 was
                 enough
                 to
                 make
                 his
                 Bed
                 for
                 ever
                 easy
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 in
                 Ma●
                 .
                 9.
                 3
                 
                 ▪
              
               Son
               ,
               be
               of
               good
               cheer
               ,
               thy
               Sins
               be
               Forgiven
               thee
               .
               
                 But
                 there
                 are
                 more
                 marvellous
              
               Blessednesses
               
                 which
                 a
                 pardon
                 brings
                 in
                 the
              
               Life
               to
               come
               ▪
               
                 〈◊〉
                 a
                 Link
                 which
                 the
                 Apostle
                 finds
                 ,
                 it
                 ▪
                 
                 (
                 that
                 which
                 the
                 Ancients
                 call
                 )
              
               The
               Golden
               Chain
               of
               Salvation
               ,
               Rom.
               8.
               30.
               
               Whom
               he
               Iustified
               ,
               Them
               he
               also
               Glorified
               .
               
                 There
                 is
                 no
                 less
                 than
                 a
              
               Kingdom
               
                 to
                 follow
                 upon
                 a
              
               Pardon
               .
               
                 Tho'
                 the
                 Sinner
                 were
                 here
                 in
                 the
              
               Fetters
               of
               Affliction
               ,
               
                 yet
                 his
                 very
              
               Chains
               
                 will
                 be
                 turned
                 into
              
               Crowns
               ,
               
                 when
                 once
                 a
                 Pardon
                 has
                 made
                 him
                 capable
                 thereof
                 .
                 O
                 'T
                 is
                 well
                 worth
                 your
                 while
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 in
              
               Earnest
               ,
               
                 about
                 so
                 Desirable
                 a
                 Thing
                 as
                 this
                 !
                 What
                 shall
                 I
                 say
                 more
                 ?
                 A
                 Malefactor
                 once
                 receiving
                 Sentence
                 of
                 Death
                 ,
                 did
                 with
                 a
                 most
                 Earnest
                 Noise
                 cry
                 to
                 the
                 Iudge
                 for
              
               mercy
               ;
               
                 and
                 being
                 rebuked
                 ,
                 for
                 being
                 so
                 clamorous
                 ,
                 replyed
                 ,
              
               Why
               ,
               it
               is
               for
               〈◊〉
               ,
               it
               is
               for
               my
               Life●l
               and
               shall
               not
               ●
               be
               in
               Earnest
               for
               it
               .
               ?
               
                 So
                 ,
                 and
                 more
                 th●n
              
               that
               ,
               
                 may
                 I
                 say
                 concerning
                 a
              
               Pardon
               
                 from
                 the
                 Hands
                 of
                 God
              
               ;
               Seek
               it
               ;
               it
               〈◊〉
               for
               the
               life
               of
               a
               precious
               〈◊〉
               Immortal
               〈◊〉
               which
               is
               worth
               your
               being
               in
               〈…〉
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Counsel
               2.
               
            
             
               Seek
               
                 a
                 Pardon
              
               ,
               and
               seek
               it
               
                 PRESENTLY
                 .
                 Be
                 able
                 to
                 say
                 ,
                 concerning
                 your
              
               Seeking
               a
               Pardon
               
                 from
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Psalmist
                 said
                 about
                 his
              
               Keeping
               the
               Precept
               
                 of
                 ,
                 the
                 Eternal
                 God
              
               ;
               I
               made
               Hast
               ,
               and
               did
               not
               Delay
               to
               do
               it
               .
            
             
               To
               awaken
               your
               Hast
               here-about
               .
            
             
               
                 Consider
                 the
                 Incredible
              
               Dangers
               
                 of
                 all
              
               Delays
               .
               
                 Your
                 main
                 Business
                 is
                 to
                 become
                 well
                 provided
                 of
                 a
              
               pardon
               
                 for
                 your
                 Sins
                 .
                 Let
                 me
                 now
                 say
                 unto
                 you
                 ,
                 as
                 in
                 2
                 Cor.
              
               6.
               2.
               
               Behold
               ,
               Now
               is
               the
               Accepted
               Time
               ,
               Behold
               Now
               is
               the
               Day
               of
               Salvation
               !
               
                 If
                 you
                 slip
                 th●s
              
               N●w
               ,
               
                 you
                 may
                 never
                 have
                 another
                 ;
                 you
                 may
                 miss
                 of
              
               Acceptance
               and
               Salvation
               
                 for
                 ever
                 more
                 .
                 O
                 do
                 not
                 say
                 ,
                 as
                 〈◊〉
                 Unhappy
              
               Faelix
               did
               I
               'll
               concern
               my self
               about
               these
               matters
               at
               a
               more
               convenient
               season
               ;
               
                 for
                 a
              
               More
               convenient
               Season
               
                 will
                 never
                 com●
                 The
                 Great
                 God
                 says
                 ,
                 To
              
               Day
               !
               and
               
               our
               To
               morrow
               ,
               
                 cannot
                 be
                 a
              
               more
               convenient
               season
               
                 than
                 that
                 which
                 the
                 all-wise
                 God
                 hath
                 pointed
                 us
                 unto
                 .
                 You
                 have
              
               Now
               
                 about
                 you
                 ,
                 a
                 thousand
              
               conveniencies
               
                 for
                 the
                 getting
                 of
                 a
                 Pardon
                 ,
                 which
                 no
              
               Season
               
                 hereafter
                 will
                 have
                 blowing
                 in
                 the
              
               Sails
               
                 thereof
                 .
                 Nay
                 t
                 is
                 possible
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 never
                 have
              
               any
               other
               season
               at
               all
               .
               
                 We
                 are
                 told
                 ,
                 in
              
               Eccl.
               9.
               12.
               
               Man
               knoweth
               not
               his
               time
               .
               
                 We
                 are
              
               bid
               in
               Prov.
               27.
               1.
               
               Boast
               not
               thy self
               of
               Tomorrow
               .
               We
               do
               not
               know
               that
               the
               ●ime
               
                 which
                 is
              
               future
               ,
               
                 will
                 ever
                 come
                 to
                 be
              
               present
               
                 with
                 us
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 was
                 but
                 a
                 well-advised
                 man
                 ,
                 who
                 could
                 say
                 ,
              
               I
               have
               not
               had
               a
               
                 To
                 morrow
              
               ,
               for
               these
               many
               years
               .
               
                 It
                 was
                 a
                 prudent
                 Admonition
                 given
                 by
                 a
              
               Rabbi
               
                 to
                 a
              
               Scholar
               ,
               
                 among
                 the
                 Jews
              
               ,
               Child
               ,
               Be
               sure
               to
               Repent
               at
               least
               a
               day
               before
               you
               Dy.
               
                 That
                 person
                 is
                 worse
                 than
              
               Mad
               
                 who
                 does
                 not
                 make
                 sure
                 of
              
               this
               .
               
                 But
                 you
                 cannot
                 make
                 sure
                 of
                 〈◊〉
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 do
                 not
                 Repent
                 within
                 the
              
               〈◊〉
               
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 hours
                 that
                 are
                 now
                 before
                 you
                 .
                 If
                 any
                 man
                 propound
                 
                 an
              
               Hereafter
               
                 unto
                 himself
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 sure
                 of
                 a
                 Pardon
                 in
                 ,
                 I
                 would
                 say
                 unto
                 him
                 ,
              
               Thou
               Fool
               ,
               This
               Night
               thy
               Soul
               may
               be
               required
               of
               thee
               .
               
                 And
                 let
                 me
                 add
                 the
                 words
                 once
                 used
                 in
                 a
                 case
                 of
                 sudden
                 and
                 extream
                 Hazzard
                 ,
              
               save
               thy self
               to
               Night
               ,
               for
               To
               morrow
               thou
               mayest
               be
               Slain
               .
            
          
           
             
               Counsil
               .
               3.
               
            
             
               
                 Seek
                 a
              
               pardon
               ,
               
                 and
                 seek
                 it
              
               HOPEFULLY
               .
               Despair
               not
               of
               it
               ,
               but
               that
               your
               sins
               which
               have
               been
               like
               Scarlet
               ,
               may
               yet
               become
               as
               Wool
               ,
               and
               that
               your
               sins
               ,
               which
               have
               been
               as
               Crimson
               may
               become
               like
               Snow
               .
               To
               quicken
               this
               Hope
               in
               your
               Souls
               .
            
             
               Consider
               the
               Boundless
               Mercy
               of
               the
               infinite
               God.
               It
               may
               be
               that
               your
               sins
               have
               had
               most
               bloody
               Aggravations
               ;
               as
               being
               against
               much
               Light
               ,
               and
               much
               Love
               ,
               and
               against
               very
               solemn
               Vows
               unto
               the
               contrary
               .
               Yet
               a
               Pardon
               is
               attainable
               ,
               if
               you
               slight
               it
               not
               .
               What
               is
               Gods
               Design
               ,
               in
               our
               Pardon
               ?
               it
               is
               to
               
               magnifie
               His
               Grace
               ,
               and
               (
               as
               the
               Apostle
               speaks
               )
               that
               he
               may
               
                 Commend
                 His
                 Love.
              
               Well
               then
               ,
               then
               greater
               our
               Pardon
               is
               ,
               the
               greater
               will
               Gods
               Glory
               be
               .
               Hence
               it
               was
               the
               plea
               of
               the
               Psalmist
               ,
               in
               
                 Psal.
                 25.
                 11.
                 
                 O
                 Lord
                 ,
                 Pardon
                 my
                 Iniquity
                 ,
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 great
                 .
              
               What
               a
               FOR
               is
               that
               ?
               How
               strange
               an
               Argument
               is
               this
               ?
               The
               Despairing
               Soul
               thinks
               ,
               
                 God
                 will
                 not
                 Pardon
                 my
                 Iniquity
                 FOR
                 it
                 is
                 Great
                 .
              
               But
               if
               we
               really
               Turn
               to
               God
               ,
               the
               greatness
               of
               our
               sins
               will
               become
               no
               less
               than
               a
               plea
               for
               the
               Pardon
               of
               them
               .
               For
               
                 Great
                 Sinners
              
               will
               give
               
                 Great
                 praises
              
               ,
               if
               they
               may
               tast
               of
               his
               pardoning
               mercy
               .
               Be
               not
               then
               Discouraged
               from
               industrious
               endeavours
               hereabout
               ;
               but
               remember
               ,
               that
               when
               our
               Lord
               Jesus
               hath
               said
               ,
               in
               Ioh.
               6
               37.
               
               
                 Him
                 that
                 cometh
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 in
                 no
                 wise
                 cast
                 out
              
               ;
               None
               of
               our
               Names
               are
               excepted
               there
               .
            
             
               Remember
               also
               that
               there
               are
               some
               now
               Triumphing
               with
               God
               in
               Heaven
               that
               once
               were
               guilty
               of
               the
               very
               same
               
               Sins
               which
               We
               are
               now
               terrified
               withal
               .
               Where
               is
               Abraham
               ,
               that
               once
               was
               an
               Idolater
               ?
               what
               became
               of
               Menasseh
               ,
               the
               Conjurer
               ?
               and
               of
               Magdal●n
               the
               Strumpet
               ?
               Is
               it
               not
               an
               Epitaph
               written
               by
               the
               Apostle
               upon
               the
               Grave
               of
               
                 Rahab
                 ,
                 Rahab
                 the
                 Harlot
                 perished
                 not
                 ?
              
               yea
               ,
               did
               not
               even
               some
               of
               those
               that
               Murder'd
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ
               Himself
               ,
               afterwards
               partake
               in
               the
               pardoning
               vertue
               of
               His
               Blood
               ,
               which
               with
               wicked
               Hands
               they
               had
               been
               shedding
               of
               ?
               see
               also
               1
               Cor.
               6.
               9
               ,
               10
               ,
               11
               ,
               And
               why
               may
               not
               YOV
               come
               to
               be
               pardoned
               as
               well
               as
               the●
               ,
               if
               you
               tread
               in
               their
               steps
               ,
               by
               a
               serious
               and
               sedulous
               making
               after
               it
               ?
               Perhaps
               you
               have
               been
               ready
               to
               Sin.
               But
               it
               is
               an
               Attribute
               of
               God
               ,
               in
               Neh.
               9.
               17.
               
               
                 He
                 is
                 ready
                 to
                 pardon
              
               .
               Have
               you
               gone
               on
               a
               great
               while
               in
               Sin
               ,
               and
               grown
               old
               and
               gray
               ,
               and
               horribly
               Ripe
               in
               your
               Evil
               wayes
               ?
               yet
               hear
               that
               Charm
               ,
               in
               
                 Ier.
                 3.
                 1.
                 
                 Thou
                 hast
                 played
                 the
                 Harlot
                 with
                 many
                 Lovers
                 ,
                 yet
                 Return
                 unto
                 Me
                 saith
                 the
                 Lord.
              
               In
               the
               primitive
               
               times
               there
               was
               one
               Victorius
               ,
               a
               very
               old
               Man
               ,
               converted
               unto
               Christianity
               :
               the
               Church
               would
               not
               receive
               him
               for
               some
               time
               ,
               for
               thought
               they
               ,
               
                 Old
                 Sinners
                 do
                 not
                 use
                 thus
                 to
                 turn
                 and
                 Live
                 :
              
               But
               he
               evidenced
               the
               Reality
               of
               his
               Conversion
               ,
               so
               that
               they
               sang
               Hymns
               about
               it
               ,
               in
               the
               Christian
               Assemblies
               ,
               and
               it
               was
               every
               where
               proclaimed
               ,
               Victorius
               
                 is
                 become
                 a
                 Christian
              
               !
               Victorius
               
                 is
                 become
                 a
                 Christian
              
               !
               Even
               so
               may
               it
               come
               to
               be
               a
               shout
               over
               the
               oldest
               Sinner
               among
               you
               all
               ,
               
                 That
                 Old
                 Wretch
                 has
                 got
                 a
              
               Pardon
               
                 after
                 all
              
               !
               Behold
               I
               have
               an
               Order
               to
               make
               an
               Offer
               of
               a
               Pardon
               within
               these
               Walls
               this
               Day
               ;
               and
               in
               the
               Name
               of
               the
               Eternal
               King
               ,
               I
               make
               it
               unto
               every
               Soul
               among
               the
               many
               hundreds
               of
               People
               here
               .
               A
               Preface
               once
               Angrily
               made
               by
               Moses
               ,
               let
               me
               Chearfully
               and
               Ioyfully
               make
               th●●
               Day
               ;
               
                 Hear
                 ye
                 Rebels
              
               :
               But
               that
               which
               I
               thus
               Preface
               is
               ,
               The
               glorious
               
               King
               ●f
               Heaven
               will
               receive
               every
               one
               of
               you
               to
               Mercy
               ,
               if
               you
               will
               now
               at
               last
               lay
               
               down
               your
               Arms.
               I
               am
               to
               assure
               you
               
                 There
                 is
                 Hope
                 in
                 Israel
                 concerning
                 this
                 thing
                 .
              
               Do
               not
               say
               with
               them
               ,
               in
               
                 Eze.
                 7
                 3
                 :
                 11.
                 
                 Our
                 Hope
                 is
                 lost
                 .
              
               No
               ,
               to
               all
               your
               other
               Sins
               ,
               I
               beseech
               you
               add
               not
               that
               of
               Despair
               ,
               which
               will
               be
               at
               least
               equal
               to
               the
               greatest
               of
               them
               ,
               which
               you
               have
               already
               perpetrated
               .
               What
               a
               nefandous
               Blasphemy
               was
               that
               of
               Spira
               ,
               one
               of
               whose
               Roarings
               was
               ,
               
                 My
                 Sin
                 is
                 greater
                 than
                 the
                 Mercy
                 of
                 God!
              
               That
               is
               the
               Cursed
               Language
               of
               Despair
               ,
               which
               let
               no
               man
               indulge
               !
               Don't
               connt
               the
               
                 Day
                 of
              
               yet
               over
               with
               you
               .
               Saiest
               thou
               ?
               
                 I
                 am
                 afraid
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
                 God
                 has
                 done
                 striving
                 with
                 me
                 ?
              
               nay
               ,
               if
               thou
               art
               afraid
               of
               it
               ,
               then
               it
               is
               not
               yet
               come
               to
               pass
               ;
               He
               may
               be
               striving
               in
               those
               very
               Fears
               .
               Saist
               thou
               ,
               
                 I
                 fear
                 I
                 have
                 committed
                 the
                 Vnpardonable
                 sin
                 ?
              
