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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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3 Sinful mans folly appears in this, 3that […] saith 'tis in vain to serve God: What greater fol• ly then to call Religion and the Wisdom of Go• foolishness, vanity and unprofitableness, be side which, there's no profit under the Sun This is the whole of man, all the rest is vanit and vexation of spirit. The Author of th• 73. Psal. for having but almost said this, conclude himself a fool, yea so foolish, ignorant, and as beast, v. 22. so much fool that he could not express it enough; what fools are they then th• say it with an open mouth? because Job had b• glanced at such a thing, Elihu reckons him among the foolish, Job 34.7.-11. Hearken to me […] men of understanding, for fools will not; far […] it from God that he should do wickedly; oh […] the work of man will he render to him: the• is a day coming in which there will be a difference put between them that fear God, and the• that fear him not, (which is spoken on this ve•• occasion, Mal. 3.) and then it shall appear t• no mans labour is in vain in the Lord; I spe• to wise men, let them judge what I say, and know they will conclude that 'tis notorious a• egregious folly to say, that 'tis in vain to ser•• God.
3 Sinful mans folly appears in this, 3that 〈…〉 saith 'tis in vain to serve God: What greater fol• ly then to call Religion and the Wisdome of Go foolishnesse, vanity and unprofitablenesse, be side which, there's no profit under the Sun This is the whole of man, all the rest is vanit and vexation of spirit. The Author of th 73. Psal. for having but almost said this, conclude himself a fool, yea so foolish, ignorant, and as beast, v. 22. so much fool that he could not expresse it enough; what fools are they then th say it with an open mouth? because Job had b glanced at such a thing, Elihu reckons him among the foolish,