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oath denied him. Now if Peter had done this out of malice and spite, then he had committed that sin unto death for which there is no forgiveness, but Peter had no malice in his heart all the while, even at the time when he denied Christ, as you may see in Matth. xxvi 34. 35 when Christ told him 'Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice;' he answered 'If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee: And then denying him through infirmity and weakness of the flesh; when he had considered what he had done 'He went out and wept bitterly' Ver. 75. But Paul had great malice and spite against the ways and people of God as you may see Acts ix. i. 'Paul breathed out threatnings and slaughters against the disciples of the Lord, add went to the high priest desiring of him letters to Damascus to the Synagogues, that if he found any of this way whether men or women, he should bring them bound to Jerusalem.' Now here was great rage and malice in Saul, against the ways and the people of God; but doing it ignorantly he at last heard a voice saying 'Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?' And seeing a light from heaven, and hearing it was Jesus that he persecuted he was pricked at the heart, and trembling and astonished said 'Lord what wilt thou have me to do?' Now by these two places of Scripture, you may plainly see that Peter sinned against great light, and Paul out of great malice; yet neither of them committed the unpardonable sin against the Holy Ghost. But whensoever light