               If
               thou
               fear
               it
               ,
               then
               thou
               hast
               never
               Done
               it
               .
               They
               that
               are
               conscienciously
               solicitous
               and
               suspicious
               about
               it
               ,
               are
               yet
               
                 Clear
                 from
                 the
                 great
                 Transgression
              
               .
               
               O
               then
               come
               to
               God
               at
               the
               
                 Door
                 Hope
              
               thus
               opened
               for
               you
               .
            
          
           
             
               Counsel
               4.
               
            
             
               Seek
               a
               Pardon
               ,
               
                 and
                 seek
                 it
              
               BELIEVINGLY
               .
               It
               is
               to
               be
               Enjoy'd
               by
               none
               but
               a
               Believing
               Soul.
               
            
             
               To
               Excite
               this
               Faith.
               
            
             
               Consider
               ,
               The
               proper
               and
               only
               Gospel-way
               ,
               to
               a
               pardon
               .
               'T
               is
               by
               Faith
               ;
               as
               we
               are
               minded
               in
               Rom.
               5.
               1.
               
               
                 We
                 are
                 Iustify'd
                 by
                 Faith.
              
               We
               must
               Request
               ,
               and
               Expect
               our
               Pardon
               to
               come
               swimming
               down
               unto
               us
               in
               the
               Blood
               of
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ
               alone
               ;
               and
               we
               must
               keep
               our
               Eye
               upon
               Him
               ,
               under
               that
               Notion
               ,
               in
               John
               1.
               29.
               
               
                 The
                 Lamb
                 of
                 God
                 which
                 takes
                 away
                 the
                 Sin
                 of
                 the
                 World.
              
               We
               must
               look
               upon
               our
               Pardon
               as
               purchased
               and
               procured
               for
               us
               ,
               by
               the
               Death
               of
               our
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               who
               in
               the
               Eternal
               
                 Covenant
                 of
                 Redemption
              
               Engag'd
               unto
               His
               Father
               ,
               
                 That
                 He
                 would
                 make
                 His
                 own
                 Soul
                 an
                 offering
                 for
                 the
                 Sins
                 of
                 all
                 His
                 Chosen
                 ones
                 .
              
               We
               are
               to
               take
               the
               Merits
               of
               the
               Lord
               
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               as
               they
               are
               profered
               unto
               us
               in
               the
               Tenders
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ;
               and
               lay
               the
               whole
               Stress
               of
               our
               Guilty
               Souls
               thereupon
               for
               ever
               .
               It
               is
               said
               in
               1
               John
               1.
               7.
               
               
                 The
                 Blood
                 of
                 Iesus
                 Christ
                 cleanseth
                 us
                 from
                 all
                 Sin.
              
               Wherefore
               we
               must
               Renounce
               all
               Dependence
               upon
               any
               Righteousness
               of
               our
               own
               for
               our
               pardon
               .
               Let
               us
               not
               place
               any
               Trust
               ,
               in
               any
               
                 Good
                 Works
              
               ,
               or
               in
               any
               
                 Good
                 Frames
              
               of
               our
               own
               ,
               as
               tho'
               they
               could
               render
               the
               Holy
               God
               propitious
               to
               us
               .
               It
               is
               said
               in
               Job
               9.
               2
               ,
               3.
               
               
                 How
                 should
                 man
                 be
                 Iust
                 with
                 God
                 ?
                 If
                 He
                 will
                 contend
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 he
                 cannot
                 answer
                 Him
                 one
                 of
                 a
                 thousand
                 .
              
               The
               Iews
               give
               this
               Exposition
               of
               it
               ;
               The
               pleas
               which
               men
               fetch
               from
               any
               Good
               thing
               in
               themselves
               ,
               for
               the
               pardon
               of
               their
               sins
               ,
               are
               
                 so
                 weak
              
               ,
               and
               so
               trifling
               ,
               and
               so
               foolish
               ,
               that
               the
               Great
               God
               would
               scorn
               to
               give
               an
               Answer
               to
               one
               among
               a
               Thousand
               of
               them
               .
               Alas
               ,
               we
               must
               not
               so
               much
               as
               ascribe
               the
               Inclinations
               of
               God
               to
               Impute
               the
               
               Righteousness
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               unto
               us
               ,
               ●nto
               any
               Humiliations
               and
               Reformati●ns
               which
               we
               may
               be
               dispos'd
               unto
               .
               We
               are
               to
               ly
               before
               the
               Lord
               ,
               as
               Loathsome
               ,
               Undone
               ,
               Wretched
               Creatures
               ,
               and
               Shout
               
                 Grace
                 !
                 Grace
              
               !
               concerning
               all
               the
               Methods
               of
               our
               pardon
               .
               Here
               ,
               to
               speak
               as
               Ierome
               of
               old
               ,
               
                 All
                 Hands
                 are
                 Dissolved
                 ,
                 because
                 nothing
                 done
                 by
                 our
                 Hands
                 will
                 be
                 found
                 to
                 answer
                 the
                 Righteousness
                 of
                 God.
              
               It
               was
               a
               thing
               prescribed
               in
               Ancient
               Directiores
               for
               the
               
                 Visitation
                 of
                 the
                 Sick
              
               ,
               that
               the
               Sick
               Man
               should
               be
               taught
               to
               say
               ,
               
                 O
                 my
                 God
                 ,
                 I
                 now
                 place
                 the
                 Death
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 Iesus
                 Christ
                 ,
                 between
                 me
                 and
                 my
                 Sins
                 .
              
               Behold
               ,
               words
               fitted
               for
               every
               Sin-sick
               Soul
               !
               What
               else
               can
               we
               say
               ,
               seeing
               we
               are
               told
               in
               Acts
               26.
               18.
               
               
                 Men
                 receive
                 the
                 Forgiveness
                 of
                 Sins
                 ,
                 and
                 are
                 Sanctify'd
                 by
                 Faith
                 in
                 Christ
                 Iesus
                 .
              
               And
               hence
               even
               one
               of
               the
               greatest
               Giants
               among
               the
               Romish
               Philistines
               ,
               having
               argued
               a
               great
               while
               ,
               for
               the
               Interest
               of
               our
               own
               
               Merits
               ,
               in
               the
               pardon
               of
               our
               Sins
               ,
               at
               last
               he
               comes
               to
               that
               memorable
               issue
               of
               all
               
                 [
                 Tutissimum
                 est
                 ]
                 By
                 Reason
                 of
                 the
                 uncertainty
                 of
                 our
                 own
                 Righteousness
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Danger
                 of
                 vain
                 Glory
                 ,
                 't
                 is
                 the
                 safest
                 course
                 to
                 Repose
                 our
                 whole
                 Trust
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Mercy
                 and
                 Grace
                 of
                 God
                 alone
                 .
              
               Indeed
               !
               I
               pray
               ,
               why
               then
               did
               you
               ,
               Bellarmine
               ,
               Dispute
               with
               so
               long
               and
               strong
               a
               Sophistry
               ,
               against
               the
               
                 safest
                 course
              
               in
               the
               World
               ?
               I
               beseech
               you
               ,
               Let
               none
               of
               us
               take
               any
               
                 other
                 course
              
               for
               the
               pardon
               of
               our
               Sins
               .
            
          
           
             
               Counsel
               5
            
             
               
                 Seek
                 a
              
               Pardon
               ,
               
                 and
                 seek
                 it
              
               PENITENTLY
               .
               And
               there
               are
               especially
               Two
               Expressions
               of
               Repentance
               ,
               which
               we
               are
               to
               be
               exercised
               in
               ,
               They
               are
               conjoyned
               in
               Prov.
               28.
               13.
               
               
                 He
                 that
                 Confesseth
                 ,
                 and
                 Forsaketh
                 his
                 Sins
                 ,
                 shall
                 find
                 Mercy
                 .
              
            
             
               VVherefore
               ,
            
             
               1.
               
               Confess
               all
               your
               Sins
               ,
               if
               you
               
               would
               have
               the
               pardon
               of
               them
               .
               It
               was
               said
               upon
               a
               devout
               purpose
               of
               Confession
               ,
               in
               Psal.
               32.
               5.
               
               
                 I
                 said
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 Confess
                 my
                 Transgressions
                 unto
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 and
                 thou
                 forgavest
                 the
                 Iniquity
                 of
                 my
                 Sin.
              
               How
               much
               more
               ,
               will
               an
               exact
               performance
               of
               it
               ,
               have
               such
               a
               Consequence
               ?
            
             
               In
               some
               Cases
               our
               Sins
               must
               be
               confessed
               unto
               Men.
               Indeed
               ,
               our
               secret
               Sins
               must
               not
               be
               divulged
               ,
               until
               God
               Himself
               have
               in
               a
               manner
               brought
               them
               out
               ;
               but
               then
               we
               are
               by
               our
               own
               ingenuous
               Confessions
               to
               perfect
               the
               Discovery
               ,
               So
               David
               ,
               so
               Ionah
               thought
               ,
               tho'
               they
               could
               say
               unto
               God
               ,
               
                 Against
                 thee
                 ,
                 thee
                 only
                 have
                 I
                 sinned
              
               ;
               scarce
               any
               but
               God
               being
               privy
               to
               their
               Miscarriages
               .
               And
               thus
               Achan
               ,
               when
               others
               were
               made
               Sufferers
               by
               his
               being
               a
               Sinner
               ,
               and
               God
               was
               pointing
               at
               him
               as
               the
               Troubler
               of
               all
               the
               Neighbourhood
               ,
               his
               Duty
               then
               was
               that
               ,
               
                 My
                 Son
                 ,
                 Confess
                 and
                 Give
                 Glory
                 to
                 God.
              
               But
               be
               sure
               ,
               Sins
               
               committed
               before
               Men
               ,
               must
               be
               Confessed
               unto
               Men.
               VVhen
               Ioseph●
               Brethren
               had
               been
               
                 Brethren
                 in
                 Iniquity
              
               ,
               they
               heard
               one
               another
               with
               a
               bitter
               Confession
               saying
               ,
               
                 We
                 are
                 verily
                 Guilty
              
               !
               When
               the
               Publicans
               and
               Souldiers
               &
               such
               people
               ,
               that
               had
               
                 sinned
                 publickly
              
               of
               old
               ,
               came
               to
               a
               better
               sense
               ,
               they
               
                 Confessed
                 their
                 sins
              
               ,
               no
               doubt
               a●
               publickly
               as
               they
               could
               .
               We
               must
               give
               all
               men
               to
               see
               that
               we
               do
               not
               Approve
               of
               Sin
               ,
               by
               our
               taking
               shame
               to
               our selves
               for
               what
               sin
               they
               have
               seen
               us
               overtaken
               with
               ,
               and
               like
               the
               Convicted
               Leper
               crying
               out
               ,
               
                 Vnclean
                 ,
                 Vnclean
              
               !
            
             
               But
               in
               all
               Cases
               ,
               our
               sins
               must
               be
               confessed
               unto
               God
               ;
               who
               knows
               them
               all
               ;
               and
               whom
               they
               have
               all
               affronted
               and
               ●●used
               ,
               It
               is
               said
               in
               1
               John
               1.
               9.
               
               
                 If
                 we
                 Confess
                 our
                 Sins
                 ,
                 He
                 is
                 Faithful
                 and
                 Iust
                 to
                 forgive
                 us
                 our
                 Sins
                 .
              
               We
               are
               to
               confess
               our
               sins
               before
               the
               God
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               both
               very
               particularly
               ,
               and
               very
               sincerely
               .
               We
               may
               do
               well
               to
               
               take
               a
               Catalogue
               of
               
                 Duties
                 Required
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Sins
                 Forbidden
              
               ,
               in
               all
               the
               Commandments
               of
               God
               ;
               and
               Examining
               by
               that
               Glass
               ,
               what
               Spots
               we
               have
               had
               in
               our
               Hearts
               and
               Lives
               ,
               we
               should
               Bewayl
               them
               all
               before
               God.
               And
               Bewayl
               them
               ,
               without
               any
               Excuses
               or
               Defences
               to
               Extenuate
               them
               ,
               in
               our
               Lamentations
               .
               An
               Vpright
               man
               ,
               lies
               in
               the
               Dust
               ;
               Let
               us
               lay
               our selves
               there
               ,
               and
               so
               Enlarge
               upon
               our
               own
               Vileness
               ,
               as
               becomes
               ,
               
                 A
                 Spirit
                 without
                 Guile
              
               .
               Such
               a
               Confession
               as
               this
               ,
               must
               be
               made
               if
               we
               would
               have
               any
               marks
               of
               a
               pardoned
               Soul
               upon
               us
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Forsake
               all
               your
               Sins
               ,
               if
               you
               would
               make
               Genuine
               your
               Confession
               of
               them
               .
               When
               you
               have
               once
               Vomited
               up
               your
               Sins
               by
               Confessing
               of
               them
               ,
               O
               do
               not
               return
               to
               them
               ,
               as
               ,
               
                 A
                 Dog
                 to
                 his
                 Vomit
              
               .
               Come
               to
               say
               ,
               as
               in
               Job
               34.
               31.
               
               
                 I
                 will
                 not
                 offend
                 any
                 more
              
               ;
               and
               study
               to
               Do
               what
               you
               say
               .
               As
               ,
               
                 The
                 Burnt
                 Child
                 will
                 dread
                 the
                 Fire
                 ,
              
               So
               let
               us
               Dread
               all
               the
               Sins
               which
               our
               
               Souls
               have
               been
               scorched
               with
               ;
               and
               let
               us
               not
               espouse
               any
               
                 Way
                 of
                 wickedness
              
               .
               If
               any
               of
               us
               will
               
                 go
                 on
                 still
              
               in
               our
               Sins
               ,
               let
               us
               not
               forget
               what
               will
               come
               of
               it
               ;
               no
               less
               truly
               than
               that
               in
               Psal.
               68
               21.
               
               
                 God
                 shall
                 wound
                 the
                 Head
                 of
                 such
                 an
                 one
                 ,
                 as
                 goeth
                 on
                 still
                 in
                 his
                 Trespasses
                 .
              
               But
               O
               what
               horrible
               wounds
               are
               those
               which
               the
               Omnipotent
               Hand
               of
               the
               Great
               God
               shall
               be
               the
               Inflicter
               of
               !
               Do
               not
               venture
               to
               
                 go
                 on
              
               in
               any
               course
               of
               Sin
               ;
               but
               be
               able
               to
               say
               ,
               
                 I
                 hate
                 every
                 false
                 way
              
               ;
               and
               especially
               ,
               be
               able
               to
               say
               ,
               
                 I
                 kept
                 my self
                 from
                 mine
                 Iniquitie
                 .
              
               Albeit
               any
               Sin
               may
               have
               been
               as
               dear
               as
               a
               Right-eye
               ,
               or
               a
               Right-hand
               unto
               you
               ,
               nevertheless
               ,
               
                 Away
                 with
                 it
              
               !
               Whatever
               bad
               course
               you
               have
               heretofore
               been
               us'd
               unto
               ,
               abhor
               it
               now
               ,
               with
               a
               very
               hearty
               and
               zealous
               Detestation
               ;
               and
               say
               ,
               
                 What
                 have
                 I
                 any
                 more
                 to
                 do
                 with
                 Idols
                 ?
              
               'T
               is
               a
               
                 New
                 Life
              
               that
               we
               are
               now
               to
               be
               studious
               of
               ;
               and
               we
               may
               not
               promise
               a
               pardon
               to
               our selves
               ,
               while
               we
               
                 continue
                 
                 in
                 Sin.
              
               Tho'
               God
               at
               first
               
                 Iustify
                 the
                 Vngodly
              
               ,
               yet
               he
               will
               not
               let
               a
               
                 Iustified
                 man
              
               remain
               ungodly
               any
               more
               ;
               no
               he
               teaches
               him
               to
               
                 Deny
                 all
                 ungodliness
              
               ,
               and
               Live
               
                 Godlily
                 ,
                 Soberly
                 ,
                 and
                 Righteously
                 in
                 this
                 present
                 Evil
                 World.
                 
