Eph. 4:30. The countenancing of iniquity, the not departing
therefrom, will grieve the Spirit of God, by which you are sealed to
the day of redemption; and that is a sin of a higher nature than men
commonly are aware of. He that grieveth the Spirit of God shall
smart for it here, or in hell, or both. And that Spirit that
sometimes did illuminate, teach, and instruct them, can keep
silence, can cause darkness, can. withdraw itself, and sufler the
soul to sin more and more; and this last is the very judgment of
judgments. He that grieves the Spirit, quenches it; and he that
quenches it, vexes it; and he that vexes it, sets it against
himself, and tempts it to hasten destruction upon himself. 1 Thess.
5:19.
Wherefore take heed, professors, I say, take heed, you that
religiously name the name of Christ, that you meddle not with
iniquity, that you tempt not the Spirit of the Lord to do such
things against you; whose beginnings are dreadful, and whose end in
working of judgments is unsearchable. Isa. 63:10; Acts 5:9.
A man knows not whither he is sjoing, nor where he shall stop, that
is but entering into temptation; nor whether he shall ever turn
back, or go out at the gap that is right before him.
He that has begun to grieve the Holy Ghost, may be sufiered to go on
until he has sinned that sin which is called the sin against the
Holy Ghost.
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