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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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4. Consider that which must be thy case, thou […] not carry away one penny of thy estate with thee; and where's the profit then? what thou leavest behind thee, is none of thine, but thou dyest the poorer for leaving thy riches behind ⟨p. 247⟩thee, and having not laid up thy treasures in Heaven, 1 Tim. 6. The rich man said to his soul, thou hast goods; but thou Fool, saith our Saviour, thou must die to night, and whose shall they be? not thine. What dost thou get by all thy gettings, to leave them all behind thee? and it may be to them whom of all men thou wert most unwilling should enjoy them, Psal. 39.6. Eccl. 2.18 21. To go naked out of the world, is a sore evil, and no profit, Eccl. 5 15, 16. If thou enjoy all to thy dying day, yet then thou losest all, and it may be dost not only lose it, but lose by it; riches profit not in the day of wrath, and surely that cannot be worth much while we live, that will be worth nothing when we dye. Beside, there is no man in more danger to lose by getting then the covetous man, who is in the ready way to lose his soul; for the love of money is the root of all evil, which while some have coveted after, they have gotten nothing by it but the loss of their souls, being drowned in perdition, 1 Tim. 6 9, 10. And truly, take it here for the present, while •is in its best; the pains of getting, the cares of keeping, and fear of losing, eat out the comfort of having; so that all must subscribe to what our Saviour said, Luke 12.15. a mans life (neither the length, health, or comfort, much less the happiness of a mans life) consisteth in the things he enjoyeth in this world; life needs more and better things. Oh what sil•y foolish things are sinners! to place the good of profit, in that which is not only unprofitable, but chargeable, to pay so dear a price for so vile a commodity, to pay