              
            
             
               II.
               But
               there
               is
               a
               very
               particular
               USE
               of
               these
               things
               ,
               to
               be
               Regarded
               by
               one
               among
               us
               ,
               who
               is
               never
               to
               see
               the
               light
               of
               another
               Sabbath
               more
               .
               T
               is
               
                 Hugh
                 Stone
              
               ,
               that
               I
               am
               now
               more
               immediately
               concerned
               with
               ;
               and
               therefore
               let
               him
               ,
               as
               a
               man
               just
               come
               unto
               the
               very
               side
               of
               the
               black
               River
               of
               Death
               ,
               give
               
                 earnest
                 heed
              
               ,
               unto
               what
               shall
               now
               be
               said
               before
               we
               part
               .
            
             
               Unhappy
               Man
               ;
               you
               must
               now
               
                 Dy
                 before
                 your
                 time
              
               ,
               for
               your
               being
               
                 wicked
                 ●vermuch
              
               ,
               and
               because
               you
               have
               been
               a
               
                 Man
                 of
                 Blood
              
               ,
               you
               must
               not
               
                 Live
                 out
                 all
                 your
                 Dayes
              
               .
               I
               am
               a
               little
               to
               invert
               the
               Words
               of
               my
               Text
               ,
               in
               my
               Speech
               ●nto
               you
               ,
               and
               say
               ,
               
                 Why
                 don't
                 you
                 seek
                 〈◊〉
                 have
                 your
                 Transgression
                 pardoned
                 ,
                 and
                 
                 your
                 Iniquity
                 taken
                 away
                 ?
                 For
                 you
                 shall
                 sleep
                 in
                 the
                 Dust
                 ,
                 before
                 this
                 Week
                 be
                 out
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 we
                 seek
                 you
                 next
                 Friday
                 Morning
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 not
                 be
                 among
                 us
                 .
              
               T
               is
               a
               great
               Favour
               of
               God
               unto
               you
               ▪
               that
               you
               have
               liberty
               to
               hear
               a
               Sermon
               or
               two
               ;
               before
               the
               Execution
               which
               you
               are
               Sentenced
               unto
               ;
               your
               Monstrous
               Hands
               hurried
               your
               poor
               Wife
               out
               of
               the
               World
               with
               a
               greater
               and
               more
               cruel
               Expedition
               .
               You
               may
               lament
               it
               with
               an
               inexpressible
               Bitterness
               ,
               that
               you
               have
               no
               better
               improved
               those
               hundreds
               of
               Sermons
               which
               you
               have
               enjoyed
               heretofore
               .
               But
               I
               now
               beseech
               you
               ,
               let
               not
               one
               more
               be
               lost
               .
               You
               are
               Hearing
               
                 for
                 your
                 last
              
               ;
               O
               let
               it
               be
               as
               
                 for
                 your
                 Life
              
               :
               Look
               out
               for
               a
               Pardon
               before
               it
               be
               too
               late
               ,
               and
               let
               not
               the
               Divels
               cheat
               you
               of
               a
               Never-dying
               Soul.
               Every
               Drop
               of
               that
               innocent
               Blood
               in
               which
               you
               have
               imbrued
               your
               merciless
               Hands
               has
               a
               Tongue
               in
               it
               ;
               and
               it
               makes
               a
               fearful
               hideous
               Clamour
               in
               the
               Ears
               of
               the
               Great
               God
               ,
               saying
               ,
               
               
                 Vengeance
                 ,
                 O
                 Lord
                 ,
                 Vengeance
                 on
                 the
                 cruel
                 Murderer
                 !
              
               Methinks
               ,
               you
               should
               be
               concerned
               for
               a
               Saving
               Interest
               in
               that
               Blood
               ,
               that
               
                 speaks
                 better
                 things
              
               Nothing
               but
               the
               Blood
               of
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               ,
               will
               drown
               the
               voice
               of
               that
               horrible
               Cry.
               This
               Blood
               speaks
               for
               ,
               
                 A
                 Pardon
              
               ,
               to
               them
               ,
               whom
               it
               belongs
               unto
               〈◊〉
               O
               do
               you
               now
               speak
               for
               a
               Title
               to
               that
               Blood
               ;
               I
               say
               again
               ,
               
                 Before
                 it
                 be
                 too
                 late
              
               !
            
             
               What
               shall
               I
               say
               ,
               that
               may
               stimulate
               the
               Christward
               motions
               of
               you●
               Fettered
               Soul
               !
            
             
               I
               am
               to
               tell
               you
               ,
               First
               ,
               That
               your
               Slit
               is
               very
               Great
               .
               The
               Sin
               ,
               for
               which
               you
               now
               stand
               Condemned
               ,
               is
               ,
               a
               sin
               of
               a
               deep
               &
               bloody
               
                 Dye
                 ▪
                 Murder
              
               is
               the
               most
               Barbarous
               and
               Divelish
               ,
               among
               all
               the
               Crimes
               that
               are
               
                 Iniquities
                 to
                 be
                 punished
                 by
                 the
                 Iudge
                 .
              
               Will
               a
               Wolf
               kill
               a
               Wolf
               ?
               no
               ,
               and
               the
               very
               
                 Bears
                 agree
                 among
                 themselves
              
               .
               But
               shall
               a
               Man
               than
               be
               worse
               than
               a
               Wolf
               unto
               a
               Man
               ?
               If
               ,
               
                 He
                 that
                 loves
                 
                 another
                 fulfils
                 the
                 Law
                 ,
              
               't
               is
               easy
               to
               tell
               what
               he
               does
               ,
               that
               Murders
               another
               .
               The
               most
               Wretched
               Pagans
               have
               observed
               of
               the
               Murderer
               ,
               That
               
                 Vengeance
                 will
                 not
                 suffer
                 him
                 to
                 Live.
              
               But
               
                 your
                 Murder
              
               is
               one
               hardly
               to
               be
               parallel'd
               in
               an
               Age
               !
               'T
               is
               said
               ,
               
                 No
                 Man
              
               (
               if
               he
               have
               but
               the
               Heart
               of
               a
               MAN
               in
               him
               )
               
                 ever
                 hated
                 his
                 own
                 Flesh.
              
               What
               then
               are
               you
               ,
               that
               have
               Murdered
               yours
               ?
               Find
               a
               Name
               for
               yourself
               ,
               if
               you
               think
               it
               possible
               !
               You
               have
               Murdered
               Her
               whom
               you
               should
               have
               Loved
               above
               all
               the
               world
               ;
               Her
               whom
               you
               should
               have
               Cherished
               with
               all
               the
               Kindness
               and
               Goodness
               of
               an
               Holy
               Conversation
               ;
               Her
               whom
               you
               should
               have
               been
               willing
               even
               your self
               to
               have
               Dy'd
               for
               the
               preservation
               of
               .
               And
               with
               Her
               't
               is
               said
               ,
               you
               have
               Murdered
               an
               Infant
               ,
               which
               never
               saw
               the
               Light.
               This
               is
               your
               Sin.
               And
               Doubtless
               ,
               they
               were
               not
               few
               or
               small
               Sins
               ,
               for
               which
               God
               left
               you
               unto
               This.
               You
               
               had
               long
               before
               ,
               been
               guilty
               of
               those
               Impious
               both
               Omissions
               and
               Commissions
               ,
               which
               gave
               the
               Divel
               at
               last
               a
               very
               entire
               Possession
               of
               you
               .
               O
               Consider
               of
               them
               all
               ;
               a●d
               especially
               Trouble
               your
               own
               Soul
               ,
               for
               your
               Unbelief
               in
               Rejecting
               the
               Saviour
               of
               it
               .
               You
               have
               sat
               long
               under
               the
               Gospel
               ;
               but
               you
               have
               Refused
               ,
               yea
               you
               have
               Crucify'd
               the
               blessed
               Redeemer
               ,
               who
               therein
               besought
               you
               to
               be
               Reconciled
               unto
               God.
               How
               should
               the
               Remembrance
               of
               this
               be
               to
               you
               ,
               as
               the
               
                 Wormwood
                 and
                 the
                 Gall
              
               ,
               and
               cause
               your
               Soul
               to
               be
               Humbled
               in
               you
               .
            
             
               I
               am
               to
               tell
               you
               ,
               Next
               ,
               That
               your
               Case
               is
               very
               sad
               .
               Look
               round
               about
               ,
               and
               say
               ,
               
                 Is
                 there
                 any
                 Sorrow
                 like
                 your
                 Sorrow
                 ?
              
               Your
               House
               ;
               you
               have
               Troubled
               it
               ,
               and
               it
               is
               turned
               upside
               down
               by
               what
               you
               have
               done
               ;
               and
               ,
               what
               Anguish
               ,
               what
               Horrour
               ,
               have
               you
               fill'd
               the
               Hearts
               of
               your
               scattered
               Children
               with
               ?
               Your
               Name
               ;
               you
               have
               Blemish'd
               it
               ,
               it
               must
               Rot
               ,
               without
               
               a
               Grave-stone
               among
               Civil
               People
               ,
               &
               you
               must
               hereafter
               be
               known
               by
               this
               Description
               ,
               
                 The
                 Man
                 that
                 Murdered
                 his
                 Wife
                 .
              
               Your
               Body
               ;
               it
               has
               undergone
               the
               pains
               of
               Chains
               and
               Gaols
               ,
               &
               there
               is
               a
               little
               more
               pain
               reserved
               for
               it
               ,
               before
               it
               feed
               the
               Worms
               .
               But
               above
               all
               ,
               your
               SOUL
               ,
               your
               Soul
               ,
               is
               brought
               into
               Dangers
               too
               affrighting
               to
               be
               patiently
               thought
               upon
               .
               What
               is
               it
               that
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               pronounces
               upon
               the
               
                 Murderer
                 ?
                 No
                 Murderer
                 has
                 Eternal
                 Life
                 .
              
               It
               says
               ,
               
                 The
                 Murderer
                 shall
                 not
                 Inherit
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 God.
              
               It
               says
               ,
               
                 The
                 Murderer
                 shall
                 have
                 his
                 portion
                 in
                 the
                 Lake
                 that
                 burns
                 with
                 fire
                 and
                 Brimstone
                 .
              
               Surely
               ,
               Thy
               very
               Heart
               must
               be
               
                 moved
                 out
                 of
                 its
                 place
              
               ,
               to
               hear
               of
               such
               an
               End
               as
               this
               ,
               which
               indeed
               will
               never
               have
               an
               End
               What
               think
               you
               of
               Changing
               your
               Fetters
               ,
               for
               the
               
                 Chains
                 of
                 Darkness
              
               ,
               in
               the
               Dismal
               Vault
               below
               ?
               What
               think
               you
               of
               changing
               your
               Prison
               ,
               your
               Dungeon
               ,
               for
               the
               
                 Outer
                 Darkness
              
               ,
               in
               which
               there
               is
               
                 gnashing
                 of
                 Teeth
              
               for
               eevermore
               !
               
               Truly
               ,
               it
               becomes
               you
               to
               lay
               your self
               in
               the
               Dust
               ,
               and
               cry
               out
               ,
               
                 Wo
                 is
                 unto
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 Sinned
                 !
              
            
             
               I
               may
               tell
               you
               Thirdly
               ,
               That
               your
               TIME
               is
               very
               short
               .
               You
               may
               not
               Entertain
               the
               least
               Thought
               of
               having
               your
               Life
               now
               prolonged
               in
               the
               world
               ;
               the
               very
               World
               ,
               will
               be
               defiled
               if
               you
               continue
               in
               it
               .
               Were
               there
               a
               
                 City
                 of
                 Refuge
              
               among
               us
               ,
               which
               you
               were
               fled
               into
               ,
               yet
               we
               ought
               to
               fetch
               you
               thence
               ,
               and
               see
               you
               made
               a
               Sacrifice
               .
               The
               Great
               God
               has
               Required
               this
               co●cerning
               you
               ;
               
                 Let
                 him
                 hasten
                 to
                 the
                 Pit
                 ,
                 Let
                 no
                 man
                 stay
                 him
              
               ;
               and
               you
               must
               before
               this
               Day
               S●'nnight
               be
               gone
               ,
               thither
               ,
               
                 Whence
                 you
                 cannot
                 Return
              
               .
               As
               it
               was
               said
               unto
               a
               better
               man
               than
               you
               ,
               
                 Set
                 thy
                 House
                 in
                 order
                 ,
                 for
                 thou
                 shalt
                 Dy
                 and
                 not
                 Live.
              
               Thus
               ,
               I
               would
               say
               to
               you
               ,
               that
               cannot
               possibly
               set
               your
               Desolate
               
                 House
                 in
                 order
              
               any
               more
               ,
               
                 Set
                 thy
                 Soul
                 in
                 order
                 ,
                 for
                 thou
                 shalt
                 Dy
                 before
                 this
                 Week
                 expire
                 ,
              
               Undone
               man
               ,
               where
               shalt
               thou
               be
               
               within
               a
               few
               Hours
               ?
               Tho'
               this
               Day
               Se'nnight
               ,
               you
               should
               Roar
               ,
               
                 Lord
                 ,
                 Lord
                 ,
                 One
                 Sabbath
                 more
                 !
              
               or
               ,
               
                 Lord
                 ,
                 Lord
                 ,
                 One
                 Sermon
                 more
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 Season
                 more
                 !
              
               it
               will
               be
               in
               vain
               for
               ever
               and
               ever
               .
            
             
               And
               yet
               let
               me
               tell
               you
               ,
               Lastly
               ,
               That
               there
               is
               a
               
                 May
                 be
              
               of
               Mercy
               for
               you
               .
               Tho'
               with
               Cain
               ,
               you
               have
               been
               a
               Murderer
               ;
               yet
               let
               not
               the
               out-cry
               of
               Cain
               be
               with
               you
               ,
               
                 My
                 sin
                 is
                 greater
                 than
                 can
                 be
                 forgiven
                 .
              
               You
               may
               be
               made
               a
               Manasseh
               ,
               for
               Blessedness
               ,
               as
               you
               have
               been
               such
               an
               one
               for
               Wickedness
               .
               A
               Pardon
               is
               to
               be
               had
               ,
               if
               you
               slight
               it
               not
               ;
               and
               how
               should
               that
               mel●
               your
               very
               Heart
               within
               you
               ?
            
             
               
                 In
                 an
                 English
                 Plantation
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 not
                 far
                 from
              
               New-England
               ,
               
                 a
                 while
                 ago
                 ,
                 there
                 were
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 Men●
                 Condemned
                 to
                 D●
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 heard
                 ,
                 for
                 Piracy
                 .
                 After
                 their
                 Condemnation
                 they
                 broke
                 Prison
                 ,
                 and
                 fled
                 into
                 the
                 Woods
                 ;
                 from
                 whence
                 ,
                 after
                 some
                 weeks
                 ,
                 they
                 returned
                 
                 of
                 their
                 own
                 Accord
                 ,
                 and
                 Surrendred
                 themselves
                 unto
                 the
                 Authority
                 ,
                 saying
                 ,
              
               We
               got
               away
               only
               that
               we
               might
               have
               time
               to
               make
               our
               peace
               with
               God
               ,
               and
               get
               the
               pardon
               of
               our
               Sins
               assur'd
               unto
               us
               ,
               which
               thro'
               Grace
               ,
               we
               have
               done
               ,
               and
               now
               we
               tender
               our
               Lives
               ,
               to
               satisfie
               the
               Justice
               of
               the
               Law.
               
                 The
                 Iudges
                 were
                 so
                 pleased
                 with
                 this
                 Ingenuity
                 ,
                 that
                 first
                 they
                 bestow'd
                 a
              
               Reprieve
               
                 on
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 procur'd
                 a
              
               Pardon
               
                 for
                 them
                 ▪
              
            
             
               For
               your
               part
               ,
               you
               are
               utterly
               &
               for
               ever
               uncapable
               of
               a
               Pardon
               ,
               from
               the
               Hands
               of
               Men
               ;
               but
               were
               you
               in
               earnest
               about
               it
               ,
               you
               might
               yet
               get
               a
               Pardon
               from
               the
               Hands
               of
               God
               without
               flying
               any
               whither
               ,
               but
               unto
               the
               
                 Horns
                 of
                 the
                 Altar
              
               ,
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               for
               it
               .
            
