If the devil should tempt you to despair of your salvation, by bringing to remembrance the greatness of your sins, and aggravating them, telling you, that tho’ there is forgiveness for common sins, yet there is not forgiveness for such sins as yours are, answer him thus, and say, Satan I regard thee not, for thou art a lyar, I’ll regard the word of God, which says, the blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all sin, 1 John 1. 7. and tho’ thou thinkest to terrify me to desperation, by bringing to my remembrance the greatness of my sins, yet thou shalt not have thine end, for thou dost but put me in mind of the great love of my Saviour, who has shed his blood to wash them all away; and the greater my sins are, the greater I see his love, who has died to put them away.

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