Religion & morality > Unpardonable sin against the Holy Ghost

SERMON
ON THE
UNPARDONABLE SIN.
I John, v. 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 come; For, • All manner of sin
and blasphemy, shall be forgiven unte men;
but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, shall;
not be forgiven unto men. And he that speak-
eth 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 sia
against the Holy Ghost, is that sin which St |
John calls here, « The sia uato death.’ Not
because that sin deserves death alone, for so
does all sin deserve death both temporal and
eternah ‘ For the wages of sin, even all sin is
death.’ Rom^ vi. 23. But this sin against the
Holy Ghost, is v'calledi * The sin unto death/