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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 The creatures witness against disingenuity and ingratitude, against non-acknowledgements of beholdingness to God; yea the dullest among the creatures witness against this, Is. 1.3. God upbraids the ingratitude and rebellion of Israel, with the gratitudes and services that the Ox and the Ass pay their owners: The rivers of waters return continually to pay their acknowledgements to the Fountain-general, the Sea, Eccl. 1.7. These waters upbraid them that make none but ill returns ⟨p. 163⟩to God, and say in effect, what Moses did in words, O foolish people and unwise, do ye thus requite the Lord, evil for good!
2 The creatures witness against disingenuity and ingratitude, against non-acknowledgments of beholdingness to God; yea the dullest among the creatures witness against this, Is. 1.3. God upbraids the ingratitude and rebellion of Israel, with the gratitudes and services that the Oxe and the Ass pay their owners: The rivers of waters return continually to pay their acknowledgments to the Fountain-general, the Sea, Eccl. 1.7. These waters upbraid them that make none but ill returns ⟨p. 163⟩to God, and say in effect, what Moses did in words, O foolish people and unwise, do ye thus requite the Lord, evil for good!
3 The creatures bear witness against the idleness of man, and the sinfulness thereof: Man was not to be idle in Paradise, every man should have a calling to follow, and should follow his calling; and he (saith the Apostle) that will not labour, must not eat; of idleness comes no good; yet alas how many busy-bodies are there, that do nothing but idle away their days? to these the creature speaks by his industry, and Solomon turns the Sluggard to the Ant to learn,