             
               One
               which
               Died
               of
               Bleeding
               had
               that
               Expression
               about
               the
               Blood
               of
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               ,
               
                 One
                 Blood
                 kills
                 me
                 and
                 another
                 saves
                 me
                 .
              
               Truly
               ,
               as
               the
               Blood
               of
               the
               person
               whom
               you
               have
               Murdered
               calls
               for
               your
               Death
               ,
               so
               the
               Blood
               of
               
               our
               dearest
               Jesus
               will
               bespeak
               no
               less
               than
               eternal
               Blessedness
               for
               you
               ,
               if
               by
               impenitence
               you
               put
               it
               not
               away
               .
               Our
               Lord
               said
               once
               to
               one
               that
               was
               Hanging
               on
               a
               Tree
               ,
               
                 Thou
                 shalt
                 be
                 with
                 me
                 in
                 Paradise
                 .
              
               You
               may
               go
               from
               the
               Gallows
               to
               a
               Kingdom
               ,
               if
               after
               your
               abominable
               doings
               ,
               you
               yet
               will
               but
               consent
               unto
               the
               Terms
               of
               the
               New
               Covenant
               .
            
             
               But
               I
               must
               acq●aint
               you
               ,
               that
               the
               only
               Remedy
               for
               you
               ,
               is
               to
               carry
               a
               distressed
               Soul
               unto
               the
               Lord
               Redeemer
               ,
               who
               is
               Exalted
               to
               be
               a
               Prince
               &
               Saviour
               ;
               O
               look
               unto
               him
               ,
               whose
               call
               unto
               us
               is
               ,
               
                 Look
                 unto
                 me
              
               !
               Look
               unto
               Him
               ,
               and
               Sigh
               ,
               and
               say
               ,
               
                 Lord
                 ,
                 grant
                 unto
                 me
                 ,
                 both
                 Repentance
                 and
                 Remission
                 of
                 sins
                 .
              
            
             
               And
               while
               you
               are
               thus
               looking
               to
               Him
               ,
               study
               to
               do
               some
               Remarkable
               Thing
               for
               the
               Honour
               and
               Glory
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               warning
               of
               such
               as
               are
               walking
               in
               those
               wayes
               ,
               which
               
               have
               brought
               you
               to
               this
               ,
               
                 That
                 Men
                 clap
                 their
                 Hands
                 at
                 you
                 ,
                 and
                 hiss
                 〈…〉
                 of
                 your
                 place
                 .
              
               This
               is
               the
               least
               you
               〈◊〉
               do
               by
               way
               of
               Gratitude
               unto
               Him
               〈◊〉
               has
               made
               you
               so
               capable
               of
               a
               Pardon
               〈◊〉
               you
               are
               .
            
             
               I
               have
               done
               .
               But
               O
               that
               you
               ma●
               not
               be
               Hard-hearted
               any
               more
               !
               〈◊〉
               have
               the
               Name
               of
               STONE
               ;
               God
               forbid
               ,
               that
               you
               should
               have
               the
               qualilities
               and
               properties
               of
               a
               Stone
               ,
               in
               your
               obduration
               .
               May
               these
               Words
               〈…〉
               as
               deep
               into
               your●heart
               as
               
                 your
                 〈◊〉
              
               did
               into
               the
               Throat
               of
               your
               〈◊〉
               Wife
               !
               may
               the
               God
               of
               〈◊〉
               therefore
               take
               away
               from
               you
               the
               
                 〈◊〉
                 of
                 stone
              
               ,
               and
               at
               the
               same
               time
               give
               you
               the
               
                 white
                 Stone
              
               of
               Absolution
               from
               〈◊〉
               many
               thousands
               of
               Sins
               ,
               with
               which
               you
               stand
               charged
               in
               the
               
                 Books
                 of
                 hi●
                 Remembrance
              
               .
            
             
               And
               may
               the
               good
               God
               sanctifie
               the
               condition
               of
               this
               Man
               unto
               us
               all
               ;
               that
               
               all
               of
               us
               may
               learn
               to
               Abhor
               and
               Avoid
               Sin
               ,
               and
               be
               thankful
               for
               the
               Grace
               without
               which
               ,
               
                 Lord
                 ,
                 what
                 should
                 th●
                 very
                 best
                 of
                 us
                 all
                 Degenerate
                 unto
                 !
              
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           Character
           and
           Carriage
           and
           Execution
           of
           Hugh
           Stone
           .
        
         
           THe
           foregoing
           Sermon
           having
           been
           Preached
           unto
           the
           Guilty
           Murderer
           ,
           I
           thought
           it
           my
           Duty
           to
           observe
           what
           operation
           the
           Truth
           and
           Word
           of
           God
           might
           have
           upon
           him
           ;
           and
           to
           answer
           his
           own
           desires
           ,
           that
           I
           would
           assist
           him
           in
           the
           last
           minutes
           of
           his
           life
           ;
           nor
           was
           I
           altogether
           ignorant
           that
           the
           Labours
           that
           the
           Famous
           Perkins
           used
           with
           Prisoners
           ,
           were
           so
           successful
           ,
           as
           to
           encourage
           those
           that
           should
           make
           an
           Example
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           hardly
           met
           with
           so
           unintelligible
           a
           man
           ,
           as
           this
           
             Hugh
             Stone
          
           .
           He
           could
           and
           would
           frequently
           speak
           very
           
           well
           ,
           but
           with
           many
           very
           Reasonabl●
           things
           which
           he
           uttered
           ,
           he
           mingle
           as
           great
           Impertinencies
           .
           I
           know
           no
           whether
           the
           use
           of
           his
           Reaso●
           were
           not
           sometimes
           disturbe●
           by
           ,
           the
           Horrour
           of
           his
           mind
           ;
           fo●
           he
           thought
           himself
           sometimes
           haunte●
           with
           the
           Ghost
           of
           his
           Murdered
           Wife
           .
           But
           his
           Conversation
           in
           the
           Prison
           before
           his
           Condemnation
           ,
           was
           in
           diverse
           things
           very
           Scandalous
           ;
           and
           I
           could
           wish
           there
           had
           been
           more
           exactness
           in
           his
           Repentance
           afterwards
           .
           His
           Passions
           upon
           any
           Provocation
           were
           so
           inordinate
           ,
           as
           that
           we
           did
           not
           wonder
           to
           see
           what
           he
           was
           come
           unto
           .
           And
           as
           on
           the
           one
           side
           ,
           I
           never
           saw
           a
           Man
           express
           less
           fear
           of
           Dying
           ,
           so
           on
           the
           other
           ,
           I
           never
           heard
           a
           Man
           express
           more
           care
           about
           every
           Trifle
           ,
           which
           he
           counted
           himself
           concerned
           in
           .
        
         
           There
           was
           a
           Minister
           that
           walk'd
           with
           him
           to
           his
           Execution
           ;
           and
           I
           shall
           insert
           the
           principal
           Passages
           of
           the
           Discourse
           between
           them
           ;
           in
           which
           the
           
           Reader
           may
           find
           or
           make
           something
           useful
           to
           himself
           ,
           what
           ever
           it
           were
           to
           the
           Poor
           Man
           who
           was
           more
           immediately
           concerned
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           
             Minister
             .
          
           
             I
             am
             come
             to
             give
             you
             what
             Assistance
             I
             can
             ,
             in
             your
             taking
             of
             the
             Steps
             ,
             which
             your
             eternal
             Wea●
             or
             Wo
             ,
             now
             depends
             upon
             the
             well
             or
             ill
             taking
             of
             .
          
        
         
           
             Hugh
             Stone
             ,
          
           
             
               Sir
               ,
               I
               Thank
               you
               ,
               and
               I
               beg
               you
               to
               do
               what
               you
               can
               for
               me
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Min.
             
          
           
             Within
             a
             very
             few
             Minutes
             your
             immortal
             Soul
             must
             appear
             before
             God
             
               the
               Iudge
               of
               all
               .
               I
            
             am
             heartily
             sorry
             ▪
             you
             have
             lost
             so
             much
             time
             since
             your
             first
             Imprisonment
             :
             you
             〈◊〉
             need
             use
             a
             wonderful
             Husbandry
             of
             the
             little
             piece
             of
             an
             Inch
             〈…〉
             remains
             .
             Are
             you
             now
             prepared
             to
             stand
             before
             the
             Tribunal
             of
             〈◊〉
          
        
         
           
             H.
             S.
             
          
           
             I
             hope
             I
             am
             .
          
        
         
           
             Min.
             
          
           
             And
             what
             Reaso●●
             〈◊〉
             that
             Hope
             ?
          
        
         
           
             H.
             S.
             
          
           
             I
             find
             all
             my
             Sins
             made
             so
             ●i●ter
             to
             me
             ,
             that
             if
             I
             were
             to
             have
             〈◊〉
             
             given
             me
             this
             Afternoon
             ,
             to
             Live
             such
             a
             Life
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             Lived
             heretofore
             ,
             I
             would
             not
             accept
             of
             it
             ;
             I
             had
             rather
             Dy.
             
          
        
         
           
             Min.
             
          
           
             That
             is
             well
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             True.
             But
             suffer
             me
             a
             little
             to
             search
             into
             the
             Condition
             of
             your
             Soul.
             
          
           
             Are
             you
             sensible
             ,
             That
             you
             were
             Born
             a
             Sinner
             ?
             That
             the
             Guilt
             of
             the
             
               First
               Sin
            
             committed
             by
             Adam
             ,
             is
             justly
             charged
             upon
             you
             ?
             And
             that
             you
             have
             hereupon
             a
             
               Wicked
               Nature
            
             in
             you
             ,
             full
             of
             Enmity
             against
             all
             that
             is
             
               Holy
               ,
               and
               Iust
               ,
               and
               Good
               ?
            
             For
             which
             you
             deserved
             to
             be
             destroyed
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             you
             first
             came
             into
             this
             World.
             
          
        
         
           
             H.
             S.
             
          
           
             I
             am
             sensible
             of
             this
             .
          
        
         
           
             Min.
             
          
           
             Are
             you
             further
             sensible
             ,
             〈◊〉
             you
             have
             Lived
             ,
             a
             very
             ungodly
             Life
             ?
             That
             you
             are
             guilty
             of
             thousands
             of
             
               Actual
               Sins
            
             ,
             every
             one
             of
             which
             
               deserves
               the
               Wrath
               and
               Curse
               of
               God
               ,
               both
               in
               this
               Life
               ,
               and
               that
               which
               is
               to
               come
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             H.
             S.
             
          
           
             I
             am
             sensible
             of
             this
             also
          
        
         
           
           
             Min.
             
          
           
             But
             are
             you
             sensible
             ,
             That
             ●ou
             have
             broken
             all
             the
             Laws
             of
             God
             ?
             You
             know
             the
             Commandments
             .
             Are
             you
             sensible
             ,
             That
             you
             have
             broken
             every
             one
             of
             Them.
             
          
        
         
           
             H.
             S.
             
          
           
             
               I
               cannot
               well
               answer
               to
               that
               .
               My
               Answer
               may
               be
               liable
               to
               some
               Ex●eptions
               .
               —
               This
               I
               own
               ,
               I
               have
               broken
               every
               Commandment
               on
               the
               Account
               mentioned
               by
               the
               Apostle
            
             James
             ;
             
               That
               he
               who
            
             breaks
             one
             is
             Guilty
             of
             all
             ,
             
               But
               not
               otherwise
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Min.
             
          
           
             Alas
             ,
             That
             you
             know
             your self
             no
             better
             than
             so
             !
             I
             do
             affirm
             to
             you
             ,
             that
             you
             have
             particularly
             broken
             
               every
               one
            
             of
             the
             Commandments
             ▪
             and
             you
             must
             be
             sensible
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.
             S.
             
          
           
             I
             cann't
             see
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Min.
             
          
           
             But
             you
             must
             Remember
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Commandment
               is
               Exceeding
               Broad
            
             ;
             it
             reaches
             to
             the
             Heart
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Life
             :
             it
             includes
             Omissions
             as
             well
             as
             Commissions
             ,
             and
             it
             at
             once
             both
             Requires
             and
             Forbids
             .
             But
             I
             pray
             ,
             make
             an
             experiment
             upon
             any
             
             one
             Commandment
             ,
             in
             which
             you
             count
             your self
             most
             Innocent
             :
             and
             〈◊〉
             whether
             you
             do
             not
             presently
             conf●s
             your self
             Guilty
             thereabout
             .
             I
             may
             not
             leave
             this
             point
             slightly
             passed
             ever
             with
             you
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.
             S.
             
          
           
             
               That
               Commandment
            
             ,
             Thou
             shalt
             not
             make
             to
             thy self
             any
             Graven
             Image
             ;
             
               How
               have
               I
               broken
               it
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Min.
             
          
           
             Thus
             :
             You
             have
             had
             undue
             I●ages
             of
             God
             in
             your
             Mind
             a
             thousand
             times
             .
             But
             more
             than
             so
             ;
             that
             Commandment
             not
             only
             forbids
             our
             using
             the
             Inventions
             of
             Men
             in
             the
             Worship
             of
             God
             ,
             but
             it
             also
             requires
             our
             ●sing
             all
             the
             Institutions
             of
             God.
             Now
             have
             not
             you
             many
             and
             many
             a
             time
             turned
             your
             back
             upon
             some
             of
             those
             glorious
             Institutions
             ?
          
        
         
           
             H.
             S.
             
          
           
             Indeed
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             I
             confess
             it
             ?
             I
             see
             my
             sinfulness
             greater
             than
             I
             thought
             it
             was
             .
          
        
         
           
             Min.
             
          
           
             You
             ought
             to
             see
             it
             .
             God
             help
             you
             to
             see
             it
             !
             There
             is
             a
             
               boundless
               Ocean
            
             of
             it
             .
             And
             then
             for
             that
             SIN
             ,
             
             which
             has
             now
             brought
             a
             shameful
             Death
             upon
             you
             ,
             't
             is
             impossible
             to
             Declare
             the
             Aggravations
             of
             it
             ;
             hardly
             an
             Age
             will
             show
             the
             like
             .
             You
             have
             professed
             your
             sel●
             Sorry
             for
             it
             !
          
        
         
           
             H.
             S.
             
          
           
             I
             am
             heartily
             so
             .
          
        
         
           
             Min.
             
          
           
             But
             your
             Sorrows
             must
             be
             
               after
               a
               godly
               Sort.
            
             Not
             meerly
             because
             of
             the
             miseries
             which
             it
             has
             brought
             on
             your
             
               outward
               Man
            
             ,
             but
             chiefly
             for
             the
             Wrongs
             and
             Wounds
             therein
             given
             to
             your
             own
             Soul
             ;
             and
             not
             only
             for
             the
             Miseries
             you
             have
             brought
             on
             your self
             ,
             but
             chiefly
             for
             the
             Injuries
             which
             you
             have
             done
             to
             the
             Blessed
             God.
             
          
        
         
           
             H.
             S.
             
          
           
             I
             hope
             my
             Sorrow
             lies
             there
             .
          
        
         
           
             Min.
             
          
           
             But
             do
             you
             
               Mourn
               without
               Hope
               ▪
            
          
        
         
           
             H.
             S.
             
          
           
             I
             thank
             God
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             .
          
        
         
           
             Min.
             
          
           
             Where
             do
             you
             see
             a
             
               Door
               of
               Hope
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
             H.
             S.
             
          
           
             In
             the
             Lord
             Iesus
             Christ
             ,
             who
             has
             died
             to
             save
             Sinners
             .
          
        
         
           
             Min.
             
          
           
             Truly
             ,
             There
             is
             
               no
               other
               Name
               by
               which
               we
               may
               be
               saved
               ?
            
             The
             Righteousness
             
             of
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             is
             that
             alone
             ,
             in
             which
             you
             may
             safely
             anon
             appear
             before
             the
             Judgment
             Seat
             of
             God.
             And
             that
             Righteousness
             is
             by
             the
             marvellous
             and
             infinite
             Grace
             of
             God
             ,
             offered
             unto
             you
             .
             But
             do
             you
             find
             ,
             that
             as
             you
             have
             no
             Rightetousness
             ,
             so
             you
             have
             no
             Strength
             ?
             that
             you
             cannot
             of
             your self
             move
             or
             stir
             ,
             towards
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             though
             you
             justly
             perish
             if
             you
             do
             not
             Run
             unto
             Him
             ?
             that
             it
             is
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             alone
             which
             must
             enable
             you
             to
             accept
             of
             Salvation
             from
             the
             Great
             Saviour
             ?
          
