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The sinfulness of sinThe sinfulnesse of sinne
The sinfulness of sin ; and, The fullness of Christ delivered in two sermons / by William Bridge.The sinfulnesse of sinne ; and, The fulnesse of Christ delivered in two sermons / by William Bridge.
London : s.n., 1667
THE SINFULNESS OF SIN. › By way of Application.THE SINFULNESSE OF SINNE. › By way of Application.
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5. In case you find any particular sin, go round about it; consider the circumstances thereof, aggravate it upon your own soul.
6. Improve your afflictions this way. God sends afflictions sometimes to give you the sight of some sin that lay hid before; and sometimes your afflictions have your sin written on their forehead. Improve then your affliction for the discovery of the sinfulness of sin.
7. Be sure you judge of sin as the Scripture judgeth of it, and not as men judge of it: the Scripture judgeth of sin by the consequence thereof, as our Saviour Christ says, I was an hungered, and ye fed me not; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; naked, and ye clothed me not. How so? In as much as ye did it not to one of these, ye did it not to me, Mat. 25. 42, 43, 44, 45. Christ judgeth of sin by the consequence of it; therefore if you would see sin in the sinfulness of it, judge of it as Christ judgeth of it, and as the Scripture judgeth of it, and not as men judge of it.
7. Be sure you judge of sin as the Scripture judgeth of it, and not as men judge of it: the Scripture judgeth of sin by the consequence thereof, as our Saviour Christ sayes, I was an hungred, and ye fed me not; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; naked, and ye clothed me not. How so? In as much as ye did it not to one of these, ye did it not to me, Mat. 25. 42, 43, 44, 45. Christ judgeth of sin by the consequence of it; therefore if you would see sin in the sinfulness of it, judge of it as Christ judgeth of it, and as the Scripture judgeth of it, and not as men judge of it.