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Sin, the Plague of Plagues
Sin, the plague of plagues, or, Sinful sin the worst of evils a treatise of sins trial and arraignment, wherein sin is accused for being, proved to be, and condemned for being exceeding sinful : and that 1. as against God, his nature, attributes, works, will, law, image, people, glory and existence, 2. as against man, his good and welfare of body and soul, in this life, and that to come : with the use and improvement to be made of this doctrine, that men may not be damned, but saved, &c. : being the substance of many sermons preached many years ago in Southwark / by Ralph Venning ...Sin, the plague of plagues, or, Sinful sin the worst of evils a treatise of sins tryal and arraignment, wherein sin is accused for being, proved to be, and condemned for being exceeding sinful : and that 1. as against God, his nature, attributes, works, will, law, image, people, glory and existence, 2. as against man, his good and welfare of body and soul, in this life, and that to come : with the use and improvement to be made of this doctrine, that men may not be damned, but saved, &c. : being the substance of many sermons preached many years ago in Southwark / by Ralph Venning ...
London: printed for John Hancock, 1669
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SIN, THE PLAGUE of PLAGUES; OR Sinful Sin the worst of Evils. › 2 In a Moral sense, for
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Let us view some instances (and but some) of mans folly; which appears
1 In mans being so heady, 1hasty and rash in his undertakings: There is nothing more becoming a man then deliberation and consideration, it being his preeminence above the beasts; beasts do act, but consider not: And herein is a great part of mans foolishness, that he considers not the end of his actions: Oh that they were wise and would consider their end, Deut. 32.28, 29. People often say, I never thought of this, and (insipientis est dicere non putarem) 'tis the property of a fool to say, I had not thought of this, which it may be most concerned him to think upon: ⟨p. 49⟩The simple believeth every word (which he would not do but that he is simple, a very fool) but the prudent man looks well to his goings: The wise man feareth, and departeth from evil, but the fool rageth, and is confident, Prov. 14 15, 16. Did men consider what 'tis they do when they sin, they would abhor it: who would run on his ruin? who would drink his bane? none but fools or mad-men, did men consider that the wages of sin is death, that wrath and hell attended sin, surely they would be more wary: Men go on and on, and never think what will the end of these things be; will it not be bitterness in the latter end? non-consideration is an argument as great as 'tis clear, that man is foolish.
1 In mans being so heady, 1hasty and rash in his undertakings: There is nothing more becoming a man then deliberation and consideration, it being his preheminence above the beasts; beasts do act, but consider not: And herein is a great part of mans foolishnesse, that he considers not the end of his actions: Oh that they were wise and would consider their end,