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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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And then thou shalt be saved, as the Apostle told the Jailer, Acts 16.30, 31. believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved. Sin, this destructive thing Sin, shall not destroy them; sin, this damning thing sin, shall not damn them that do unfeignedly, and with their heart believe in Jesus: as there was need of a Jesus Christ, and as there inrequired faith in Jesus Christ, so Salvation i• ascertained and ensured to them that believe in Jesus Christ; He that perseveres to the end, shall find the end of his faith, the saving of his soul. Oh then hasten to take hold on him, close with him, and cleave to him, as ever you would be saved from your sin and Gods wrath. Do you like the end, and not the way? is Salvation desirable, and is not faith? without which 'tis impossible to please God here, or to be saved hereafter. Have ye not souls as well as bodies? would ye not be saved from sin as well as from sickness? hasten to Christ Jesus then, the Physician, the Saviour of Sours; is there any other Christ? is there Salvation in any other? hath God any more Sons to send? is there any other way to Heaven? have we not been in hazard long enough? Oh, now, come now to Christ, if ever there will be reason for it, there is now: wilt thou need him? thou dost now: will he be lovely hereafter? he is now. Oh, methinks these things being so, we should fly ⟨p. 272⟩like Doves to the windows, and not stand off a moment longer, lest we dye, and dye in our sins, and then adieu to happiness and hope for ever. But I trust this is not in vain, I am willing to hope, I have not preached from, nor prayed to God in vain, expostulated with, and begged of you in vain, but that you will yet repent and believe the Gospel.
And then thou shalt be saved, as the Apostle told the Jaylor, Acts 16.30, 31. believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved. Sin, this destructive thing Sin, shall not destroy them; sin, this damning thing sin, shall not damn them that do unfeignedly, and with their heart believe in Jesus: as there was need of a Jesus Christ, and as there inrequired faith in Jesus Christ, so Salvation i• ascertain'd and ensured to them that believe in Jesus Christ; He that perseveres to the end, shall find the end of his faith, the saving of his soul. Oh then hasten to take hold on him, close with him, and cleave to him, as ever you would be saved from your sin and Gods wrath. Do you like the end, and not the way? is Salvation desirable, and is not faith? without which 'tis impossible to please God here, or to be saved hereafter. Have ye not souls as well as bodies? would ye not be saved from sin as well as from sickness? hasten to Christ Jesus then, the Physitian, the Saviour of Sours; is there any other Christ? is there Salvation in any other? hath God any more Sons to send? is there any other way to Heaven? have we not been in hazard long enough? Oh, now, come now to Christ, if ever there will be reason for it, there is now: wilt thou need him? thou dost now: will he be lovely hereafter? he is now. Oh, methinks these things being so, we should flye