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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 3Sinful mans likeness to the Beast is and appears much by this, His unfitness and unsuitableness for society and communion with God and men: Sinners society is but societas bellu•na, the society of beasts, and good men are as shy of it, as of conversing with beasts. In the state of Innocency, among all the Beasts, there was not found a meet help, any one for man to associate himself to, and keep company with; and since, sinful man is as unfit for pleasing and profitable converse, as beasts were then: Jobs friends took it in great scorn and disdain, that they should be counted as beasts, and reputed vile in his sight, i.e. not fit for, nor worthy of his conversation: God and sinful men walk not together, they are not agreed; and good men are joined by God himself not to be unequally yoked, for what communion? &c. 2 Cor. 6. Thus by their ignorance, sensuality, and sociability, are sinful men become like the beast; yea and more.
3 3Sinful mans likenesse to the Beast is and appears much by this, His unfitness and unsuitableness for society and communion with God and men: Sinners society is but societas bellu•na, the society of beasts, and good men are as shy of it, as of conversing with beasts. In the state of Innocency, among all the Beasts, there was not found a meet help, any one for man to associate himself to, and keep company with; and since, sinful man is as unfit for pleasing and profitable converse, as beasts were then: Jobs friends took it in great scorn and disdain, that they should be counted as beasts, and reputed vile in his sight, i.e. not fit for, nor worthy of his conversation: God and sinful men walk not together, they are not agreed; and good men are joyn'd by God himself not to be unequally yoked, for what communion? &c. 2 Cor. 6. Thus by their ignorance, sensuality, and sociability, are sinful men become like the beast; yea and more.
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