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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.
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.
As sin is considered against God, I infer:
1. That the patience of God with, §11and the long-suffering of God towards sinners, is wonderful; if sin be so exceeding sinful, i. e. contrary to and displeasing to God, then surely his patience is exceeding great, his goodness exceeding rich, his long-suffering exceeding parvellous, even to wonder! That God should entreat Sinners his enemies to be reconciled, 2 Cor. 5.20. that God should stand at a Sinners door and knock, Rev. 3 20. that God should wait on Sinners to be gracious to them, Isa. 30.18. is not after the manner of men, but of God; yea, the God of grace and patience and to be admired for ever! That at first God should think thoughts of good, and not of evil, of peace, and not of wrath, but visit us in the cool of the day, was a wonder; but that after he had imparted and commended his heart-love to us in and by his Son, Rom. 5.8. and both were rejected, that he should yet continue to offer, and call, and wait, 'tis a miracle of miracles. What shall we say? 'tis God, who is (as his Name is, Exod. 34.6. Numb. 10.18. Psal. 86.15. and as he was yesterday, he is to day) the God of grace and patience, Rom. 15.5 and rich in it,