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Sins overthrow
Sins overthrow: or, A godly and learned treatise of mortification Wherein is excellently handled; first, the general doctrine of mortification: and then particularly, how to mortify fornication. Uncleanness. Evil concupiscence. Inordinate affection. and, covetousness. All being the substance of several sermons upon Colos. III. V. Mortify therefore your members, &c. Delivered by that late faithful preacher, and worthy instrument of Gods glory John Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplain in ordinary to his Majesty, master of Emanuel College in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Lincolns-Inn.Sins overthrow: or, A godly and learned treatise of mortification Wherein is excellently handled; first, the generall doctrine of mortification: and then particularly, how to mortifie fornication. Vncleannes. Evill concupiscence. Inordinate affection. and, covetousnes. All being the substance of severall sermons upon Colos. III. V. Mortifie therefore your members, &c. Delivered by that late faithfull preacher, and worthy instrument of Gods glory Iohn Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplaine in ordinary to his Majestie, master of Emanuel Colledge in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Lincolnes-Inne.
London: printed by I. Beale and Augustine Mathewes for Andrew Crooke, 1633
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Secondly, sin pierceth men through; for that which is said of riches, 1 Tim. 6. 10. is true of every 1sin, It pierceth them through with many sorrows; that is, it wounds his soul, and makes him to draw to his own destruction: Again, sin having once gotten possession, will have no denial; if once you give way unto it, it is restless; for when a man hath satisfied one lust, another comes to be satisfied, till at last his heart is hardened, and his Conscience hath lost all ⟨p. 58⟩sense, and when it is thus with him he is drowned in sin: he is, in this case, like the Silk-worm, that never rests turning her self in her web till at last she 2destroy herself: so earthly minded men, when they are once catched in this snare, they never rest turning themselves from one sin unto another, till at last they destroy themselves.
Secondly, sinne pierceth men through; for that which is said of riches, 1 Tim. 6. 10. is true of every 1sinne, It pierceth them through with many sorrowes; that is, it wounds his soule, and makes him to draw to his owne destruction: Againe, sinne having once gotten possession, will have no deniall; if once you give way unto it, it is restlesse; for when a man hath satisfied one lust, another comes to bee satisfied, till at last his heart is hardened, and his Conscience hath lost all ⟨p. 58⟩sense, and when it is thus with him hee is drowned in sinne: hee is, in this case, like the Silke-worme, that never rests turning her selfe in her web till at last shee 2destroy herselfe: so earthly minded men, when they are once catcht in this snare, they never rest turning themselves from one sin unto another, till at last they destroy themselves.