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Of the UNPARDONABLE SIN
AGAINST THE
HOLY GHOST;
O R,
The SIN unto DEATH.
i John v. part of ver. 16. There is a Sin unto Death.
THIS sin which St. John calls here, 'The sin 'unto death,' is the unpardonable sin against the Holy Ghost, described by our blessed Saviour, Matth. xii. 32. That whosoever commits it hath no forgiveness, neither in this world, nor in the world to comc. For, All manner of sin and blasphemy, shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And he that speaketh a word against the Son it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever speaks against the Holy Ghost shall never be forgiven neither in this world, nor in the world to come. This sin against the Holy Ghost, is that sin which St. John calls here, 'The sin 'unto' death.' Not because that sin deserves death alone, for so does ⟨all⟩ sin deserve death, both temporal and eternal, for the wages of sin, even all sin, is death, Rom. vi. 23. But this sin against the Holy Ghost is called 'The sin unto death,’ because it binds a man over to eternal death without any possibility of recovery. Now some there are, that go on from one degree of sin to another; they heighten and aggravategravate
