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I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet.…
I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet. I. 19 : II. Christ in travel ... in three sermons on Isai. 53. 11 : III. A lifting up for the down-cast ... delivered in thirteen sermons on Psal. 42, 11 : four several sermons ... / preached by William Bridge ...
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1656
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
But why is this Sin, above all other Sins, Unpardonable? Quest. 2
Answ. Not in regard of Difficulty only, or because it is hardly pardoned, as some would; for many Sins are hardly pardoned, and yet ⟨p. 364⟩are not the Sins against the Holy Ghost;1 for (Zanchy doth well observe) if this Sin were only impardon, because it is hardly pardoned, then a m•n might pray for tho•• •at in this Sin: but the Apostle saith, There is a Sin unto […], I do not say that ye shall pray for it, 1 John, 5.16. The••ore the impardonableness of it, doth not lie here.
Answ. Not in regard of Difficulty only, or because it is hardly pardoned, as some would; for many Sins are hardly pardoned, and yet ⟨p. 364⟩are not the Sins against the Holy Ghost;1 for (Zanchy doth wel observe) if this Sin were only impardon, because it is hardly pardoned, then a m•n might pray for tho•• •at in this Sin: but the Apostle saith, There is a Sin unto 〈…〉, I do not say that ye shall pray for it,