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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.
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.
By that time I have set these before you, I presume you will conclude and cry out, Oh sinful sin! what a thing is sin! and who would sin at this rate, 1and be at such cost and charges to damn himself! To begin with the torments themselves, where I shall consider: 1 The place, with the names and appendices of it 2 The thing it self, with its names.
- 1A he torments of Hell.
1 The place, 1with its names: In general, and most frequently, 'tis called Hell, the place and element of torment, Luke 16. This is the Rendezvous General for the wicked after the day of Judgment; and to express the dreadfulness of any condition or thing, the name of Hell is annexed ⟨p. 81⟩to it (as to signify the excellency of a thing, the name of God and Heaven is joined to it, as Cedars of God, &c.)
1 The place, 1with its names: In general, and most frequently, 'tis called Hell, the place and element of torment, Luke 16. This is the Rendezvous General for the wicked after the day of Judgment; and to express the dreadfulness of any condition or thing, the name of Hell is annexed ⟨p. 81⟩to it (as to signifie the excellency of a thng, the name of God and Heaven is joyn'd to it, as Cedars of God, &c.)