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Englands antidote against the plague of civill war presented in a sermon before the…Englands antidote against the plague of civill warre presented in a sermon before the…
Englands antidote against the plague of civill war presented in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons on their late extraordinary solemn fast, October 22, 1644 / by Edmund Calamy ...Englands antidote against the plague of civill warre presented in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons on their late extraordinary solemn fast, October 22, 1644 / by Edmund Calamy ...
London: printed by A. Miller for Christopher Meredith, 1652
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
You must repent because you do all good duties, either from natural principles, or which is worse, from sinful principles, and for natural ends; or which is worse, for wicked ends.
You must repent because you do all good duties, either from naturall principles, or which is worse, from sinfull principles, and for naturall ends; or which is worse, for wicked ends.
You must repent, because of your immoderate love of the world; and because you would fain serve God and Mammon; and because you are afraid to be too good; as you are afraid to be very bad so you are afraid to be very good; you are afraid to venture too much for God, afraid to be too forward in his Cause; which are all horrible iniquities.
You must repent of your inward iniquities, your inward adulteries, and your inward murders; and you must repent of your little oaths, and your little sins (as the world calls them, though properly there is no sin little, because no little God to sin against.) And you must repent of your secret iniquities. For he that is but civilly and morally good, makes no conscience of inward sins, he is never troubled for his original sin, and for the body of sin that is within him. He makes no conscience of little sins, and for the most part, he hath some back-door or other, to some secret iniquity which the world knoweth not of. You see then there is great reason that they that live civilly should repent also.
You must repent of your inward iniquities, your inward adulteries, and your inward murders; and you must repent of your little oaths, and your little sins (as the world cals them, though properly there is no sin little, because no little God to sin against.) And you must repent of your secret iniquities. For he that is but civilly and morally good, makes no conscience of inward sins, he is never troubled for his originall sin, and for the body of sin that is within him. He makes no conscience of little sins, and for the most part, he hath some back-door or other, to some secret iniquity which the world knoweth not of. You see then there is great reason that they that live civilly should repent also.