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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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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.
2. Repentance is (by Gods interpretation) the undoing of all the evil thou hast committed, and the doing the good thou hast omitted; indeed he that repents of his sin, tells all the world, that if 'twere to do again, he would not do it; and he that repents for not having done the will of God, doth do it in repenting, Mat. 21.30. Oh, what goodness is this to put such a construction on repentance, and shall we not repent!
3. Thou wilt, by repenting, rejoice all whom thou hast grieved by sin; thou hast grieved thine own soul, repentance will cheer it; for though it spring from sorrow, it ends in joy, and will never be repented of, 2 Cor. 7.10. thou wilt rejoice the generation of the righteous; yea, there will be joy in Heaven; God and Angels ⟨p. 268⟩will be glad, and rejoice at thy return, Luke 15. 'Tis their sin, and greatly aggravated, Rev. 16.9. that they repented not to give him glory; sin dishonours, but repentance gives glory to God; and therefore Joshua said to Achan, Jos. 7.19. confess thy sin, and give glory to God: Oh, may we rejoice the heart, and glorify the Name of God both at once by repentance, and shall we not repent? Oh, repent, repent; if not, know,
3. Thou wilt, by repenting, rejoyce all whom thou hast grieved by sin; thou hast grieved thine own soul, repentance will cheer it; for though it spring from sorrow, it ends in joy, and will never be repented of, 2 Cor. 7.10