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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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Forgiveness of sins is, (2) The fruit of the precious blood of Christ, which was shed to this end: that must needs be precious that cost so great a price; 1 Pet. 1 18. we were redeemed with no less then blood, and no worse blood then that of the Lamb and Son of God, which Redemption is called Forgiveness of sins, Eph. 1.7. Col. 1.14
And then, (4) By this mercy of sins forgiveness, we have ease and rest for our souls, and cause to be of good theer; the sense of pardon will take away the sense of pain. Isa. 33 24. what, sick when pardoned? no, I am no more sick; when sin is taken away, the abiding of sickness is as nothing: The sense of sin makes us sick, but the sense of pardon makes us well; that we can say, as Psal. 116.7. return, my soul, unto thy rest, for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee: a man sensible of sin, and not of pardon, can hardly sleep or take any rest; but when the joyful sound of a pardon is proclaimed and received, the soul justified by faith, hath peace with God and within himself, and is at rest. Though the sick of the palsy was not cured, yet he had cause to be of good cheer, because his sins were forgiven him,