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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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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.
7 And lastly, the devil declares sin to be sinful, ⟨p. 128⟩in being the accuser of the Brethren, Rev. 12.10. Oh what stories doth he tell of God, of the Brethren, how sinful they are! and thereby confesseth to God himself the ugliness of sin; for from thence only doth he take the rise, and frame the arguments of his accusation: as Christ ever liveth to make intercession for us, so the devil lives to make accusations against us, day and night: when God asked the devil if he had considered his servant Job, Yes, saith he, I have, and accuse him for an hired servant, one that serves thee merely for wages, and would, if but touched by thee, curse thee to thy face. When Satan accused Joshua, Zech. 3.1, 2. 'twas for his filthy garments, his iniquity; as v. 3, 4. He is ever telling tales (and sometimes true stories) of the miscarriages of Professors; he Registers their pride and wantonness, their vanity and folly, all their unworthy walkings, and accuseth them to God for these things, and even tempts God, Job 2.3. to destroy them for their sinfulness, and sometimes, (as in Jobs case) without a cause: whatever he say to us, to be sure he says to God, that sin is an exceeding, and out of measure, sinful thing, when he accuseth the Brethren. Thus of the devils witness. I proceed to bring in
7 And lastly, the devil declares sin to be sinful, ⟨p. 128⟩in being the accuser of the Brethren, Rev. 12.10. Oh what stories doth he tell of God, of the Brethren, how sinful they are! and thereby confesseth to God himself the ugliness of sin; for from thence only doth he take the rise, and frame the arguments of his accusation: as Christ ever liveth to make intercession for us, so the devil lives to make accusations against us, day and night: when God askt the devil if he had consider'd his servant Job, Yes, saith he, I have, and accuse him for an hired servant, one that serves thee meerly for wages, and would, if but toucht by thee, curse thee to thy face. When Satan accused Joshua,