That to the end we may die the Death of the Righteous, and have our Last End like his, (i. e. depart out of this World in a sate of Grace and Favour with God) we must live an upright and godly Life here on Earth, having always a Conscience void of Offence toward GOD, and toward Men; as the Apostle tells us (Acts 24. 16.) this was his constant Exercise.

To illustrate this Proposition, I shew'd how we ought to take care,

I. Of our Thoughts,

II. Of our Words,

III. Of our Actions; And,

IV. ult. To repent of, and rectify (by the Divine Grace) whatever we find to have been amiss in any of these.

And upon the other Text I explain'd the Nature of Sin, shewing the different Characters under which it is there represented, viz.

I. Faults of Ignorance and Infirmity, such as David calls in the Text, Errors and Secret Faults.

II. Offences wilfully committed, and habitual in us, which are the Presumptuous Sins he (above all) desired and pray'd to be kept from.

After I had enlarg'd upon these, I proceeded to shew,

III. ult. That if we are kept from Habitual Presumptuous Sins, we are safe, and out of danger of perishing everlastingly; for notwithstanding those many Faults, Errors, and Infirmities, which we cannot wholly avoid, GOD will account us, and deal with us, as if we were Righteous Men, and perfectly Innocent. Which the Royal Prophet insinuates in the latter Clause of that Text, where he says, Then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great Transgression: That is as if he had said, I shall be clear and acquitted of whatsoever Sin may expose my Soul to the Loss of Eternal Happiness.

On the Lord's Day the 4th instant , I preach'd to the Condemn'd, and many others there present, both in the Morning and Afternoon, upon part of the First Lesson for that Evening-Service, viz. Deut. 5. 29. Oh! that there were such a Heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my Commandments always; that it might be well with them, and with their Children for ever.

From which Words (first historically explain'd in an Account I gave of the Context and Occasion of them) I then shew'd,

I. The important Duty here requir'd, which is, That Men should FEAR GOD, and keep all his Commandments always; and how this is to be perform'd.