London's lamentation, or, A serious discourse concerning the late fiery dispensation that turned our…

Secondly, Slighting, scorning, and contemning of the §2Gospel, is a great step towards the sin against the holy Ghost, and a sin of so great a cry, and so deep a dye, that I cannot ¹at present find where 'tis in Scripture charged upon such as truly fear the Lord, and that have really experienced the power of the Gospel in a saving way upon their own Souls; and therefore I cannot fairly charge this sin upon them.

1. 1Heb. 2. 3. Chap. 10. 28, 29.

Thirdly, Next to God, the Gospel is the most sweet and §3delightful thing in all the world to gracious Souls, who have experienced the saving power of it upon themselves. Luther ¹found so much sweetness in it, that it made him say, that h• would not live in Paradise if he might without the Word (at cum Verbo etiam in inferno facile est vivere) but with the Word he could live in Hell it self. Dolphins, they say, love Music, and so do gracious Souls love the Music of the Gospel. The Gospel is like the stone Garamantides, that hath drops of gold within it self, enriching all that will embrace it, and conform to it: and this the Saints have found by experience, and therefore they cannot but delight in it, and draw sweetness from it. Aglutuidas never relished any dish better then what was dist•sted by others: So do the Saints relish that Gospel best that others distaste most; and therefore I cannot charge this sin fairly upon them. But,

Thirdly, Next to God, the Gospel is the most sweet and