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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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4 4Sinners then must lose the hopes they had of heaven: Wicked men have no reason to hope for heaven, and yet they will hope, though against hope; as Abraham and good men hope against hope when they have Gods promise; so the wicked hope against hope, notwithstanding Gods threatening; they will be building their hopes as high as heaven, though they build on the Sand, and without a foundation; but this house must fall, and the fall will be great, from the hopes of heaven into hell, Mat. 7.22.—27. The hope of Gods people keeps their heart from breaking, and it shall never be ashamed, but this hope of sinners will break their heart in hell, for there 'twill be ashamed, when the wicked dies, his expectation shall perish, and the hope of unjust men perisheth, Prov. 11.7. Their hope shall be as the giving up of the Ghost, Job 11.20. The Hypocrites hope shall perish, and his trust is but as a Spiders web; he shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure, Job 8.13.-15. where will the hope of hypocrites be when God taketh away his soul, will God hear his cry, when trouble comes upon him? No, no, he will not, Job 27.8, 9.
4 4Sinners then must lose the hopes they had of heaven: Wicked men have no reason to hope for heaven, and yet they will hope, though against hope; as Abraham and good men hope against hope when they have Gods promise; so the wicked hope against hope, notwithstanding Gods threatning; they will be building their hopes as high as heaven, though they build on the Sand, and without a foundation; but this house must fall, and the fall will be great, from the hopes of heaven into hell, Mat. 7.22.—27. The hope of Gods people keeps their heart from breaking, and it shall never be ashamed, but this hope of sinners will break their heart in hell, for there 'twill be asham'd, when the wicked dies, his expectation shall perish, and the hope of unjust men perisheth,