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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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The Will is become perverse and stubborn, worse then so, 'tis wilful and mad, set upon sin and hell, Eccle. 8.11. The Affections (concupiscible) are inordinate, the Passions (irascible) are unruly, that man's more head-strong then the horse that rusheth into the battle: It hath made some men so restless, that they cannot sleep, unless (or until) they have done mischief, Prov. 4.16.
The Will is become perverse and stubborn, worse then so, 'tis wilful and mad, set upon sin and hell, Eccle. 8.11. The Affections (concupiscible) are inordinate, the Passions (irascible) are unruly, that man's more head-strong then the horse that rusheth into the battel: It hath made some men so restless, that they cannot sleep, unless (or until) they have done mischief, Prov. 4.16.
To go on yet further, Sin spreads its infections to the defiling of mans duties and holy things; it defiles his natural and civil actions, the ploughing of the wicked is sin, Prov. 21.4. Man should d• all (from the highest to the lowest duty) to the glory of God; but, Alas, what doth man do that is not ill done, and to the dishonour of God Sin infects mens prayers, the prayers of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord, Prov. 28.9. yea, though offered up with incense to perfume them, Isa. 1.13. Under the Law Aaron was to bear the iniquity of the holy things,