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An other and a sorer followes. Ah I, since the time that I thought my selfe called and con∣verted, have yet againe rushed into grosse and grievous sinnes, and that also willingly and upon deliberation, and what shall I doe then, sure I was but an hypocrite, and sure J cannot bee pardoned, at least I am not. This reason also must bee cast into this forme. Whosoever af∣ter his calling and conversion committeth
great sinnes willfully, was sure but an hypo∣crite, and is not nor can bee pardoned. But so have I done, therefore J am but an hypocrite, I am not pardoned nor can be. To this I answer againe, that the first part of the argument is ap∣parantly false, and there∣fore such is also the con∣clusion. It is false that he which hath so sinned after calling was but an hypocrite, and is not par∣doned, for this was the verycase of David whose example wee now are handling. Did not hee
fall in the felfe same fort as thou hast said, and yet hee was no hypocrite, but he was pardoned. I demand of the there∣fore, Hast thou renewed thy confessions nad thy sorrowes, and thy reso∣lutions of amendment since thy fall, and art thou returned to a forme, purpose and endeavour of walking before the Lord in uprightnesse. If thou hast, then I assure thee by warrant of Da∣vids example, that thou wast sincere before, and that thou art pardoned. If thou hast not, I re∣quire
thee now, in Gods name, settle about these things, & apply thy selfe seriously to renew thy repentance, and to turne againe to God, and thou shalt be pardoned. So is the second doubt an∣swered taken from great sinnes.