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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 By this, because they abhor all sin, all kinds, and all degrees of sin: Surely we may conclude, that they who hate all sin, hate sin as sin; this godly men do, and only godly men do, and godly men always do it, so far as godliness acts in power in them: 'tis the prayer in Psal. 119.133. order my steps (all and every of my steps) in thy word, and let not any (not any, i.e. none) iniquity have dominion over me; from the highest to the lowest, from the greatest to the least, let not any one iniquity have dominion over me. Some other men abhor some sins, as Atheism, blasphemy, idolatry, murder, &c. but pride and wantonness, &c. are pleasant to them as meat and drink. Now this is no argument that they hate sin as sin; he that hates sin as sin, hates all sin; and I think it may be inverted truly, he that hates all sin, hates sin as sin.
2 By this, because they abhor all sin, all kinds, and all degrees of sin: Surely we may conclude, that they who hate all sin, hate sin as sin; this godly men do, and only godly men do, and godly men always do it, so far as godliness acts in power in them: 'tis the prayer in Psal. 119.133. order my steps (all and every of my steps) in thy word, and let not any (not any, i.e. none) iniquity have dominion over me; from the highest to the lowest, from the greatest to the least, let not any one iniquity have dominion over me. Some other men abhor some sins, as Atheisme, blasphemy, idolatry, murther, &c. but pride and wantonness, &c. are pleasant to them as meat and drink. Now this is no argument that they hate sin as sin; he that hates sin as sin, hates all sin; and I think it may be inverted truly, he that hates all sin, hates sin as sin.
3 They evidence their hatred of sin as sin, and not for by-respects, thus, that they abhor all their secret sins, which none knows but themselves, yea such as they know not by themselves, but only God knows them: they hate that which none can accuse them for, or lay to their charge as guilty of,