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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 Mandatory, the commanding and exhorting part of the Gospel witnesseth against sin: What are men commanded and exhorted to, but to serve God in righteousness, and true holiness, all the days of their life? to depart from iniquity, as from the way to hell, and walk holily in Christ Jesus as the way of heaven: Yea, God condescends so far, as to entreat men to be reconciled, that they may be happy, 2 Cor 5.20. and what doth this speak, but that sin is both displeasing to God, and destructive to man, that it is sinful sin.
2 The Mandatory, the commanding and exhorting part of the Gospel witnesseth against sin: What are men commanded and exhorted to, but to serve God in righteousness, and true holiness, all the daies of their life? to depart from iniquity, as from the way to hell, and walk holily in Christ Jesus as the way of heaven: Yea, God condescends so far, as to entreat men to be reconciled, that they may be happy, 2 Cor 5.20. and what doth this speak, but that sin is both displeasing to God, and destructive to man, that it is sinful sin.
3 The promising part and promises of the Gospel are all against sin: God hath given to us exceeding great (Gr. the greatest) and precious promises, that by these we might escape the pollutions of the world through lust, and be made partakers of a Divine Nature, 2 Pet. 1.4. and that having these promises, we should cleanse our selves from all filthiness of flesh and spirit, to perfect holiness in the fear of God, 2 Cor. 7.1. Promises of good are against the evil of sin.