A64834:515
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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as God upbraids Israel of old, that they changed their glory for that which did not profit, and (worse then that great King who sold his Kingdom for a draught of water) they leave and part with a fountain of living waters, for a cistern, an empty cistern that hath none, yea, for a broken cistern that can hold no water, no not a drop, Jer. 2.21. Sinners are often asking this question, What Profit is there if we serve God? Job 21.15. Oh, godliness is profitable for all times, for here and hereafter, it hath the promise of both lives, this and that to come, 1 Tim 4.8. But let me ask them (and I wish they would often ask themselves) What profit is there if we sin? as Judah asked his brethren, What profit is there if we slay our brother, Gen. 37.26. surely none but shame and sorrow, you may put your gains in your eyes, and weep it out; if not, a greater loss will come unto you. Thus then we have seen that no good of profit comes by sin, no not by that which is called the most profitable sin, Covetousness; so that our inference holds good, they are mistaken that seek good in evil.
as God upbraids Israel of old, that they changed their glory for that which did not profit, and (worse then that great King who sold his Kingdom for a draught of water) they leave and part with a fountain of living waters, for a cistern, an empty cistern that hath none, yea, for a broken cistern that can hold no water, no not a drop, Jer. 2.21. Sinners are often asking this question, What Profit is there if we serve God? Job 21.15. Oh, godliness is profitable for all times, for here and hereafter, it hath the promise of both lives, this and that to come, 1 Tim 4.8. But let me ask them (and I wish they would often ask themselves) What profit is there if we sin? as Judah askt his brethren, What profit is there if we slay our brother, Gen. 37.26. surely none but shame and sorrow, you may put your gains in your eyes, and weep it out; if not, a greater loss will come unto you. Thus then we have seen that no good of profit comes by sin, no not by that which is called the most prositable sin, Covetousness; so that our inference holds good, they are mistaken that seek good in evil.