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The monster of sinful self-seeking, anatomized together with a description of the heavenly and…The monster of sinful self-seeking, anatomizd together with a description of the heavenly and…
The monster of sinful self-seeking, anatomized together with a description of the heavenly and blessed self-seeking : in a sermon preached at Pauls the 10. of December, 1654 / by Edm. Calamy, B.D. ...The monster of sinful self-seeking, anatomizd together with a description of the heavenly and blessed selfe-seeking : in a sermon preached at Pauls the 10. of December, 1654 / by Edm. Calamy, B.D. ...
London: printed by J.G. for Nath. Webb and Will. Grantham, 1655
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.
Answ. It is a sin of the first magnitudô. Though it be an inward invisible sin, and therefore not so infamous and scandalous to the eyes of men, as some other sins are, yet it is very odious and abominable in the sight of God. Though it be minoris infamiae, yet it is majoris culpae. For,
Answ. It is a sin of the first magnitudô. Though it be an inward invisible sin, and therefore not so infamous and scandalous to the eyes of men, as some other sinnes are, yet it is very odious and abominable in the sight of God. Though it be minoris infamiae, yet it is majoris culpae. For,
1. It is a sin against the express words of the Scripture. The Apostle saith, 1 Corin. 10. 24. Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth. The sinful self-seeker lies Antipodes to this Text, he seeks his own, and not another's wealth.
1. It is a sin against the expresse words of the Scripture. The Apostle saith,