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USE. II. Let this put us all upon the Trial •f our state, Whether we are indeed pardoned. •nd I know no question more solemn and weigh•, that any of us hath to put to our own Soul, •an this, Am I a pardoned one? are my sins forgiven? •th God blotted out my Transgressions? And, except •en be dead asleep in a Lethargy of carnal secu•ty, one would think, they could not live at any •st, till they had gotten a comfortable resolution •f this question; till they had a supporting hope, •ilt upon a good foundation? Can we think of •e Judgments of God to which we are exposed? •an we meditate on the day of Death which we •e hastening unto, and know not how soon it will •er take us? Can we have any comfortable noughts of the day of Judgment which is hastening, •here all that are found out of Christ, and so without a pardon, will be adjudged to everlasting miseries, and yet not know how we are laid in •r such a day? Let us then be solicitous about •is matter, and be often bringing our selves to the pictest Rules of Trial which the word of God ⟨p. 26⟩affords us, and of which we may shortly have an account. Believe it, the resolution of this case of Conscience, will make amends for all the pains that we can be at in seeking after it.

USE. II. Let this put us all upon the Trial •f our state, Whether we are indeed pardoned. •nd I know no question more solemn and weigh, that any of us hath to put to our own Soul, an this, Am I a pardoned one? are my sins forgiven? th God blotted out my Transgressions? And, except en be dead asleep in a Lethargy of carnal secuty, one would think, they could not live at any st, till they had gotten a comfortable resolution f this question; till they had a supporting hope, ilt upon a good foundation? Can we think of e Judgments of God to which we are exposed? an we meditate on the day of Death which we e hastning unto, and know not how soon it will er take us? Can we have any comfortable oughts of the day of Judgment which is hastning, here all that are found out of Christ, and so ithout a pardon, will be adjudged to everlasting iseries, and yet not know how we are laid in r such a day? Let us then be sollicitous about is matter, and be often bringing our selves to the ictest Rules of Trial which the word of God