first Adam, whose Sin was complicated with many Aggravations; and that by the single Offence of this first Man, being under the Covenant of Works, as requiring of him personal perfect Obedience, being Created after the Image of God, in perfect Righteousness, the least declination from his Obedience did involve most justly himself, and all his Natural Posterity, as being their common Representative and Trustee for them, in the same State of Sin and Misery. Thus his Sin reigned unto Death, in all such who sin after the similitude of his Transgression: Inasmuch, that beside the vicious Inclination of their Nature, they make his Sin become their Own, by a voluntary increasing those sinful Dispositions inherent in themselves. In like manner, as a Vicious Off-spring, do strengthen and augment an hereditary Disease, by their proper and voluntary Intemperance and debauch?d Excesses.

Therefore it is very unreasonable and absurd to cast the blame of our personal Provocations upon any fatal Destiny in God, or on the imputation of Adams first Sin to his Posterity, considering that every Man entitles himself to the guilt of Adams Sin, and adopts it voluntarily to become his own, by treading in the same steps of Disobedience.

Here was declared what personal Sins became most deadly, as being least capable of Gods Mercy in Pardoning of them; then what are the pnal horrid consequences of such Sins, they being more aggravated in their own Nature. Also it was declared what are the characters by which we may discover, which is that chief beloved Sin, as reigning in us, and will certainly prevail over us unto Death Eternal, if not timely and sincerely Repented. Hereupon was added many Arguments to mortisie such Sins chiefly, left they reign unto Death. Also the difference betwixt true and counterfeit mortification of Lusts; with directions how to subdue the Law of Sin, that it may not prevail over us.

Then the Ordinary proceeded to shew the misery of all such in whom Sin reigns, in the Love and Indulgence of it; and that it is impossible to be set free from the Law of Sin and Death, but only by the infinite Righteousness of Christs Active and Passive Obedience, imputed to Sinners, by Gods free Grace upon timely Repentance, and a sincere Faith, deriving strength from the influences of Christs Spirit, for the renovation of their Hearts, and universal Obedience to Gods Commandments: inasmuch as true justifying Faith accepts of Christ in all his Offices, in his Kingly Righteousness to rule us by his Laws and Spirit, as well as to save us by his Priestly Righteousness. This is the only true compleat method of Salvation, because God hath sent his Son to bless us. How? By turning us from the love and dominion of all our Inquiries, equally, as in turning them from us in the damning guilt of them.

Thus God justifies none in an ungodly state We must first be Regenerated; which contains Faith, Repentance, and new Obedience, before we can obtain Gods actual Pardon, in as much as these are the Terms and Qualifications of the Covenant of Grace, to make us capable of the Benefits purchased by Christ for us, so that his Kingly as well as Priestly Righteousness must reign in our Sanctification, and obedience to his Laws, that we may inherit Eternal Life. As for that Objection, That God Justifies the Ungodly, it cannot be meant of such whom he finds in an Ungodly State, but only of Regenerate Persons, who are called Ungodly in a less degree, as having still the remainders of Defilement in them, which makes even them unlike to God, as having not in this Life perfect Holiness; and therefore Justification is not by our best inherent Righteousness, which needs constant daily extending of Christs Righteousness to cover the spots of our holiest Services.

Here the Ordinary excited them to a regular Genuine Faith and Repentance, that so, as the Malignity and Infection of Adams Sir, confirmed by their customary Excesses, had reigned unto Death; so the Benign efficacy of Christs Righteousness might reign more triumphantly in the infinite value and vertue of it; as for our Justification, so to produce in us by the Almighty Operations of his holy Spirit, not only a state of Sanctification, but with it all degrees of Spiritual Life, in progressive Holiness, till it be consummared in Eternal Glory.

Here those degrees of spiritual Life were enumerated, and how Christs Righteousness reigns in those in a transcendent Efficacy beyond all the degrees of spiritual Death contracted by the Malignity and Defilement of the first Adam?s Sin, or our personal voluntary Provocations.

After this the Ordinary made a short Speech to the Condemned Malefactors, and dismissed them with Prayer and the usual Benediction of the Church Liturgy. In the Afternoon he read the solemn appointed Offices, and another Sermon was preach?d to them on these Words, To Day if you will hear his Voice, harden not your Hearts. Which the Person who preach?d trea ted of very closely and pathetically: So that I hope it made a good Impression on them.

Now I proceed to give an account of what fitness they were in for their approaching Death.

Katharine Brown< no role > , of the Parish of Twitnam , Indicted October the 4th . for that being Deli vered of a Bastard Child, on the same Day she carryed the Child to a Brook, and put it therein, Choaking and Drowning it with Water. It was proved the Prisoner confess?d the Child was hers, and that she was Delivered there of in a Meadow, but that it was Born Dead: but being no Ways Credited, she was brought Guilty.

In this sad Instance, which is too frequent, its observable how Satan prevails upon Sinners