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Consider in the first place, that not to believe and lay hold on the promise is a sin of unbelief, And he that believeth not is damned. See the evil of this sin of unbelief in these particulars¹

Consider in the first place, that not to beleeve and lay hold on the promise is a sin of unbeleefe, And he that beleeveth not is damned. See the evill of this sin of unbeleefe in these particulars¹

1. 1John. 3. 18.Iohn. 3. 18.

First, Hereby we grieve the holy spirit of God, whereby we are sealed to the day of redemption, What a grievous thing is it for ¹thee who desirest to be assured that the promise is thine, that thou by unbelief should est grieve that holy spirit, which sealeth up the promise to thy soul, see that place. ⟨p. 21⟩Hear ye now, oh house of David, is it a small thing for you to weary men, but you must weary ²my God also. If a man promise to do another man a courtesy, and after some delay, that man comes to him and saith, Will you do as you promised me? He saith, yes, but saith he will you indeed? and thus he pleadeth with him a whole day, and doth not believe him, will not that exceedingly grieve his friend, who promised him so to do, and fully intended no less: even so is it with all those that are Gods people, and will not believe what God hath said unto them, but stand and plead with God, two or three years or more: as those that believe glorify God, so those that will not come in, rob God of his honour and glory, and grieve him.