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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.
O•. But Saints themselves must part with these things t••?
A. […] But the best on't is, they shall have better things in lieu of them: The impenitent sinner […] from all his good to all evil, but the Saint g••s from all his evil (and but from a little good) […] goods who would not part with Coun•e•• for gold? with a world for heaven? this the Saint doth, and 'tis a good exchange, I trow; but when a man must part with all his Jewels, all his fine things, his wine and music, and the delights of the Sons of men, and have no good thing left him •h how sad!
A. 〈…〉 But the best on't is, they shall have better things in lieu of them: The impenitent sinner 〈…〉 from all his good to all evil, but the Saint g••s from all his evil (and but from a little good) 〈…〉 goods who would not part with Coun•e•• for gold? with a world for heaven? this the Saint doth, and 'tis a good exchange, I trow; but when a man must part with all his Jewels, all his fine things, his wine and musick, and the delig•ts of the Sons of men, and have no good thing left him •h how sad!