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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
3 Times when […] sinners have confessed their sin.
3 Times when 〈…〉 sinners have confest their sin.
1 In a day of affliction, when the plagues of God have taken hold of them, and the judgments of God have been heavy upon them: The story of Pharaoh is too long to rehearse, and that of Nebuchadnezzar, Dan. 4 Oh how did God stoop their stout hearts and bring them on their knees! Sinners that are shameless, and ⟨p. 157⟩seem to dare heaven, and challenge God himself, and scoff at his threatenings, will then be made to change their note, and to weep instead of singing another, or the second part to the same tune. Josephs Brethren that were shameless in Canaan, were ashamed in Egypt, and cried out, Verily we are guilty concerning our Brother: The cruel Adonibezek would acknowledge the Justice of Gods retaliation: Oh tell me what your Desperadoes will say in distress, and on a Death bed; if they do not then awake and repent, yet
1 In a day of affliction, when the plagues of God have taken hold of them, and the judgments of God have been heavy upon them: The story of Pharaoh is too long to rehearse, and that of Nebuchadnezzar, Dan. 4 Oh how did God stoop their stout hearts and bring them on their knees! Sinners that are shameless, and ⟨p. 157⟩seem to dare heaven, and challenge God himself, and scoff at his threatnings, will then be made to change their note, and to weep instead of singing another, or the second part to the same tune. Josephs Brethren that were shameless in Canaan, were asham'd in Aegypt, and cry'd out, Verily we are guilty concerning our Brother: The cruel Adonibezek would acknowledge the Justice of Gods retaliation: Oh tell me what your Desperadoes will say in distress, and on a Death bed; if they do not then awake and repent, yet