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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.
But as to the particulars. I shall begin with the ⟨p. 70⟩privative part, 1the (paena damni) penalty of loss which will not be the least plague of the sinner• hell; he shall be deprived of all good, never to enjoy good day or good thing more: when once a man is damned, he may bid adieu to all good, Luke 16.25. But to go on by degrees, and step by step: This then we say;
- 1Paena damni; or, privative damnation
1 1That damned sinners will be stripped naked, and deprived of all the good things they had in this life: Wicked men are called the men of this world, Psal. 17.14. they have their portion and consolation in this life, Luke 6.24. and 16.25. Many of them fare well, and prosper in this world, they have stately houses, spread Tables, full Cups, soft Beds, pleasant Walks, delightful Gardens, filled with fragrant and odoriferous fruits and flowers; they sit at the upper end, they have the grandeur and gallantry of this world; but when they come to be damned, neither riches, nor honours, nor pleasures will descend with them: Wicked men would be content with the good they have, if they might have it always, if (Dives-like) they might be clothed with Purple, and fine Linen, and fare deliciously for ever, they would say, happy is the people that is in such a case!