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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.
SIN, THE PLAGUE of PLAGUES; OR Sinful Sin the worst of Evils.
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.
6. Sin is therefore exceeding sinful and wicked, most unmeasurably spiteful, poisonous and pernicious, because it kills men, and not only so, but kills them by that which is good, and was appointed to man for life; it turns food into poyson: ut agnoscatur quam sceleratus peccator sit hoc peccatum, & quam pestisera res, dumb per mandatum, rem salutiferam, exserit virus suum, Clarius. Like the horrid and cursed wickedness (our stories tell us of) so wickedly committed, in poisoning a man, yea a King, by the Cup of Blessing, So that
6. Sin is therefore exceeding sinful and wicked, most unmeasurably spiteful, poysonous and pernicious, because it kills men, and not only so, but kills them by that which is good, and was appointed to man for life; it turns food into poyson: ut agnoscatur quam sceleratus peccator sit hoc peccatum, & quam pestisera res, dum per mandatum, rem salutiferam, exserit virus suum, Clarius. Like the horrid and cursed wickedness (our stories tell us of) so wickedly committed, in poysoning a man, yea a King, by the Cup of Blessing, So that
7. And lastly, Sin by the Commandment appears to be excessively sinful: Ut evidens sit quam perniciosum, quam grave, quam scelestum sit ipsum peccatum, Zegerus. If we look on this through the Microscope-glass of the Law, it will appear a most hideous, devilish, and hellish thing; the most wicked, villainous, mischievous, virulent and deadly thing that ever was. Sinful sin! worse then the Devil! &c. of which anon.
7. And lastly, Sin by the Commandment appears to be excessively sinful: Ʋt evidens sit quam perniciosum, quam grave, quam scelestum sit ipsum peccatum, Zegerus. If we look on this through the Microscope-glass of the Law, it will appear a most hideous, devillish, and hellish thing; the most wicked, villanous, mischievous, virulent and deadly thing that ever was. Sinful sin! worse then the Devil! &c. of which anone.