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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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1 The whole Creation witnesseth against sin, as having done them a great deal of wrong and injury: that sin hath deprived them of their privilege, that they are not now as when they came out of Gods hand, and were made by him. When God looked on all that he had made, behold it was very good, Gen. 1.31. But ah, how are things altered since sin came into the world! The Angels he hath charged with folly, Job. 4.18. The Heavens are not clean in his sight, Job 15.15. Man in his best (now) estate is altogether vanity, Psa. 39.5. The Earth is under a curse, Gen. 3.17, 18. Yea, the whole Creation groans, Rom. 8.21, 22. The whole Universe, as the Learned Grotius clearly observes and notes, beside ⟨p. 159⟩many others as well as he. The Apostle had three times said the Creature, v. 19, 20, 21. and yet more fully, v. 22. The whole Creation (or every creature) is subject to vanity, and under the bondage of corruption, which makes it groan, and puts it to pain, as a woman in travel; as if it cried out, Oh sinful sin! I was free born, and though under dominion, yet not under bondage; I did once serve man freely, but now from fear, Gen. 9.2. I did nothing of my self, may every creature (that is under his power) say to man, to make me liable to bondage, but being thy goods and chattels, I suffer a part of the penalty of thy Treason; if thou hadst not sinned. I had not suffered; but now I groan and wait to be delivered from the bondage of thy corruption, Oh sinful sin!
1 The whole Creation witnesseth against sin, as having done them a great deal of wrong and injury: that sin hath deprived them of their priviledge, that they are not now as when they came out of Gods hand, and were made by him. When God lookt on all that he had made, behold it was very good,