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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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1 We may not do evil; that good may came is ⟨p. 100⟩our selves: God allows man to love himself, and hath made self-love the rule and measure of our love to others; thou shalt love thy Neighbour as thy self: God is not against mans being rich, only God will not that men grow rich by sin, as Jer. 17.11. God is not against mans pleasure, if it be not by displeasing him, nor against his honour, if it be not by dishonouring him: God well knows that good gotten by evil, will do man no good but hurt: To gain the world, and lose a mans soul, hath more of loss then gain; and there is not any one sin but wrongs and hazards the loss of a mans soul. God would not allow Adam and Eve to eat of the forbidden Tree, though 'twere good for food, pleasant to the eye, and to be desired to make one wise, Genes. 3.
1 We may not do evil; that good may came is ⟨p. 100⟩our selves: God allows man to love himself, and hath made self-love the rule and measure of our love to others; thou shalt love thy Neighbour as thy self: God is not against mans being rich, only God will not that men grow rich by sin, as Jer. 17.11. God is not against mans pleasure, if it be not by displeasing him, nor against his honor, if it be not by dishonoring him: God well knows that good gotten by evil, will do man no good but hurt: To gain the world, and lose a mans soul, hath more of loss then gain; and there is not any one sin but wrongs and hazards the loss of a mans soul. God would not allow Adam and Eve to eat of the forbidden Tree, though 'twere good for food, pleasant to the eye, and to be desired to make one wise, Genes. 3.