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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
SIN, THE PLAGUE of PLAGUES; OR Sinful Sin the worst of Evils. › What Damnation is.
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 little to gloss on this briefly; 'tis as if sinners should say to God in the day of Judgment Lord have mercy upon us; Mercy! saith G•• ⟨p. 69⟩mercy upon you! No, no, I will have no mercy on you; time was when you might have had mercy without judgment, but now you shall have judgment without mercy; depart, depart: If they should then beg and say, Lord, if we must depart, let it be from thy Throne of judgment, but not from thee: Yes, saith the Lord, depart from me, depart from that presence of mine, in which there's joy, depart, and go to hell: Lord (if they say) seeing we must be gone, yet bless us before we go, let thy blessing be upon us: Oh no, saith God, be gone with a curse, depart ye cursed: Oh Lord, if we must go from thee, let us not go into the place of torment, but appoint some place, if not of pleasure, yet of ease: No, depart into fire, burning and tormenting flames: Oh Lord, if into fire, let it be but for a little while, let the fire be soon out, or we soon out of it, for who can dwell in everlasting burnings! No, no, neither shall you nor the fire know an end, be gone into everlasting fire: Ah Lord! let it be long then before we go thither: No, depart presently, the Sentence shall be presently put in execution: Ah Lord, let's at least have good company, that will pity us, though they cannot help us! No, no, you shall have none but tormenting Devils, they that you obeyed when they were Tempters, you shall be with as Tormentors. Oh what misery hath sin brought on man! to brin; him to hear this dreadful doom, Depart from me ye cursed! &c.
A little to gloss on this briefly; 'tis as if sinners should say to God in the day of Judgment Lord have mercy upon us; Mercy! saith G•• ⟨p. 69⟩mercy upon you! No, no, I will have no mercy on you; time was when you might have had mercy without judgment, but now you shall have judgment without mercy; depart, depart: If they should then beg and say, Lord, if we must depart, let it be from thy Throne of judgment, but not from thee: Yes, saith the Lord, depart from me, depart from that presence of mine, in which there's joy, depart, and go to hell: Lord (if they say) seeing we must be gone, yet bless us before we go, let thy blessing be upon us: Oh no, saith God, be gone with a curse, depart ye cursed: Oh Lord, if we must go from thee, let us not go into the place of torment, but appoint some place, if not of pleasure, yet of ease: No, depart into fire, burning and tormenting flames: Oh Lord, if into fire, let it be but for a little while, let the fire be soon out, or we soon out of it, for who can dwell in everlasting burnings! No, no, neither shall you nor the fire know an end, be gone into everlasting fire: Ah Lord! let it be long then before we go thither: No, depart presently, the Sentence shall be presently put in execution: Ah Lord, let's at least have good company, that will pitty us, though they cannot help us! No, no, you shall have none but tormenting Devils, they that you obey'd when they were Tempters, you shall be with as Tormentors. Oh what misery hath sin brought on man! to brin; him to hear this dreadful doom, Depart from me ye cursed! &c.