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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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He suffered in all parts and members of his body, from head to foot: His Head (which deserved a hetter Crown then the best in the world) was crowned with thorns, and they smote him on the head: His Face suffered, being spat upon; His Back, 'twas turned to the smiters, 'twas stripped and whipped, yea they even ploughed upon his back, and made deep and long furrows; his hands and feet were pierced and nailed to the Cross, yea, saith he by the Prophet, all my bones are out of joint (as if he had been on the Rack) Psa. 22.14. He suffered also in his senses, his feeling; Could he be smitten wounded, nailed and pierced, without feeling? His taste suffered, for they gave him (instead of strong drink and wine of consolation, which was usual to them ready to die Prov. 31.6.) instead of this they gave him vinegar and gall to drink: His sight suffered, and among other things, the sight of his Mother, and other grieving friends, could not but affect his heart, Luke 23.27. 'Twas a grief to him to see them grieve for him: Did it not afflict him to see his Enemies wag their heads? His hearing suffered many a scoff and jeer, many an ill word and blasphemy: His smell could not but suffer ⟨p. 116⟩when he came to Golgotha, the place of skulls, where filthiness and putrefaction lodged, the very stinking sink of the City: But more yet:
He suffer'd in all parts and members of his body, from head to foot: His Head (which deserved a hetter Crown then the best in the world) was crown'd with thorns, and they smote him on the head: His Face suffer'd, being spat upon; His Back, 'twas turned to the smiters, 'twas stript and whipt, yea they even plow'd upon his back, and made deep and long surrows; his hands and feet were pierced and nail'd to the Cross, yea, saith he by the Prophet, all my bones are out of joynt (as if he had been on the Rack) Psa. 22.14. He suffer'd also in his senses, his feeling; Could he be smitten wounded, nailed and pierced, without feeling? His tast suffer'd, for they gave him (instead of strong drink and wine of consolation, which was usual to them ready to die