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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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2 Sinners are not only like to beasts in the general, but they are like the worst of beasts, 2such as in Scripture are called evil and hurtful beasts: Sinners are not likened to the Dove or the sheep, the harmless creatures, but to Lyons, Tigers, Boars and Bears, &c. the ill-qualitied and ill-conditioned creatures: If he be at any time likened to a creature that's harmless, yet 'tis not for that good quality, but for some bad one which is in that creature; as Ephraim is likened ⟨p. 56⟩to a Dove, Hos. 7.11. not for Innocency, but silliness: So when sinners are likened to Serpents, 'tis not for their wisdom, but their venomous and poisonous nature, or the enmity that's in them against mankind; but usually sinners are set and painted out like the worst of beasts, like a dog, an angry dog, a creeping dog, an howling dog, a back-biting dog, a greedy dog, a dumb dog; by Lyons, devouring Lyons, roaring Lyons; by a raging Bear; by a deceitful Fox, &c. So that man is like the evil and hurtful beasts, for as one Lyon will devour many beasts, one Wolf devour many sheep, so one Sinner destroyeth much good, Eccl. 9.18. and his tender mercies are cruel, Prov. 12.10.
2 Sinners are not only like to beasts in the general, but they are like the worst of beasts, 2such as in Scripture are called evil and hurtful beasts: Sinners are not likened to the Dove or the sheep, the harmless creatures, but to Lyons, Tygers, Boars and Bears, &c. the ill-quality'd and ill-condition'd creatures: If he be at any time likened to a creature that's harmlesse, yet 'tis not for that good quality, but for some bad one which is in that creature; as Ephraim is likened ⟨p. 56⟩to a Dove, Hos. 7.11