        
         
           
             H.
             S.
             
          
           
             Sir
             ,
             my
             Case
             in
             short
             is
             This
             ,
             I
             have
             laid
             my self
             at
             the
             Feet
             of
             the
             Lord
             Iesus
             Christ
             for
             my
             Salvation
             ;
             and
             had
             it
             not
             been
             for
             His
             meer
             Grace
             and
             Help
             ,
             I
             had
             never
             been
             able
             to
             do
             That
             .
             But
             there
             I
             have
             laid
             and
             left
             my self
             ;
             I
             have
             nothing
             to
             plead
             ,
             why
             he
             should
             accept
             of
             me
             .
             If
             He
             will
             do
             it
             I
             am
             happy
             ,
             but
             if
             He
             will
             not
             ,
             I
             am
             undone
             for
             ever
             ;
             it
             had
             been
             good
             for
             me
             that
             I
             never
             had
             been
             Born.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             Min.
             
          
           
             
               And
               you
               must
            
             justifie
             
               Him
               if
               He
               should
               Reject
               you
               .
               You
               surprize
               me
               ,
               with
               at
               once
               giving
               me
               so
               much
               of
               the
               Discourse
               ,
               which
               all
               this
               while
               I
               have
               been
               labouring
               for
               ▪
               I
               can
               add
               but
               this
               !
            
             The
             good
             Lord
             make
             you
             sincere
             in
             what
             you
             say
             !
          
           
             —
             Your
             Crime
             lay
             in
             Blood
             ;
             &
             your
             Help
             also
             ,
             That
             lies
             in
             Blood.
             I
             am
             to
             offer
             you
             the
             Blood
             of
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             as
             that
             in
             which
             you
             may
             now
             have
             the
             Pardon
             of
             all
             your
             sins
             .
             Now
             you
             may
             try
             the
             sincerity
             of
             your
             Faith
             in
             the
             Blood
             of
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             for
             a
             Pardon
             ,
             by
             This.
             Have
             you
             an
             Hope
             in
             that
             Blood
             ,
             for
             all
             the
             other
             saving
             effects
             of
             it
             ?
             shall
             I
             expl●in
             what
             I
             mean
             ?
          
        
         
           
             H.
             S.
             
          
           
             Do
             Sir.
             
          
        
         
           
             Min.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Blood
               of
               the
               Lord
               Jesu●
               ,
               〈◊〉
               not
               only
            
             Sin
             Pardoning
             
               Blood
               ,
               but
            
             〈◊〉
             Soul-Purifying
             and
             Heart-softening
             ●●ood
             .
             
               It
               embitters
               all
               Sin
               unto
               the
               〈◊〉
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               applied
               unto
               ,
               and
               〈◊〉
               every
               lust
               in
               such
               a
               Soul.
               Are
               
               are
               you
               desirous
               of
               this
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             H.
             S.
             
          
           
             With
             all
             my
             Heart
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Min.
             
          
           
             The
             Lord
             make
             you
             so
             .
             The
             Lord
             Seal
             your
             Pardon
             ,
             in
             that
             Blood
             ,
             which
             is
             worth
             ten
             thousand
             Worlds
             !
          
        
         
           
             But
             what
             will
             you
             do
             for
             that
             God
             ,
             who
             has
             given
             you
             these
             hopes
             of
             a
          
           Pardon
           ?
           
             you
             must
             with
             a
             Holy
             ingenuity
             now
             do
          
           something
           
             for
             the
             Honour
             of
             that
             God
             ,
             whom
             you
             have
             sinned
             so
             much
             against
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.
             S.
             
          
           
             What
             '
             shall
             I
             do
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Min.
             
          
           
             
               Why
               ,
               Confess
               and
               Bewail
               the
            
             Sins
             
               that
               have
               undone
               you
               ,
               and
               publickly
               Advise
               ,
               and
               Exhort
               ,
               and
               Charge
               all
               that
               you
               can
               ,
               to
               take
               heed
               of
               such
               evi●
               wages
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             H.
             S.
             
          
           
             I
             will
             endeavour
             to
             do
             it
             ●s
             God
             shall
             help
             me
             .
          
        
         
           
             Min.
             
          
           
             
               I
               pray
               tell
               me
               plainly
               what
            
             special
             Sin
             ,
             
               do
               you
               think
               it
               was
               ,
               t●a●
               laid
               the
               first
               Foundation
               of
               your
               D●struction
               ?
               where
               did
               you
            
             begin
             
               to
               lea●●
               God
               ▪
               and
               Ruine
               your self
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             H.
             S.
             
          
           
             It
             was
             Contention
             in
             my
             F●mily
             .
             
             I
             had
             been
             used
             unto
             something
             of
             Religion
             :
             and
             I
             was
             once
             careful
             about
             the
             Worship
             of
             God
             ,
             not
             only
             with
             my
             Family
             ,
             but
             in
             secret
             also
             .
             But
             upon
             Contention
             between
             me
             and
             my
             wife
             ,
             I
             left
             off
             the
             wayes
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             you
             see
             what
             I
             am
             come
             to
             .
          
        
         
           
             Min.
             
          
           
             
               I
               would
               pray
               you
               to
               Vomit
               up
               all
            
             Sin
             ,
             
               with
               a
               very
               hearty
               detestation
               .
               You
               are
               going
               (
               if
               I
               may
               so
               speak
               )
               to
               disgorge
               your
            
             Soul
             ;
             
               if
               you
               do
               not
               first
               cast
               up
               your
            
             Sin
             ,
             
               if
               your
            
             Soul
             
               and
               your
            
             Sin
             
               come
               away
               together
               you
               cannot
               but
               know
               something
               of
               the
               dismal
               condition
               which
               it
               must
               pass
               into
               .
               O
               what
               cause
               have
               you
               to
               fa●●
               out
               with
            
             Sin
             
               forever
               ?
               it
               has
               been
               your
               only
               Enemy
               .
               Here
               is
               the
               only
            
             Revenge
             
               which
               you
               may
               allow
               in
               your self
               .
               You
               must
               now
               bear
               any
            
             Mu●●ce
             
               against
               any
               one
               man
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               〈◊〉
               forgive
               even
               those
               that
               have
               done
               〈◊〉
               the
               greatest
            
             Injuries
             .
             
               Only
               upon
               〈◊〉
               ,
               be
               as
               revengeful
               as
               you
               can
               :
               〈◊〉
               ●ould
               have
               you
               like
            
             Samps●n
             
               so
               to
               〈◊〉
               
               taking
               of
               a
               just
               Revenge
               ,
            
          
        
         
           
             H
             S.
             
          
           
             I
             hope
             I
             shall
             .
          
        
         
           
             Min.
             
          
           
             
               Well
               ,
               we
               are
               now
               but
               a
               very
               few
               paces
               from
               the
               place
               ,
               where
               you
               must
               breath
               your
               last
               .
               You
               are
               just
               going
               to
               take
               a
               most
               awful
            
             Step
             ,
             
               which
               has
               this
               most
               Remarkable
               in
               it
               ,
            
             That
             it
             cannot
             be
             twice
             taken
             .
             
               If
               you
               go
               wrong
            
             now
             ,
             
               it
               cannot
               be
               Recalled
               throughout
               the
               Dayes
               of
               a
               long
            
             Eternity
             .
             
               I
               can
               but
               commit
               you
               into
               the
               Arms
               of
               a
               Merciful
               Redeemer
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               keep
               you
               from
               a
               Miscarriage
               ,
               which
               cannot
               be
               recal'd
               &
               redress'd
               throughout
               eternal
               Ages
               .
               The
               Lord
               show
               unto
               you
               the
            
             Path
             of
             Life
             !
          
        
         
           
             Attend
             unto
             these
             ,
             as
             the
             last
             words
             that
             I
             may
             speak
             before
             the
          
           Prayer
           ,
           
             with
             which
             I
             am
             immediately
             to
             take
             a
             long
          
           Farewel
           
             of
             you
             .
             You
             are
             now
             just
             going
             to
             be
          
           Confirmed
           
             for
             ever
             .
             If
             the
             Great
             God
             presently
             find
             you
             under
             the
             power
             of
          
           Prejudice
           
             against
             any
             of
             His
             Truths
             and
             Wayes
             ,
             or
             of
          
           Enmity
           
             against
             what
             has
             His
             blessed
          
        
         
         
           
             Name
             upon
             it
             ,
             you
             shall
             be
             fixed
             ,
             and
             settled
             ,
             and
             confirmed
             in
             it
             ,
             until
             the
             very
             Heavens
             be
             no
             more
             .
             But
             they
             are
             very
             Terrible
          
           Plagues
           and
           Pains
           ,
           
             which
             you
             may
             be
             sure
             will
             accompany
             this
             everlasting
             Disposition
             of
             your
             Soul.
             
          
        
         
           
             On
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             If
             God
             now
             find
             your
             Soul
             ,
             under
             the
             power
             of
             Inclinations
             to
          
           Love
           Him
           ,
           Fear
           Him
           ,
           Serve
           Him
           ;
           
             and
             to
             esteem
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             above
             a
             thousand
             Worlds
             ;
             you
             shall
             then
             be
          
           Confirmed
           
             in
             the
             perfection
             of
             such
             a
             Temper
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             the
          
           Ioy
           ,
           
             that
             must
             Accompany
             it
             .
             Which
             of
             these
             is
             the
             Condition
             that
             I
             now
             leave
             you
             in
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.
             S.
             
          
           
             Sir
             ,
             I
             hope
             the
             latter
             of
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Min.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Good
               God
               make
               it
               so
               ;
               and
               grant
               that
               I
               may
               find
               you
               at
               the
               Right
               hand
               of
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               ,
            
             in
             the
             Day
             of
             his
             Appearing
             .
             
               May
               this
            
             Ladder
             
             
               prove
               as
               a
            
             Iacobs
             Ladder
             
               for
               you
               ,
               and
               may
               you
               find
               the
            
             Angels
             
               of
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               ready
               here
               to
               convey
               your
               departing
               Soul
               into
               the
               Presence
               of
               the
            
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           After
           this
           Discourse
           ;
           ascending
           the
           Ladder
           ,
           he
           made
           the
           following
           Speech
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Last
           Speech
           of
           Hugh
           Stone
           .
        
         
           YOung
           Men
           and
           Maids
           ;
           
             observe
             the
             Rule
             of
             Obedience
             to
             your
             Parents
             ;
             and
             Servants
             to
             your
             Masters
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Will
             of
             God
             ,
             &
             do
             the
             Will
             of
             your
             Masters
             :
             If
             you
             take
             up
             wicked
             ways
             ,
             you
             set
             open
             a
             Gate
             to
             your
          
           Sins
           ,
           
             to
             lead
             in
             bigger
             afterwards
             ;
             thou
             can'st
             not
             do
             any
             thing
             but
          
           God
           will
           see
           thee
           
             altho●
             thou
             thinkest
             thou
             shalt
             not
             be
             catched
             ,
             thou
             thinkest
             to
             hide
             thy self
             in
             Secret
             ,
             when
             as
             God
             in
             Heaven
             can
             see
             see
             th●e
             ,
             though
             thou
             hast
             hid
             it
             from
             Man.
             And
             when
             thou
             goest
             to
          
           Thievery
           ,
           
             thy
             wickedness
             is
             discovered
             ,
             and
             thou
             ar●
             found
          
           Guilty
           .
           
             O
             Young
             Woman
             that
             is
             Married
             ,
             and
             Young
             Man
             ,
             look
             on
             〈◊〉
             here
             ;
             be
             sure
             in
             that
             Solemn
             Engagement
             ,
             you
             are
             obliged
             one
             to
             another
          
           ;
           Ma●●iage
           
             ●s
             an
             Ordinance
             of
             God
             ,
             have
             a
             care
             of
             ●reaking
             that
             Bond
             of
          
           Marriage-Vnion
           ;
           
             if
             the
             Husband
             provoke
             his
             Wife
             ,
             and
             cause
             a
             Difference
             ,
             he
             sins
             against
             God
             ;
             and
             so
             does
             she
             ,
             in
             such
             Carriage
             ;
             for
             sh●
             is
             bound
             to
             be
             an
          
           Obedient
           Wife
           .
           
             O
             you
             Parents
             that
             give
             your
             Children
             in
             Marriage
             ,
             
             remember
             what
             I
             have
             to
             say
             ,
             you
             must
             take
             notice
             when
             you
             give
             them
             in
             Marriage
             ,
             you
             give
             them
             freely
             to
             the
          
           Lord
           ,
           
             and
             free
             them
             from
             that
             Service
             &
             Command
             you
             ought
             to
             have
             ,
             yet
             you
             ought
             to
             have
             a
             tender
             regard
             to
             them
             .
             O
             thou
             that
             takest
             no
             care
             to
             lead
             thy
             life
             civilly
             and
             honestly
             ,
             and
             then
             Committest
             that
             Abominable
             Sin
             of
          
           Murder
           ,
           
             here
             is
             this
          
           Murderer
           ,
           
             look
             upon
             him
             ;
             and
             see
             how
             many
             are
             come
             with
             their
             eyes
             to
             behold
             this
             man
             ,
             that
             abhors
             himself
             before
             God
          
           ;
           that
           
             is
             the
             Sin
             that
          
           I
           
             abhor
             my self
             for
             ,
             and
             defire
             you
             take
             Example
             by
          
           me
           ;
           
             there
             are
             here
             a
             great
             many
             young
             people
             ,
             and
          
           O
           Lord
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           thy
           Servants
           !
           
             Have
             a
             care
             ,
             do
             not
             sin
             ;
             I
             will
             tell
             you
             ,
             that
             I
             wish
             I
             never
             had
             had
             the
             opportunity
             to
             do
             such
             a
          
           Murder
           ;
           
             if
             you
             say
             ,
             when
             a
             person
             has
             provoked
             you
             ,
          
           I
           will
           kill
           him
           :
           
             'T
             is
             a
             thous●nd
             to
             one
             ,
             but
             the
             next
             time
             you
          
           will
           do
           it
           .
           Now
           I
           Commit
           my self
           into
           the
           Hands
           of
           Almighty
           God.
           
        
         
           
             His
             Prayer
             .
          
           
             
               O
               Lord
               our
               Good
               God
               ;
               thou
               art
               a
               Merciful
               God
               ,
               and
               a
               Gracious
               and
               Loving
               Father
               ;
               Alas
               ,
               that
               thou
               shouldest
            
             Nourish
             up
             Children
             that
             have
             〈◊〉
             against
             
             Thee
             !
             
               O
               Lord
               ,
               I
               must
               confess
               ,
               thou
               gavest
               me
               opportunity
               to
               read
               thy
            
             Written
             Word
             ;
             
               Thou
               art
               also
               my
               Crea●or
               and
               Preserver
               ;
               but
               ,
               Lord
               ,
               I
               have
               not
               done
               according
               to
               the
               Offers
               of
               thy
               Grace
               ;
               thou
               hast
               not
               hid
               from
               me
               the
               opportunities
               of
               the
               Good
               Things
               and
               Liberties
               of
               thy
            
             House
             
               and
               Ordinances
               ,
               but
               I
               have
               waxed
               wanton
               under
               the
               Enjoyment
               of
               them
               .
               I
               have
               given
               thee
               just
               cause
               to
               provoke
               thee
               to
               Anger
               ,
               and
               thou
               hast
               left
               me
               to
            
             Shame
             ,
             
               not
               only
               on
               my self
               but
               on
               my
               Relations
               .
               O
               Lord
               God
               I
               do
               confess
               that
            
             I
             
               have
               sinned
               against
               thee
               ,
               and
               done
               all
               these
               Iniquities
            
             against
             thee
             ,
             
               and
               before
               thine
               eyes
               .
               Lord
               ,
               I
               have
               sinned
               especially
               against
               thee
               ;
               pardon
               my
               Sins
               of
               Youth
               ;
               Lord
               ,
               pardon
               this
               bloody
               Sin
               I
               stand
               here
               Guilty
               of
               ▪
               O
               Lord
               ,
               hide
               not
               thy
               face
               from
               me
               ;
               I
               humbly
               beg
               it
               of
               thee
               :
               for
               there
               is
               no
               man
            
             〈◊〉
             Redeem
             his
             Brothers
             Soul
             ,
             
               but
               only
               the
               Blood
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               must
               do
               it
               .
               Let
               it
               be
               sufficient
               to
               satisfie
               for
               my
               poor
               Soul.
            
