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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. That God hath appointed a day in which he will judge thee, and that calls on thee (at thy peril) to repent, Acts 17.30, 31. which if thou do not do, thou dost but enrich thy self for Hell, and by thy hardness and impenitent heart, dost treasure up wrath against the day of wrath, and the revelation of the righteous judgment of God. The God that is long-suffering will not be all-suffering, he that is a God of patience now, will (if that be abused) be a God of vengeance hereafter to the abusers of his patience. Gods Patience will be at end one day, he will wait on thee no more, no longer: he waited forty years, but then swore in his wrath, Heb. 3.11. he waited three years on the Jewish Fig-tree, but at last cut it down. God hath set thee a day, and that's this day, to day while 'tis called to day hear his voice, and harden not your hearts. When this day of patience is over, if thou be found unprovided then, woe unto thee, thou art undone for ever. I pray thee, think of it, hast not grieved God enough yet? nor wronged thy soul enough yet? art afraid of being happy too soon? or of going to Hell too ⟨p. 269⟩easily and cheaply? that thou wilt not repent, or delayest it; Oh, if in this thy day thou consider not the things of thy peace, thou mayst have them hid from thine eyes, and go blindfold to Hell, and be damned for ever; and then God will require payment (even use upon use) to the utmost farthing, Mat. 18.23-34. he will be paid all that is due; for time, for talents, for means, for mercies, for patience, and for bearance, he will be paid for all: If he be not glorified by thee now, he will be glorified upon thee then. But, I hope, you are sensible, and I shall not need to urge or press this any further, and therefore I pass to the
4. That God hath appointed a day in which he will judge thee, and that calls on thee (at thy peril) to repent, Acts 17.30, 31. which if thou do not do, thou dost but inrich thy self for Hell, and by thy hardness and impenitent heart, dost treasure up wrath against the day of wrath, and the revelation of the righteous judgment of God. The God that is long-suffering will not be all-suffering, he that is a God of patience now, will (if that be abused) be a God of vengeance hereafter to the abusers of his patience. Gods Patience will be at end one day, he will wait on thee no more, no longer: he waited forty years, but then swore in his wrath,