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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.
There are some other inferences yet to be spoken to, and of them I shall say but a few things in brief. §21Sin being so sinful,
- 1Time spent in sin is worse then lost.
2. I infer, that time spent in sin is worse then lost. Most of the pastime in the world is lost time, but sinning time or time spent in sin, is ⟨p. 257⟩worse then lost: it must be accounted for, and who can give a good account of evil doing? while men live in sin, they do nothing but undo themselves. Man was not sent into this world only to eat, drink, sleep, and play (much less to sin, yea, that he might not sin) but as into a great Work-house, to work for the glory of God, Joh. 17.4. and so to work out his own Salvation, and that with fear and trembling, Phil. 2.12. but they that live in sin, work out their damnation, and many times without fear or trembling; of which they will have great store when they come to receive their just doom and damnation. Time is a most precious Commodity, for on this moment depends Eternity, and as men sow in this seed-time, they will reap in that harvest: Time is a Prophet for Eternity, as men live here, they are like to live for ever: they that sow sin, must reap death, Galat. 6.8. Time is to be redeemed, Eph. 5.16. and every day to be numbered, greatly valued and improved, that we may apply our hearts to wisdom,