             I
             
               h●●e
               not
               done
               any
               thing
               that
               thou
               shouldest
               be
               pleased
               to
               shew
               me
               thy
            
             Love
             ,
             
               or
               that
               I
               should
               have
               any
               thing
               from
               thee
               ,
               but
               only
            
             Everlasting
             Misery
             .
             
               I
               am
               unworthy
               to
               come
               to
               thee
               ;
               yet
               Lord
               ,
               for
               thy
            
             Mercies
             S●●e
             
               have
               pity
               on
               me
               .
               Now
               I
               am
               coming
            
             〈◊〉
             Iudgment
             ,
             
               Lord
               ,
               let
               the
               Arms
               of
               thy
            
             
             Mercy
             
               Receive
               my
               Soul
               ,
               and
               let
               my
               sin●
               be
               Remitted
               ;
               Good
               Lord
               ,
               let
               not
               my
               sin●
               which
            
             Condemn
             
               me
               here
               in
               this
               world
               ,
               rise
               up
               to
            
             Condemn
             
               me
               in
               the
               World
               to
               come
               though
               they
               have
            
             Condemned
             
               me
               in
               this
               world
               ,
               shew
               mercy
               ,
               Lord
               ,
               when
               I
               come
               be
               fore
               thy
            
             Iudgment-Seat
             .
             
               If
               my
               Soul
               be
               not
            
             humbled
             ,
             
               Lord
               ,
               humble
               it
               ;
               let
               my
               Petition
               be
               acceptable
               in
               Heaven
               thy
               Holy
               Mountain
               .
               I
               am
               unworthy
               to
               come
               into
               thy
            
             Presence
             ,
             
               yet
               O
               let
               me
               come
               into
               thy
            
             Kingdom
             ;
             
               and
               deliver
               my
               Soul
               from
            
             Blood
             Guil●iness
             ,
             
               in
               the
            
             Blood
             
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               ▪
               O
               let
               my
            
             wounded
             Soul
             
               mourn
               for
               my
               sin
               that
               hath
               brought
               me
               here
               ,
            
             Sin
             brings
             Ruine
             to
             the
             poor
             Soul
             ;
             
               wo
               is
               unto
               me
               for
               mine
               Iniquity
               .
            
             If
             I
             had
             gone
             to
             Prayer
             in
             the
             morning
             when
             I
             committed
             this
             sin
             ,
             Lord
             God
             ,
             thou
             wouldest
             have
             kept
             back
             my
             hands
             from
             shed●ing
             innocent
             Blood
             :
             
               O
               Gracious
               God
               ,
               Remember
               thou
               me
               in
            
             Mercy
             ;
             
               let
               me
               be
               an
               Object
               of
               thy
            
             pity
             
               and
               not
               of
               thy
            
             wrath
             ;
             
               the
               Lord
               hear
               me
               and
               pardon
               my
               Sins
               .
               Take
               care
               of
               my
               poor
            
             Children
             .
             I
             have
             scattered
             them
             like
             stragling
             sheep
             flying
             before
             the
             Wolf
             ;
             pity
             the
             poor
             Children
             that
             go
             like
             so
             many
             Lambs
             
               that
               have
               l●st
               their
               Keeter
               ;
               that
               they
               may
               not
               come
               to
               such
               a
               Death
               as
               I
               do
               〈◊〉
               Lord
               ,
               for
               the
               sak●
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               and
               the
            
             Righteousness
             o●
             
             
               thy
               Son
               ,
               accept
               my
               Soul
               ,
               and
               receive
               me
               into
               the
               Arms
               of
               thy
               mercy
               ;
               that
               I
               may
               enjoy
               Everlasting
            
             Rest.
             
               Pardon
               all
               my
               sins
               ;
               and
               let
               the
               Prayers
               of
               all
               those
               that
               have
               put
               up
               their
               Petitions
               for
               me
               ,
               be
               accepted
               for
               the
               sake
               of
               Jesus
               Christ.
               Now
               I
               am
               coming
               ,
               now
               I
            
             am
             coming
             ,
             
               thou
               mayst
               say
               ,
               I
            
             called
             to
             thee
             ,
             and
             thou
             wouldst
             not
             come
             ;
             
               I
               must
               say
               ,
               my
            
             sin
             brought
             me
             here
             ,
             
               O
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               the
               corrupt
               nature
               of
               man
               ,
            
             that
             
               has
               proved
               my
               ruine
               !
               O
               Lord
               ,
               Good
               Lord
               ,
               let
               me
               enjoy
               Rest
               for
               my
               Soul.
               The
               desire
               of
               my
               Soul
               is
               to
               be
               with
               thee
               ,
               in
               thy
               Kingdom
               ,
               let
               me
               have
               a
               share
               in
               that
               Kingdom
               .
               Now
               is
               the
               time
               ,
               Lord
               Jesus
               ;
               the
            
             Grave
             
               is
               opening
               its
               mouth
               ;
               I
               am
               now
            
             living
             ,
             though
             dead
             in
             Stn
             ,
             
               let
               my
               prayers
               be
               heard
               in
               heaven
               thy
               holy
               place
               ;
               thy
               hands
               hath
            
             made
             
               me
               ,
               &
               I
               know
               thou
               can'st
            
             Save
             
               me
               ;
               hide
               not
               thy
               face
               from
               me
               ;
               and
               affect
               the
               hearts
               of
               thy
               people
               with
               this
               sad
               Ob●●ct
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               labour
               to
               serve
               thee
            
             betimes
             ,
             
               and
               may
               not
               give
               themselves
               up
               to
            
             profaneness
             and
             Wickedness
             ,
             
               especially
               that
               Sin
               of
            
             Drunkenness
             ,
             
               which
               is
               an
            
             in
             let
             of
             all
             Ab●minations
             .
          
           
             [
             When
             thou
             hast
             thy
             
               head
               full
            
             of
             Drink
             ,
             the
             Remembrance
             of
             God
             is
             out
             of
             thy
             heart
             and
             thou
             art
             unprepared
             to
             commit
             thy self
             and
             Family
             unto
             God
             ;
             thou
             art
             unfit
             to
             come
             into
             
             Gods
             Presence
             .
             I
             have
             cause
             to
             〈◊〉
             out
             an●
             be
             ashamed
             of
             it
             ,
             
               that
               I
               am
               guilty
               of
               it
               ,
            
             because
             .
             I
             gave
             may
             to
             that
             Sin
             m●re
             than
             any
             other
             ,
             and
             then
             God
             did
             leave
             me
             to
             practise
             wickedness
             ,
             and
             to
             Murder
             that
             dear
             Woman
             ,
             whom
             I
             should
             have
             taken
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             Contentment
             in
             ,
             which
             if
             I
             had
             done
             ,
             I
             had
             not
             been
             here
             to
             suffer
             this
             Death
             .
             ]
          
           
             Thou
             art
             Holy
             ,
             Just
             ,
             and
             Good
             ,
             and
             therefore
             O
             Lord
             have
             mercy
             on
             me
             ,
             for
             the
             sake
             of
             thy
             Son
             pity
             me
             ,
             now
             Lord
             ,
             I
             am
             coming
             .
             O
             that
             I
             could
             do
             thee
             
               better
               Service
            
             .
          
           
             [
             Many
             of
             you
             that
             behold
             me
             ,
             I
             know
             ,
             wish
             you
             never
             had
             seen
             me
             here
             .
             ]
          
           
             
               Lord
               ,
               Receive
               my
               Soul
               into
               a
               better
               place
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               thy
               blessed
               will
               ,
               't
               is
               a
               day
               of
            
             great
             Trouble
             
               with
               me
               ;
               my
               Soul
               is
               greatly
               Troubled
               ;
               give
               me
               one
               Glimpse
               of
            
             Com●ort
             
               in
               thy
            
             Kingdom
             ;
             
               by
               &
               by
               let
               me
               have
               one
               dram
               of
               thy
            
             Grace
             .
             
               Accept
               of
               me
               now
               at
               this
               time
               ,
               't
               is
               the
            
             last
             time
             ;
             
               Good
               ▪
               Lord
               ,
               d●ny
               me
               not
               ,
               give
               me
               ,
               as
               the
               W●man
               ,
               of
            
             Sam●ri●
             ,
             a
             Taste
             
               of
               that
            
             Living
             Wa●er
             
               that
               my
               Soul
               may
               Thirst
               no
               more
               .
               I
               beg
               it
               for
               the
               sake
               of
               Jesus
               Christ.
            
             Amen
             .
          
           
             
               After
               this
               ,
               he
               was
               by
               the
               Prayers
               of
               a
               Minister
               then
               present
               ,
               Recommended
               unto
               the
               Divine
               Mercy
               .
               Which
               being
               done
               
               ●he
               poor
               man
               poured
               out
               a
               few
               broken
               Ejaculations
               ,
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               which
               he
               was
               turned
               over
               ,
               into
               that
            
             Eternity
             
               which
               we
               must
               leave
               him
               in
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Speech
             of
             Hugh
             Stone
             ,
             in
             the
             Prison
             ,
             the
             morning
             before
             his
             Execution
             .
          
           
             When
             Young
             People
             are
             Married
             they
             make
             use
             of
             Prayer
             in
             their
             Families
             ,
             and
             when
             they
             Pray
             ,
             they
             do
             believe
             there
             is
             Sincerity
             and
             Affection
             in
             their
             Prayer
             ;
             but
             when
             Differance
             between
             a
             Man
             and
             his
             Wise
             doth
             arise
             ,
             then
             that
             doth
             occasion
             hindrance
             of
             Prayer
             in
             their
             Family
             ;
             and
             when
             Prayer
             is
             wholly
             omitted
             ,
             it
             lets
             in
             all
             confusion
             ;
             and
             every
             evil
             work
             :
             He
             said
             .
             
               That
               he
               used
               to
               Pray
               in
               his
               Family
               ,
               but
               when
               he
               did
               pray
               ,
               it
               was
               in
               a
               formal
               manner
               ,
               but
               now
               from
               the
               Consideration
               of
               Eternity
               that
               he
               was
               going
               into
               ,
               he
               was
               made
               the
               more
               Con●iderate
               in
               his
               Prayers
               that
               he
               made
               ,
               and
               did
               hope
               that
               now
               he
               had
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Prayer
               in
               his
               Praying
               .
            
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           Contribute
           a
           little
           further
           unto
           the
           Design
           of
           this
           Book
           ,
           I
           shall
           here
           Annex
           
             Two
             Articles
          
           of
           Observations
           ,
           extracted
           from
           an
           Hitherto-Reserved
           Collection
           of
           
             MEMORABLE
             PROVIDENCES
          
           .
           I
           have
           Recorded
           them
           in
           such
           Words
           (
           and
           the
           Rest
           in
           such
           Wayes
           )
           as
           these
           .
        
         
           
             Article
             .
             I.
             
          
           
             
               Act.
               XXVIII
               .
               4.
               
            
             
               A
               Murtherer
               —
               Vengeance
               suffereth
               not
               to
               live
               .
            
          
           
             
               AMong
               all
               the
               perpetrators
               of
               the
               more
               hideous
               and
               enormous
               Impieties
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               person
               mor●
            
             Abhorred
             by
             the
             Lord
             ,
             
               than
               the
            
             Murtherer
             〈◊〉
             
               and
               there
               is
               none
               so
               much
            
             pursued
             by
             the
             Lord
             
               as
               that
               bloody
               Monster
               is
               .
               Those
               Children
               of
            
             Cain
             ,
             
               that
               rob
               their
               innocent
               Neighbours
               of
               their
               lives
               ,
               usually
               ●●dure
               
               first
               an
            
             Hell
             
               in
               their
               own
               Co●●●●nces
               ,
               by
               which
            
             Mark
             
               upon
               them
               ,
               they
               are
               made
               more
               incapable
               of
               avoiding
               the
            
             Halter
             
               which
               they
               are
               worthy
               of
               ,
               and
               that
            
             Halter
             
               is
               but
               a
            
             Sling
             
               out
               of
               which
               their
               guilty
               Souls
               are
               hurled
               into
               a
               further
               ,
               a
               lasting
               ,
               an
               endless
            
             Hell.
             
               very
               trivial
               are
               the
               occasions
               and
               pretences
               for
               which
               often
               this
               peice
               of
            
             Devilism
             
               is
               committed
               .
               No
               greater
               provocations
               truly
               ,
               than
               what
               the
               two
               Brothers
               at
            
             Pad●a
             
               had
               ,
               between
               whom
               there
               Issued
               first
            
             Quarrel
             
               and
               then
               a
            
             Murder
             ,
             
               only
               from
               this
               Original
               ,
               that
               on
               a
               certain
               evening
               together
               ,
               one
               was
               wishing
               for
            
             Oxen
             as
             many
             as
             the
             Stars
             ,
             
               the
               other
               was
               wishing
               for
            
             A
             Pasture
             as
             large
             as
             the
             Firmament
             .
             
               But
               the
               Expectations
               of
               its
            
             Concealment
             
               scarce
               ever
               escape
               a
               Lamentable
               Dissappointment
               in
               them
               who
               are
               so
               vain
               as
               to
               promise
               unto
               themselves
               a
            
             Secrecy
             and
             Impunity
             
               in
               this
               Villanny
               ;
               for
            
             a
             ●●essus
             
               will
               find
               the
               very
            
             Swallowes
             to
             Chirr●p
             
               out
               his
            
             Murder
             
               of
               his
            
             Father
             .
             
               Nor
               can
            
             a
             Temporal
             Recompence
             
               for
               this
               atrocious
               I●iquity
               ordinarily
               be
               avoided
               by
               the
               〈◊〉
            
             Repentance
             
               it self
               ;
               besides
               the
            
             V●ngeance
             of
             eternal
             fire
             ,
             
               which
               without
            
             〈◊〉
             
               ●nevitably
               followes
               thereupon
               .
               〈…〉
            
             
             his
             soul
             
               sw●●
               away
               to
               Eternity
               in
            
             his
             blo●●
          
           
             To
             the
             innumerable
             Exemples
             of
             these
             things
             ,
             which
             all
             Ages
             do
             admire
             ,
             Let
             these
             be
             added
             .
          
           
             
               EXEMPLE
               .
               I.
               
            
             
               
                 The
                 First
              
               Murtherer
               
                 of
                 his
                 Neighbour
                 in
              
               New-England
               
                 (
                 as
                 I
                 take
                 it
                 )
                 was
                 one
              
               Billington
               at
               Plimouth
               
                 in
                 the
                 year
                 1630.
                 
                 He
                 shott
                 a
                 poor
                 man
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 a
                 mortal
                 enemy
                 unto
                 ,
                 &
                 expected
                 that
                 for
                 want
                 of
              
               Power
               
                 or
                 of
              
               People
               
                 in
                 that
                 Infant
                 Plantation
                 he
                 should
                 have
                 evaded
                 the
                 execution
                 due
                 to
                 him
                 for
                 his
                 Capital
                 Offence
                 ▪
                 but
                 Justice
                 inflicted
                 has
                 deserved
                 death
                 upon
                 him
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Exemple
               ,
               II.
               
            
             
               One
               Mary
               Martin
               ,
               
                 her
                 Father
                 going
                 away
                 from
                 hence
                 to
              
               England
               ,
               
                 had
                 left
                 her
                 in
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 one
                 Mr.
              
