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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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1 By its names, which it cannot disown. 2 By the Arts, which it owneth and useth to disguise it self.
1 By its names, which it cannot disown. 2 By the Arts, which it owneth and useth to disguize it self.
1 I shall consider sins names, which sin cannot deny, but confess to be its proper names; of which I shall instance but two. 1 'Tis (as 'tis called) the work of the devil. 2 'Tis defiling, polluting, and pestilential filthiness, worse then any Plague-fore.
1 Sin is the work of the devil, 1 Joh. 3.8. with 5. not that mans sin is not of himself, or only of the devil, but that sin is that which the devil doth, and tempts others to do; so that to sin is to act and work like the devil; he that sinneth is of the devil: Man indeed is of God; but the sinner is, or sinful man is of the devil: The devil was the first sinner, and he that sinneth is of him, as his child, Joh. 8.44. He that doth the devils work is of the devil, sinning is the devils trade, and he that follows this trade is of the devil; he lives a devilish, a devils life: The devil doth nothing but sin, 'tis his business, and they that tread in his steps are of him, and like him, they are devils incarnate.
1 Sin is the work of the devil, 1 Joh. 3.8. with 5. not that mans sin is not of himself, or only of the devil, but that sin is that which the devil doth, and tempts others to do; so that to sin is to act and work like the devil; he that sinneth is of the devil: Man indeed is of God; but the sinner is, or sinful man is of the devil: The devil was the first sinner, and he that sinneth is of him, as his child,