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The dejected souls cure tending to support poor drooping sinners. With rules, comforts, and…The dejected soules cure tending to support poor drooping sinners. With rules, comforts, and…
The dejected souls cure tending to support poor drooping sinners. With rules, comforts, and cautions in several cases. In divers sermons, by Mr. Christopher Love, late minister of Laurence Jury. To which is added, I. The ministry of the angels to the heirs of salvation. II. Gods omnipresence. III. The sinners legacy to their posterity.The dejected soules cure tending to support poor drooping sinners. With rules, comforts, and cautions in severall cases. In divers sermons, by Mr. Christopher Love, late minister of Laurence Jury. To which is added, I. The ministry of the angels to the heirs of salvation. II. Gods omnipresence. III. The sinners legacy to their posterity.
London: printed for John Rothwell, 1657
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.
A second Reason is this, It proceeds from that gross ignorance that is in a wicked man's mind or understanding, ⟨p. 196⟩whereby he doth not see the evil nature of sin, and the aggravation of it; a blind mind, and a dumb conscience, they both go hand in hand together; if the understanding of a man wants an eye to see the evil of a sin distinctly, the conscience will want a hand to smite for sin effectually; if sin were more in mens eyes, sorrow for sin would be more in mens hearts: It is worth your notice, the comparing of two Scriptures together, Psal. 51. 3. I acknowledged my transgression, and my sin is ever before me. And Psal. 38. 17. 1For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is ever before me. How came the Psalmist to have sorrow for sin continually, but by having the fight of sin continually? he had the sight of sin continually before him, he had then the sorrow of sin before him; it is the sight of sin that is an inlet to sorrow and trouble of mind for sin: What is the Reason that a man that seeth a Lion in the Wilderness, it maketh him afraid? but if that man seeth a Lion painted on the wall, he is not troubled? the reason is. because he knows the Lion in the Wilderness is of a fierce and cruel nature; therefore fears that; but he knows no such evil in a painted Lion; therefore he is not troubled at that. Beloved, if wicked men could look upon sin as a loose Lion in the Wilderness, that would fly in their faces, why the sight of sin would make them afraid then; but they look upon sin as a painted Lion, they do not see sin to be so odious and aggravated; this is the great cause why men are so little disquieted in soul under the guilt of sin.
A second Reason is this, It proceeds from that grosse ignorance that is in a wicked man's mind or understanding, ⟨p. 196⟩whereby he doth not see the evill nature of sin, and the aggravation of it; a blind mind, and a dumb conscience, they both go hand in hand together; if the understanding of a man wants an eye to see the evill of a sin distinctly, the conscience will want a hand to smite for sin effectually; if sin were more in mens eyes, sorrow for sin would be more in mens hearts: It is worth your notice, the comparing of two Scriptures together,