               Mitten
               ,
               
                 a
                 Married
                 man
                 ,
                 who
                 became
                 so
                 enamoured
                 of
                 her
                 as
                 that
                 he
                 attempted
                 her
                 Chastity
                 ▪
                 Such
                 was
                 her
                 weakness
                 and
                 Folly
                 ,
                 that
                 she●
                 yeilded
                 unto
                 the
                 vile
                 Temptations
                 ;
                 tho'
                 with
                 such
                 Reluctancies
                 ,
                 that
                 begging
                 of
                 God
                 for
                 deliverance
                 from
                 the
                 wicked
                 ●ollic●atio●●
                 ,
                 she
                 pleaded
                 ,
              
               If
               ever
               she
               were
               over●●●en
               again
               ,
               she
               would
               leave
               her selfe
               unto
               his
               〈◊〉
               ,
               to
               be
               made
               a
               publick
               Exemple
               ,
               
                 Howev●●
                 〈◊〉
                 governing
                 her self
                 ,
                 nor
                 Remem●●●ng
                 
                 her
                 promise
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 ●●me
                 Sin
                 a
                 third
                 time
                 was
                 she
                 overtaken
                 .
                 Afterwards
                 going
                 to
                 Service
                 in
              
               Boston
               ,
               
                 she
                 found
                 her self
                 to
                 have
                 conceived
                 ;
                 but
                 living
                 with
                 a
                 favourable
                 Mistriss
                 ,
                 who
                 would
                 not
                 allow
                 any
                 Suspicion
                 or
                 Suggestion
                 of
                 her
              
               Dishonesty
               ,
               
                 and
                 thinking
                 her self
                 unable
                 to
                 bear
                 the
                 shame
                 or
                 grief
                 of
                 the
              
               Discovery
               ,
               
                 she
                 wholly
                 concealed
                 it
                 until
                 the
                 Time
                 of
                 her
              
               Delivery
               .
               
                 Being
                 then
                 alone
                 by
                 her self
                 in
                 a
                 dark
                 room
                 she
                 used
                 violence
                 to
                 destroy
                 the
                 Child
                 ,
              
               once
               and
               again
               ,
               
                 before
                 she
                 effected
                 the
                 unnatural
                 Ba●barity
                 .
                 Hereupon
                 she
                 wrapt
                 up
                 the
                 Infant
                 in
                 her
                 Chest
                 for
              
               fifteen
               days
               
                 until
                 her
                 Master
                 &
                 Mistress
                 went
                 aboard
                 the
                 ship
                 which
                 they
                 were
                 Transporting
                 themselves
                 to
              
               England
               .
               
                 On
                 this
                 Occasion
                 she
                 was
                 put
                 to
                 remove
                 unto
                 another
                 House
                 where
                 some
                 that
                 before
                 had
                 apprehended
                 ,
                 now
                 perceived
                 that
                 shee
                 had
                 lately
                 been
                 delivered
                 of
                 a
                 C●●ld
                 .
                 They
                 charging
                 it
                 upon
                 her
                 ,
                 she
                 at
                 first
                 denied
                 the
              
               Murther
               ,
               
                 &
                 said
              
               ,
               It
               was
               still-born
               ,
               
                 but
                 upon
                 search
                 it
                 was
                 found
                 in
                 her
                 chest
                 ,
                 and
                 she
                 being
                 made
                 to
                 touch
                 the
                 Face
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 before
                 the
                 Jury
                 ,
                 the
                 blood
                 came
                 fresh
                 thereinto
                 ;
                 whereupon
                 she
                 confessed
                 the
                 whole
                 Tru●●
                 〈◊〉
                 her
                 imprisonment
                 and
                 at
                 her
                 〈◊〉
                 the
                 carried
                 her self
                 so
                 Exceeding
                 ●●●●●●penitently
                 ,
                 
                 that
                 the
                 observers
                 had
                 great
                 Hopes
                 of
                 her
                 true
                 Repentance
                 .
                 But
                 this
                 was
                 particularly
                 remarkable
                 ,
                 That
                 as
                 she
                 acknowledged
                 her
              
               Twice
               
                 Essaying
                 to
                 kill
                 her
                 Insant
                 before
                 she
                 could
                 make
                 an
                 end
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 so
                 ,
                 through
                 the
                 unskilfulness
                 of
                 the
                 Hang-man
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 ●ain
                 to
                 turn
                 her
                 off
                 the
                 Ladder
              
               Twice
               
                 before
                 she
                 co●id
                 expire
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Exemple
               .
               III.
               
            
             
               
                 An
                 English
                 Ship
                 sailing
                 from
                 some-where
                 about
                 the
                 Mouth
                 of
                 the
              
               Streig●ts
               ,
               
                 was
                 manned
                 with
                 some
                 cruel
                 Miscreants
                 ,
                 who
                 quarrelling
                 with
                 the
                 M●●ter
                 &
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Officers
                 ,
                 turn'd
                 them
                 all
                 into
                 the
              
               Long-boat
               ,
               
                 with
                 a
                 small
                 quantity
                 of
                 provisions
                 ,
                 about
                 an
                 hundred
                 Leagues
                 to
                 the
                 westward
                 of
                 the
                 Spanish
                 Coast.
                 These
                 fellowes
                 in
                 the
                 mean
                 while
                 saile
                 for
              
               New-England
               ,
               
                 where
                 as
                 Providence
                 would
                 have
                 it
                 ,
                 the
                 Master
                 and
                 his
                 afflicted
                 Company
                 in
                 the
                 Long-boat
                 arrived
                 too
                 ;
                 all
                 except
                 one
                 who
                 died
                 of
                 their
                 Barbarous
                 usage
                 .
                 His
                 countenance
                 was
                 now
                 become
                 terrible
                 unto
                 them
                 ,
                 who
                 though
                 they
                 had
              
               Es●aped
               the
               Sea
               ,
               yet
               Vengeance
               would
               not
               suffer
               
                 them
                 to
                 live
              
               ashoar
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 his
                 Instance
                 ,
                 and
                 complaint
                 they
                 were
                 ●pprehended
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Ring-leaders
                 of
                 this
                 ●●●derous
                 Piracy
                 had
                 a
                 Sentence
                 of
                 Death
                 〈◊〉
                 on
                 them
                 .
                 The
                 horrours
                 which
                 
                 attended
                 the
                 Cheef
                 of
                 these
                 M●●●●actors
                 in
                 his
                 D●ing
                 hours
                 were
                 such
                 as
                 exceedingly
                 astonisht
                 the
                 beholders
                 .
                 Though
                 he
                 was
                 a
                 very
                 stout
                 man
                 ,
                 yet
                 now
                 his
                 Tremblings
                 and
                 Agonies
                 were
                 inexpressible
                 .
                 One
                 speech
                 let
                 fall
                 by
                 him
                 was
                 ,
              
               I
               have
               been
               amongst
               drawn
               sword
               ,
               flying
               bullets
               ,
               roaring
               Canons
               ,
               amidst
               all
               which
               I
               never
               knew
               what
               fear
               meant
               ;
               but
               now
               I
               have
               apprehensions
               of
               the
               dreadful
               wrath
               of
               God
               in
               the
               other
               world
               ,
               which
               I
               am
               going
               into
               ,
               my
               soul
               within
               me
               is
               amazed
               at
               it
               .
               
                 
                   Loud
                   cries
                   the
                   spilt
                   blood
                   of
                   a
                   Brother
                   ;
                
                 
                   He
                   kills
                   himself
                   that
                   slayes
                   another
                   .
                
                 
                   Clamitat
                   ad
                   Caelum
                   vox
                   Sanguinis
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Article
             .
             II.
             
          
           
             
               Isa.
               LV.
               7.
               
            
             
               Let
               the
               wicked
               forsake
               his
               way
               and
               the
               unrighteous
               man
               his
               thoughts
               ,
               and
               let
               him
               return
               unto
               the
               L●rd
               and
               He
               will
               have
               mercy
               ,
               and
               to
               our
               God
               ,
               for
               He
               will
               abundantly
               pardon
               .
            
          
           
             
               It
               was
               once
               the
               affectionate
               Out-Cry
               of
               a
               C●ndemned
               but
               a
               Converted
               and
               a
               Comforted
               Malefactor
               ,
            
             God
             is
             a
             great
             forgiver
             ,
             God
             is
             a
             great
             forgiver
             !
             
               It
               is
               indeed
               rarely
               seen
               that
            
             Bad
             livers
             
               to
               ,
               ever
               become
            
             
             Sincere
             Paenitents
             in
             Old
             Age.
             
               When
               the
            
             Devils
             
               have
               had
               a
            
             Possession
             
               of
               many
               years
               ,
               they
               plead
               a
               sort
               of
            
             Praescription
             
               against
               the
               Holy
               Spirit
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               make
               their
               interest
               so
               strong
               ,
               that
               very
            
             Extraordinary
             
               must
               be
               the
               Influences
               of
               the
            
             Grace
             
               that
               shall
               destroy
               it
            
             .
             Scripture
             
               seems
               to
               pronounce
               a
            
             sinner
             of
             an
             hundred
             years
             old
             
               to
               be
            
             cursed
             ,
             and
             Experience
             
               commonly
               discovers
               a
            
             Sinner
             of
             Fifty
             years
             old
             
               to
               be
            
             hardened
             
               beyond
               all
               recovery
               .
               The
               Generality
               of
               them
               that
               are
               brought
               home
               to
               God
               under
               the
               constant
               Dispensations
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               will
               find
               that
               between
            
             Fifteen
             and
             Thirty
             
               is
               the
               Age
               in
               which
               most
               of
               the
            
             Elect
             become
             Called
             ones
             .
             
               But
               as
               nothing
               is
               more
            
             Soveraign
             
               than
               the
            
             Free-Grace
             
               of
               God
               ,
               He
               calls
               both
            
             Whom
             and
             When
             
               he
               will
               ;
               and
               He
               leaves
               many
            
             Civil
             and
             Moral
             -
             
               people
               in
               their
            
             ,
             Vnbelief
             ,
             
               when
               He
               Renewes
               the
            
             Worst
             
               of
               men
               ,
               and
               those
               that
               not
               only
               have
               done
               evil
            
             an
             hundred
             times
             ,
             
               but
               likewise
            
             an
             hundred
             years
             
               been
               in
               the
               rebellious
               Tents
               of
               the
               Ungodly
            
             ;
             So
             
               nothing
               is
               more
            
             glorious
             
               than
               that
            
             Free-Grace
             which
             pardons
             
               without
               bounds
               ,
               and
               forgives
               the
               Sins
               which
               no
            
             Conscience
             
               has
               vigour
               enough
               to
               describe
               all
               the
               Aggravations
               of
               .
               Let
               no
               man
               that
               begins
               to
               have
            
             sad
             Thoughts
             
             
               about
               the
               State
               of
               his
               own
               soul
               ,
               ●espair
               of
               Mercy
               from
               God
               in
               Christ
               ;
               it
               reaches
               even
               to
               ,
            
             she
             Chief
             of
             Sinners
             .
             
               It
               is
               for
               a
            
             Cain
             
               to
               roar
            
             ,
             My
             sin
             is
             greater
             than
             can
             be
             forgiven
             !
             
               but
               perphaps
               his
            
             Despair
             
               was
               not
               inferiour
               to
               his
            
             Murder
             ,
             and
             ,
             Austin
             
               well
               replied
               upon
               him
            
             ,
             mentiris
             ,
             Cain
             ,
             Cain
             ,
             Thou
             liest
             .
             
               The
               Temp●er
               that
               once
               told
               thee
            
             ;
             T
             is
             too
             soon
             ,
             
               may
               now
               tell
               thee
            
             ,
             T
             is
             too
             la●e
             to
             repent
             ;
             
               and
               thou
               mayest
               have
               in
               thy
            
             Thoughts
             
               the
               Voice
               which
               once
               a
               flagitious
               man
               had
               in
               his
            
             Ears
             ,
             
               a
               little
               before
               he
               dyed
            
             ,
             No
             Mercy
             ,
             No
             Mercy
             ▪
             But
             When
             he
             speaketh
             hard
             unto
             thee
             ,
             beleeve
             him
             not
             .
             
               Come
               ,
               and
            
             Confess
             and
             forsake
             
               all
               thy
               sins
               ,
               and
               thou
               shalt
               have
            
             mercy
             .
             
               Come
               ,
               and
               cast
               the
            
             Burdens
             
               of
               a
            
             Guilty
             and
             Wretched
             
               soul
               upon
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               ,
               and
               thou
               shalt
               have
            
             Rest.
             
               Unto
               the
            
             Greatest
             
               and
               the
            
             Oldest
             
               Sinners
               ,
               yet
            
             ,
             Return
             unto
             me
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord.
             
          
           
             
               Exemple
               ,
               I.
               
            
             
               
                 A
                 while
                 since
                 ,
                 there
                 dyed
                 at
              
               Lancaster
               ,
               
                 a
                 man
                 whose
                 name
                 was
              
               Richard
               Lenten
               ,
               
                 arrived
                 in
                 age
                 to
                 so
                 many
                 years
                 above
                 an
                 hundred
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 had
                 lived
                 in
                 Wedlock
                 with
                 his
                 wife
                 for
              
               Sixty
               three
               
                 years
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 she
                 was
              
               Thirty
               five
               
                 years
                 younger
                 than
                 himself
                 ;
                 
                 and
                 he
                 was
                 able
                 to
                 follow
                 his
                 toils
                 at
                 Husbandry
                 ,
                 very
                 livelily
                 but
                 about
                 a
              
               month
               
                 before
                 his
                 End.
              
               
            
             
               
                 This
                 man
                 had
                 been
                 all
                 his
                 dayes
                 a
                 poor
                 ignorant
                 carnal
                 and
                 sottish
                 man
                 ,
                 and
                 unacquainted
                 with
                 the
                 very
              
               Principles
               
                 of
                 his
              
               Ca●echism
               ,
               
                 after
                 he
                 had
                 satt
                 under
                 so
                 many
                 hundreds
                 of
                 Sermons
                 as
                 he
                 had
                 :
                 Nevertheless
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 was
                 about
              
               an
               hundred
               years
               old
               ,
               
                 God
                 blessed
                 the
                 Ministry
                 of
                 His
                 Word
                 unto
                 this
                 mans
                 awakening
                 ;
                 and
                 he
                 became
                 a
                 diligent
                 Enquirer
                 after
                 the
                 things
                 of
                 the
                 life
                 to
                 come
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Constant
                 Serious
                 Attender
                 on
                 all
                 that
                 was
                 Religious
                 .
                 He
                 arrived
                 unto
                 such
                 measures
                 of
                 a
                 well-informed
                 Devotion
                 ,
                 that
                 the
              
               Church
               
                 which
                 was
                 very
                 strict
                 in
                 the
                 terms
                 of
                 their
                 Communion
                 ,
                 yet
                 received
                 him
                 into
                 their
                 Fellowship
                 about
              
               Two
               years
               
                 before
                 he
                 dy'd
                 ▪
                 Wherein
                 he
                 continued
                 under
                 a
                 good
                 Character
                 ,
                 so
                 long
                 as
                 he
                 continued
                 in
                 the
                 World.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               Exemple
               .
               II.
               
            
             
               
                 There
                 dwelt
                 at
                 a
              
               Village
               
                 in
                 this
                 Countrey
                 ,
                 one
                 who
                 dyed
                 in
              
               December
               1688.
               
               
                 This
                 man
                 had
                 been
                 remarkable
                 for
                 his
                 bad
                 Life
                 ,
                 till
                 he
                 had
                 spent
                 fifty
                 years
                 in
                 the
                 lewd
                 and
                 rude
                 Courses
                 if
                 notorious
                 Ungodliness
                 .
                 Though
                 he
                 had
                 the
                 Benefit
                 
                 of
                 a
                 christian
                 and
                 pious
              
               Education
               ,
               
                 yet
                 he
                 had
                 shaken
                 off
                 all
                 the
                 yokes
                 which
                 that
                 had
                 laid
                 upon
                 him
                 .
                 Hee
                 became
                 a
                 foul-mouth'd
              
               Scoffer
               
                 at
                 all
                 good
                 men
                 and
                 good
                 things
                 ;
                 and
                 a
                 great
                 mocker
                 of
              
               Church-Members
               
                 in
                 particular
                 .
                 The
                 Vices
                 of
              
               Drunkenness
               and
               Swearing
               and
               Lying
               
                 made
                 the
                 Characters
                 of
                 his
                 Conversation
                 .
              
