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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. › What Damnation is.
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2 Though sinn••• will count this a great loss, 2yet it is the lea••, for they must part not only with these things, but the joy, pleasure, and delight they had from them: These things are most considerable for the use and comfort of them: The rich man, Luke 12. cheered himself not in having much goods, but that he expected ease and mirth from them: The wicked spend their days in mirth, Job 21.12. and have a brave time on't, as they think; they sing care away all the day long, and refresh themselves with Requiems and Placebo Songs; they chant at the Viol, &c. and though indeed this frolic joy be a misery of it self (for what truer misery then false joy?) their laughter being but madness, yet 'tis the best they have in this world: But this also must ⟨p. 72⟩be parted with, these crackling of thorns will go out, and their mirth will end in woe, their joy in sorrow, their light in darkness! and 'twill add to their grief in hell, that they were so merry on earth: When this evil day comes, they will say there's no pleasure in remembering their good days: It seems Dives was loath to think of this, and therefore Abraham saith, Son remember, but 'twas a sad remembrance to remember good as lost and gone for ever! they will say then as Adrian did, Animula vagula, blandula, quo vadis? non ut soles dabis jocos! Oh my poor soul, thou wilt laugh, and joke, and droll no more!
2 Though sinn••• will count this a great loss, 2yet it is the lea••, for they must part not only with these things, but the joy, pleasure, and delight they had from them: These things are most considerable for the use and comfort of them: The rich man, Luke 12. cheer'd himself not in having much goods, but that he expected ease and mirth from them: The wicked spend their daies in mirth,