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(6 ) moment of a man's death; and then you all know that there is no repentance; and conſequently no pardon after death. for Chriſt faith, He that ſinneth againſt the holy Ghoſt, hath no forgiveneſs. neither in this world, nor in the world to come. Now, why ſhould Chriſt ſay in this world, if there be no ſpace to be forgiven in this world? But a man may commit the unpardonable ſin againſt the Holy Ghoſt, even many years before his death. Beſides, there are many thouſands that die in impenitence and unbelief, and are damned, and yet never committed the unpardonable ſin againſt the Holy Ghoft.

Thus I have ſhowed you negatively, what is not this unpardonable ſin; none of theſe ſins in particular is that ſin.

I come now to ſhew you poſitively what this ſin unto death is, and wherein this unpardonable ſin against the Holy Ghoſt doth conſift, now there are ſeveral opinions in the world about it ſome hold one thing, ſome another. But I have no time nor room to diſpute concerning others opinions about it; but I will endeavour, through God's help, to lead you to the plain ſight of it by the light of the holy ſcriptures.

Now in the firſt place, you muſt know, that there are two ſorts of people that cannot commit this unpardonable ſin.

1. The true believers cannot commit it, tho' many