A supplement to the several discourses upon various divine subjects

2. Serve God much. Is the guilt of sin, the cord that bound thee, taken off? It is fit that when thou art so unfettered, thou shouldst run the ways of Gods Commandments. A sense of pardon of sin makes the Soul willing and ready to run upon Gods errands, and to obey his Commands, Isa. 6.8. I heard the voice of the Lord saying, Whom shall I send? Then said I, Here am I: Then, when he had received assurance that his iniquity was taken away, v. 7. Gods pardon set thee upon a new stock, and therefore he expects thou shouldst be full of new clusters.

2. Serve God much. Is the guilt of sin, the cord that bound thee, taken off? It is fit that when thou art so unfettered, thou should'st run the ways of Gods Commandments. A sense of pardon of sin makes the Soul willing and ready to run upon Gods errands, and to obey his Commands, Isa. 6.8. I heard the voice of the Lord saying, Whom shall I send? Then said I, Here am I: Then, when he had received assurance that his iniquity was taken away, v. 7. Gods pardon set thee upon a new stock, and therefore he expects thou should'st be full of new clusters.

3. Be more fearful of sin. Dispute with thy self, Hath God pardoned the guilt of sin that it shall not damn me? and shall I wallow in the mire of sin to pollute my self? Oh, thy sins after pardon have a blacker circumstance than the sins of Devils, or the sins of wicked men, for theirs are not against pardoning mercy, not against special Love. Oh, thaw thy heart every morning with a meditation on pardon, and sin will not so easily freeze it in the day time. When thou art tempted to sin, consider what thoughts thou hadst when thou wert suing for pardon, how earnest thou wert for it, what promises and vows thou didst make, and consider the Love God showed thee in pardoning. Do not blur thy pardon, so easily wound thy Conscience, or weaken thy faith.

3. Be more fearful of sin. Dispute with thy self, Hath God pardoned the guilt of sin that it shall not damn me? and shall I wallow in the mire of sin to pollute my self? Oh, thy sins after pardon have a blacker circumstance than the sins of Devils, or the sins of wicked men, for theirs are not against pardoning mercy, not against special Love. Oh, thaw thy heart every morning with a meditation on pardon, and sin will not so easily freeze it in the day time. When thou art tempted to sin, consider what thoughts thou hadst when thou wert suing for pardon, how earnest thou wert for it, what promises and vows thou didst make, and consider the Love God shewed thee in pardoning. Do not blur thy pardon, so easily wound thy Conscience, or weaken thy faith.