               Sabbath-Breaking
               and
               Promise-breaking
               ,
               
                 made
                 him
                 infamous
                 among
                 honest
                 people
                 ,
                 and
                 his
              
               Disobedience
               
                 to
                 his
                 Parents
                 was
                 not
                 unequal
                 to
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 his
                 miscarriages
                 .
              
               Original
               Sin
               ,
               
                 in
                 the
                 furthest
                 efforts
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 fill'd
                 his
                 whole
                 man
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 whole
                 way
                 ,
                 for
                 half
                 an
                 hundred
                 years
                 ;
                 at
                 which
                 age
                 he
                 left
                 the
                 world
                 ;
                 and
                 he
                 had
                 sat
                 under
                 &
                 sinn'd
                 against
                 the
              
               meanes
               of
               Grace
               
                 all
                 this
                 while
                 .
                 But
                 yet
                 ,
                 which
                 you
                 will
                 admire
                 to
                 hear
                 !
                 Yet
                 this
                 enormous
                 liver
                 was
                 iudg'd
                 to
                 be
                 converted
                 unto
                 God
                 some
                 few
                 weeks
                 before
                 he
                 died
                 ,
                 The
                 great
                 God
                 so
              
               blessed
               &
               owned
               the
               Ministry
               
                 which
                 he
                 enjoyed
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Efficacy
                 of
                 it
                 on
                 him
                 ,
                 became
                 conspicuous
                 to
                 Astonishment
                 .
                 He
                 became
                 a
                 serious
                 Paenitent
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 devout
                 ,
                 so
                 pensive
                 ,
                 that
                 every
                 one
                 saw
                 a
              
               New-Creature
               
                 in
                 him
                 .
                 He
                 mourned
                 for
                 all
                 his
                 former
                 faults
                 ,
                 and
                 caused
                 his
                 Complaints
                 to
                 reach
                 unto
                 the
              
               Plague
               of
               his
               Heart
               
                 as
                 the
                 Root
                 
                 of
                 all
                 .
                 He
                 reformed
                 what
                 was
                 amiss
                 in
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 applyed
                 himself
                 with
                 an
                 exceeding
                 Vigour
                 to
                 the
                 Saviour
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Salvation
                 of
                 his
                 soul.
                 While
                 the
              
               Grace
               
                 of
                 God
                 was
                 thus
                 beginning
                 its
                 Impressions
                 on
                 him
                 ,
                 he
                 fell
                 mortally
                 sick
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 was
                 not
                 long
                 before
                 he
                 passed
                 out
                 of
                 this
                 world
                 with
                 a
                 marvellous
                 Assurance
                 of
                 his
                 Interest
                 in
                 a
                 better
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 It
                 were
                 Endless
                 to
                 reckon
                 up
                 the
                 extraordinary
                 Expressions
                 that
                 fell
                 from
                 him
                 ,
                 &
                 Behaviours
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 in
                 the
              
               sick
               and
               last
               
                 dayes
                 of
                 his
                 life
                 ;
                 but
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 were
                 such
                 as
                 these
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 —
                 O
                 (
                 said
                 he
                 )
                 
                   What
                   a
                   wonder
                   of
                   Mercy
                   is
                   it
                   to
                   my
                   soul
                   ,
                   that
                   God
                   halh
                   not
                   cast
                   me
                   immediately
                   into
                   Hell
                   ,
                   and
                   given
                   me
                
                 no
                 Time
                 
                   to
                   repent
                   ,
                   or
                   to
                   beg
                   for
                   an
                   Heart
                   to
                   Repent
                   !
                   But
                   〈◊〉
                
                 Mercy
                 
                   hath
                   spared
                   a
                
                 great
                 Sinner
                 .
              
               
                 —
                 
                   The
                   stoutest
                   man
                
                 (
                 said
                 he
                 )
                 
                   that
                   ever
                   lived
                   ,
                   should
                   he
                   but
                   seriously
                   think
                   on
                
                 ETERNITY
                 ,
                 
                   and
                   have
                   no
                   Christ
                   to
                   fly
                   unto
                   ,
                   it
                   will
                   so
                   sink
                   the
                   the
                   Heart
                   of
                   him
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   could
                   never
                   bear
                   it
                   ;
                   but
                   the
                   Lord
                   will
                   show
                   Mercy
                   to
                   my
                   distressed
                   soul.
                   
                
              
            
             
               
                 He
                 gave
                 himself
                 wholly
                 to
                 Prayer
                 ,
                 and
                 would
                 excuse
              
               Watchers
               
                 from
                 sitting
                 with
                 
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 be
                 at
                 leisure
                 for
                 Communion
                 with
                 God
                 alone
                 .
                 Sometimes
                 he
                 would
                 give
                 a
                 start
                 as
                 he
                 lay
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 asked
                 the
                 Reason
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 he
                 said
                 ,
              
               O
               I
               have
               a
               great
               work
               to
               do
               !
               and
               but
               a
               little
               time
               to
               do
               it
               !
            
             
               
                 The
                 Conflicts
                 which
                 he
                 endured
                 in
                 his
                 Spirit
                 were
                 unutterable
                 ,
                 under
                 which
                 ,
                 he●
                 day
                 &
                 night
                 kept
              
               wrestling
               with
               God
               
                 for
                 His
                 Mercy
                 .
                 One
                 morning
                 his
              
               Brother
               
                 enquiring
                 of
                 him
                 how
                 he
                 did
                 ,
                 he
                 replied
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   O
                   I
                   have
                   had
                   as
                   doleful
                   a
                   night
                   as
                   ever
                   man
                   had
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   had
                   three
                   great
                   enemies
                   this
                   night
                   encountering
                   with
                   me
                   ;
                   the
                
                 World
                 ,
                 the
                 Flesh
                 ,
                 
                   &
                   the
                
                 Devil
                 .
                 
                   I
                   have
                   been
                   this
                   night
                   ,
                   both
                   in
                
                 Hell
                 
                   &
                   in
                
                 Heaven
                 ;
                 
                   and
                   I
                   can
                   truly
                   say
                   with
                
                 David
                 ,
                 
                   all
                   this
                   night
                   long
                
                 I
                 have
                 watered
                 my
                 couch
                 with
                 my
                 ●●ars
                 ,
                 
                   but
                   as
                   the
                   day
                   broke
                   ,
                   my
                   Saviour
                   came
                   &
                   vanquished
                   the
                   Devil
                   ,
                   &
                   told
                   him
                   that
                   he
                   had
                   no
                   right
                   in
                   me
                   ,
                   for
                   He
                   had
                   Redeemed
                   with
                   His
                   own
                   Blood.
                   
                
              
            
             
               
                 To
                 his
                 Father
                 once
                 he
                 said
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   I
                   have
                   felt
                   a
                   great
                   work
                   on
                   my
                   distressed
                   soul
                
                 ;
                 This
                 your
                 son
                 was
                 lost
                 and
                 is
                 found
                 ,
                 was
                 dead
                 and
                 is
                 alive
                 .
                 
                   Doleful
                   nights
                   have
                   I
                   seen
                   ;
                   the
                   Thoughts
                   of
                   my
                   sins
                   did
                   sorely
                   oppress
                   me
                   ,
                   when
                   I
                   would
                   be
                   crying
                   to
                   my
                   dear
                   Saviour
                   for
                   His
                   mercy
                   ,
                   He
                   would
                   seem
                   not
                   to
                   pitty
                   me
                   ,
                   but
                   to
                   say
                   ,
                
                 Thou
                 hast
                 been
                 
                 a
                 servant
                 of
                 the
                 Devil
                 and
                 of
                 thy
                 Lust
                 ,
                 and
                 dost
                 thou
                 now
                 come
                 to
                 me
                 ?
                 I
                 have
                 been
                 calling
                 to
                 thee
                 ,
                 and
                 thou
                 hast
                 been
                 hardening
                 thy
                 heart
                 at
                 my
                 Calls
                 ,
                 and
                 dost
                 thou
                 expect
                 mercy
                 after
                 all
                 ?
                 
                   And
                   then
                   the
                
                 Devil
                 
                   would
                   put
                   in
                   ,
                   saying
                
                 ,
                 Thou
                 hast
                 been
                 my
                 Vassal
                 so
                 long
                 ,
                 thy
                 Cries
                 for
                 Mercy
                 are
                 now
                 all
                 too
                 late
                 .
                 
                   I
                   have
                   also
                   seen
                   the
                   face
                   of
                   an
                
                 Angry
                 God
                 ,
                 
                   and
                   that
                   is
                   the
                   most
                   terrible
                   thing
                   that
                   was
                   ever
                   seen
                   .
                   I
                   then
                   found
                   no
                   s●ay
                   for
                   my
                   distressed
                   soul
                   ,
                   but
                
                 Free-mercy
                 !
                 Free-mercy
                 !
                 
                   The
                   Lord
                   now
                   put
                   under
                   me
                   His
                   everlasting
                   Arms
                   ,
                   and
                   gave
                   me
                   an
                   heart
                   still
                   to
                   pray
                   &
                   say
                   ,
                
                 Lord
                 Iesus
                 ,
                 Mercy
                 for
                 Thy
                 own
                 sake
                 ,
                 Mercy
                 for
                 thy
                 Name
                 's
                 sake
                 !
                 
                   My
                   Redeemer
                   would
                   say
                
                 ,
                 Thou
                 art
                 a
                 great
                 sinner
                 and
                 an
                 old
                 sinner
                 !
                 
                   The
                   Answer
                   of
                   my
                   soul
                   was
                   ,
                
                 Truth
                 ,
                 Lord
                 ,
                 but
                 even
                 such
                 sinners
                 have
                 already
                 found
                 mercy
                 at
                 thy
                 hands
                 ,
                 I
                 come
                 to
                 thee
                 ,
                 for
                 with
                 thee
                 the
                 fatherless
                 find
                 mercy
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 —
                 He
                 would
                 break
                 forth
                 into
                 very
                 High
                 Expressions
                 ;
                 his
                 great
                 Comfort
                 was
                 fetch'd
                 from
                 that
                 Promise
                 in
                 Ma●
                 .
              
               11.
               28.
               
               Come
               to
               Me
               —
               and
               I
               will
               give
               you
               rest
               .
               
                 He
                 would
                 now
                 cry
                 out
              
               ,
               
                 
                   O
                   the
                   Riches
                   of
                
                 Free-grace
                 !
                 
                   There
                   are
                   thousands
                   of
                   thousands
                   ,
                   &
                   ten
                   thousand
                   times
                   ten
                   thousand
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   third
                   Heaven
                   ,
                   rejoicing
                   over
                   a
                
                 great
                 
                   and
                   an
                   〈◊〉
                   sinner
                   coming
                   to
                
                 Glory
                 !
                 
                   O
                   glorify
                
                 Free-grace
                 
                 
                   for
                   ever
                
                 .
              
               —
               He
               would
               say
               ,
               
                 O
                 blessed
                 Sickness
                 ,
                 blessed
                 sickness
                 !
                 
                   what
                   a
                   friend
                   hast
                   thou
                   been
                   to
                   me
                   !
                   and
                   now
                
                 Welcome
                 Death
                 !
                 
                   or
                   Wecome
                   Life
                   ,
                   what
                   my
                   dearest
                   Redeemer
                   please
                   .
                   O
                   that
                   I
                   could
                   declare
                   to
                   my
                   Relations
                   and
                   my
                   Neighbours
                   !
                   yea
                   that
                   I
                   could
                
                 declare
                 to
                 
                   Kings
                   and
                   Worlds
                
                 what
                 the
                 Lord
                 has
                 done
                 for
                 my
                 soul
                 !
              
               —
               
                 He
                 would
                 reflect
                 on
                 the
                 Humiliation
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 ,
                 with
                 an
                 amazed
                 &
                 a
                 transported
                 soul
                 ;
                 he
                 would
                 break
                 forth
                 into
                 a
                 great
                 Adoration
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 say
                 ,
              
               O
               this
               wonderful
               mercy
               to
               undone
               sinners
               !
               
                 He
                 would
                 also
                 make
                 that
                 one
                 of
                 his
                 Admirations
                 ,
              
               O
               the
               glorious
               work
               of
               faith
               ,
               which
               doth
               role
               it self
               on
               Christ
               alone
               !
               [
               
                 He
                 bewailed
                 it
                 with
                 a
                 peculiar
                 Bitterness
                 ,
              
               That
               he
               had
               been
               for
               the
               change
               of
               Government
               .
               
                 But
                 〈◊〉
                 said
                 ,
                 he
                 believed
                 that
                 God
                 would
                 restore
                 〈◊〉
                 us
                 ,
              
               the
               judges
               as
               at
               the
               first
               ,
               &
               the
               counsellours
               as
               at
               the
               beginning
               ,
               &
               pastors
               according
               to
               His
               own
               heart
               .
               
                 He
                 was
                 likewise
                 much
                 concerned
                 about
                 the
              
               Interest
               of
               Christ
               
                 in
                 the
                 world
                 ;
                 &
                 about
                 the
              
               Success
               of
               the
               Prince
               of
               Orange
               ,
               
                 whose
                 glorious
                 Expedition
                 we
                 had
                 then
                 by
                 the
                 edges
                 ,
                 a
                 small
                 notice
                 of
                 ,
                 he
                 talk'd
                 in
                 strains
                 that
                 seem'd
                 surprisingly
                 prophetical
                 .
                 ]
                 His
                 counsil
                 to
                 every
                 one
                 was
                 ,
              
               To
               make
               their
               Calling
               &
               Election
               sure
               .
               
                 And
                 he
                 would
                 often
                 say
              
               ,
               O
               I
               am
               an
               old
               sinner
               ▪
               &
               
               &
               but
               a
               young
               Convert
               !
               I
               am
               fifty
               yeers
               old
               ,
               and
               have
               lived
               but
               seven
               weeks
               all
               this
               whi●●
               .
            
             
               
                 To
                 his
                 Brethren
                 he
                 said
              
               ,
               
                 
                   You
                   are
                   care
                   full
                   about
                   a
                
                 Garment
                 
                   for
                   me
                   under
                   my
                   weakness
                   this
                   winter
                   ,
                   but
                
                 Brothers
                 ,
                 
                   I
                   have
                   a
                
                 better
                 
                   Garment
                   than
                   you
                   can
                   provide
                   for
                   me
                   ;
                   the
                   long
                   white
                   Robe
                   of
                   the●
                   Righteousness
                   of
                   Jesus
                   Christ
                   ,
                   will
                   cover
                   me
                   all
                   over
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 He
                 kept
              
               praying
               &
               praising
               ,
               &
               singing
               psalms
               
                 till
                 his
                 end
                 came
                 ;
                 and
                 then
                 being
                 taken
              
               speechless
               &
               senseless
               ,
               
                 his
                 friends
                 apprehended
                 they
                 should
                 hear
                 him
                 speak
                 no
                 more
                 .
                 Thus
                 he
                 lay
                 for
                 divers
                 hours
                 drawing
                 on
                 ;
                 but
                 at
                 length
                 he
                 just
                 came
                 to
                 himself
                 again
                 ,
                 and
                 sprang
                 up
                 in
                 his
                 bed
                 ,
                 spreading
                 his
                 arms
                 abroad
                 ,
                 as
                 tho'
                 going
                 to
                 leap
                 into
                 the
                 Arms
                 of
                 a
                 Redeemer
                 ,
                 and
                 Shouting
                 ,
              
               O
               my
               friends
               ,
               Heaven
               rings
               all
               over
               at
               this
               !
               They
               wonder
               at
               this
               ,
               a
               great
               and
               an
               old
               sinner
               coming
               to
               Heaven
               !
               Behold
               ,
               in
               my
               father's
               house
               are
               many
               mansions
               ;
               if
               it
               had
               not
               been
               so
               ,
               my
               Saviour
               would
               not
               have
               said
               it
               ,
               But
               He
               is
               gone
               to
               prepare
               a
               place
               for
               one
               ,
               O
               the
               Riches
               of
               Grace
               !
               O
               glorifie
               Free-Grace
               for
               ever
               more
               !
               
                 And
                 so
                 he
                 went
                 away
                 to
                 the
                 Rest
                 of
                 God.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Despair
                 not
                 .
                 That
              
               alone
               will
               mercy
               bar
               To
               faults
               that
               like
               the
               Sands
               &
               Mountains
               are
               .
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
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