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 he in once enlightened by the Holy Ghost,  has had some foretaste of the joys of heaven  then, a last, utterly opposing this illuminating work of the spirit, wilfully and maliciously  fall away, and so to reject the spirit's  work; alas! then the Holy Ghost has done, has nothing more then that he can work in ; for this wretched creature has utterly  him, his enlightening work, his convincing, his sanctifying work; he has utterly rejected Christ's pardon, heaven and all! Now, poor wretch is past all hopes of mercy, all  of pardon! Nay, for such a one we are to pray, as you see in the verse whereof  text is a part. Now, Christ prayed for them maliciously crucified him, Luke xxvii. 34., Father, forgive them, for they know what they do." Alas! they knew not what  were doing; "For had they known it, they  not have crucified the Lord of glory," Cor. ii 8. But if they had known, and yet  crucified him, Christ would not have spent  breath to pray for them; for it would have  utterly in vain: For, when a man has  this unpardonable sin, neither the  in heaven nor earth can do him any ; for the text saith, "There is a sin {{reconstruct|unto death."

I shall conclude with a few words of application; and I will be as short as possible, lest this {{reconstruct|discourse}} should be too large for so small a book {{reconstruct|here}} is, {{nop}}