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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.
2 In the day of judgment, (the great and terrible day of the Lord) they will be ashamed: they that run now to all ex•••se of riot, will not be able to stand then: the wicked shall not stand in judgment; they will then quake and tremble, horror will take hold of, and arrest them; they will not stand to justify themselves, nor to be justified by any other; they will be found speechless, (without a word to say for themselves, or their sins) as he that came to the wedding feast without a wedding garment; if the righteous be scarcely saved, or with difficulty, where shall the sinners and ungodly appear? 1 Pet. 4.18. See how they run away, and would fain hide themselves, Revel. 6.15. &c.
2 In the day of judgment, (the great and terrible day of the Lord) they will be asham'd: they that run now to all ex•••se of riot, will not be able to stand then: the wicked shall not stand in judgment; they will then quake and tremble, horror will take hold of, and arrest them; they will not stand to justifie themselves, nor to be justified by any other; they will be found specchless, (without a word to say for themselves, or their sins) as he that came to the wedding feast without a wedding garment; if the righteous be scarcely saved, or with difficulty, where shall the sinners and ungodly appear? 1 Pet. 4.18. See how they run away, and would fain hide themselves, Revel. 6.15. &c.
5 In the day of Eternity, (that long, everlasting day) then when they are in hell, they will will confess the sinfulness of sin; the place of torment will extort the confession of sin, as it d•d from Dives,