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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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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.
4 The Doctrine of judgment to come is against sin; wicked men scoff at this, 2 Pet. 3. and think if they may be let alone till tha• day, they shall do well enough; but remember, for all things thou must come to judgment, and therefore learn to fear God, and keep his Commandments, as the wi•e man teacheth, Eccl. 12.13, 14. and the Apostle speaking of the day of judgment, says, knowing the terror of the Lord we persuade men, 2 Cor. 5.11. viz. not to sin, but to live in righteousness and holiness. Seeing this must ⟨p. 182⟩be, what, oh what manner of persons should we be in all holy conversations, and godlinesses! (for the Greek is plural) yea, and to take heed not to fall into the errors of the wicked, but to grow in grace, as S. Peter concludes, 2 Pet. 3.1•.17.18. all the Doctrine of the Bible, from the beginning of Genesis to the end of the Revelations, is a continual preaching and witnessing against sin.
4 The Doctrine of judgment to come is against sin; wicked men scoff at this, 2 Pet. 3. and think if they may be let alone till tha• day, they shall do well enough; but remember, for all things thou must come to judgment, and therefore learn to fear God, and keep his Commandments, as the wi•e man teacheth, Eccl. 12.13, 14. and the Apostle speaking of the day of judgment, says, knowin• the terror of the Lord we perswade men, 2 Cor. 5.11