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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 They teach us to be weary of the bondage of corruption; they are a weary on't, they groan under it, and wilt not thou cry out, Oh wretch that I am, who shall deliver me from this bondage of corruption, and this body of death! if not the creature witness against thee, and withal teach thee to wait, and long for a better state, and to long for the glorious liberty of the Sons of God. Again
3 They teach us to be weary of the bondage of corruption; they are a weary on't, they groan under it, and wilt not thou cry out, Oh wretch that I am, who shall deliver me from this bondage of corruption, and this body of death! if not the creature witness against thee, and withall teach thee to wait, and long for a better state, and to long for the glorious liberty of the Sons of God. Again
4 The creatures teach us to be fruitful under means, to answer the cost and charges that God bestows on us: The earth, which drinketh in the rain which cometh oft upon it, bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, Hebr. 6.7. with Is. 53.10. The Ox knows his owner, and the Ass his Masters crib, Is. 1. The Flock feeds the shepherd, &c. 1 Cor. 9.7. If thou be barren and unfruitful, thy gardens and thy fields; if thou be disobedient, thine Ox and thine Ass will upbraid thee, and God himself appeals to heaven and earth against thee, Deut. 32.1. Is. 1.2.
4 The creatures teach us to be fruitful under means, to answer the cost and charges that God bestows on us: The earth, which drinketh in the rain which cometh oft upon it, bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is drest, Hebr. 6.7. with Is. 53.10. The Oxe knows his owner, and the Ass his Masters crib, Is. 1. The Flock feeds the shepherd, &c.