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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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I might instance in other things also, by which the Angels bear testimony against sin; they are present at our worship, and observe us, which is a great obligation to reverence, and a witness against immodesty, 1 Cor. 11.10. They take account of our vows, Eccl. 5.5, 6. better it is thou shouldst not vow, then vow and not pay, because 'tis before the Angel. The Apostle chargeth Timothy, not only before God, but before the Elect Angels, to be strictly conscientious, 1 Tim. 5.21. They are witnesses of what we do, and shall be witnesses of what God will do; for he that confesseth Christ, shall be owned by him, and he that denies Christ, shall be denied by ⟨p. 124⟩him, and that before the Angels, Luke 12.8, 9. 'twill be one part of hereafter glory, to be like Angels; let's be like them here, in witnessing against sin, and doing the will of God on earth, as they do it in heaven. But I proceed to evince that
2 Evil Angels, 2the devil and his Angels witness sin to be sinful, not only in their being devils by it, and suffering for it, but many other ways, as I shall evince: We use to say, that virtues confessed by foes, and vices confessed by friends, are true: Surely then by the Devil we shall find that vice and sin is, as we have declared it to be; and if such a friend of sin as the devil is, will confess it to be sinful, we may believe him; for though he be the Father of Lies, yet in this he speaks truth, a clear and great truth.
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