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 ( 15 ) work, he hath uutterly rejected Chriſt's paſſion, heaven and all now, this poor wretch spall all hopes of mercy, all hopes of pardon, jay, for ſuch a one we are forbidden to pray, as we ſee in the text, wherein my text is a bart. Now Chriſt praved for them who malivicioufly crucified him, Luke xxiil. 34. ſaying, Father, forgive them for they know not what they do. Alas! they know not what they were doing, for had they known it they would not have crucified the Lord of glory, 1 Cor. ii. 8, But if they had known, and yet crucified him, Chriſt would not have ſpent his breath to pray for them; for when a man has committed this unpardonable ſin, neither the prayers in heaven or on earth can do him any good; for as the text faith, there is a to death.

I ſhall concinde with a few words of Application.

1. Watch very diligently againſt all ſin buta bove all take ſpecial heed of thoſe ſins that come near to the ſin againſt the Holy Ghoſt; and they are theſe, hypocricy, taking the outward profeſſion of religion, and ſo diſſembling and mocking of God ſinning willfully againſt conviction of conſcience, and againſt great light and knowledge, ſinning preſumptuouſly and with an high hand. Theſe fins tho' none of them are the direct ſin againſt the Holy Ghost, yet they will come very near to it: Therefore take ſpecial heed of them, left they through