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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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3 Good men witness against sin, by withdrawing from sinners, and their society; to have no more to do with them then needs must: this separation from their persons is only because of their sins; if good men be constrained to converse with them, yet they cry out, as Psa. 120.5, 6. Woe is me, that I dwell in Meshek, and the Tents of Kedar: The society of the wicked is very burdensome to the godly; Lot was in a kind of hell, when he was in Sodom, their wickedness was continually vexing his soul, 2 Pet. 2.7, 8. This withdrawing from, or groaning under the society of the wicked, testifies against sin, and ⟨p. 131⟩is in obedience to the Command of God, 2 Cor. 6.14. &c.
3 Good men witness against sin, by withdrawing from sinners, and their society; to have no more to do with them then needs must: this separation from their persons is only because of their sins; if good men be constrain'd to converse with them, yet they cry out, as Psa. 120.5, 6. Woe is me, that I dwell in Meshek, and the Tents of Kedar: The society of the wicked is very burthensome to the godly; Lot was in a kind of hell, when he was in Sodom, their wickedness was continually vexing his soul, 2 Pet. 2.7, 8. This withdrawing from, or groaning under the society of the wicked, testifies against sin, and ⟨p. 131⟩is in obedience to the Command of God, 2 Cor. 6.14. &c.