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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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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.
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 confest 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.
- 2The evil Angels.
1 Then the devil witnesseth against sin by his trembling; the devil trembles at this, that there is a God, James 2.19. Now God was never terrible to the Angels till they sinned, then they saw and trembled at the terror of God: Sin brought judgment on the devils, 2 Pet. 2.4 at this they tremble; so that sin is the first cause of devils trembling: That then which makes devils tremble at the belief of a God, (who will be a God of judgment) is exceeding sinful.