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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.
SIN, THE PLAGUE of PLAGUES; OR Sinful Sin the worst of Evils. › 2. Against sinful Words.
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.
Holy David was so afraid of his tongue, lest he should offend with it, that he put a bridle into his mouth, Psal. 39.1. and surely the tongue is an unruly thing, that it must be bridled like an Horse or an Ass; yea, 'tis so unruly, that one may better rule Horses, and manage them, and more easily turn such unwieldy things as great Ships are, then keep the tongue in order; and ⟨p. 292⟩therefore St. James pronounceth him a perfect man, that offends not in word, and one that is able with ease to bridle the whole body, when he hath the mastery of his tongue, James 3.2, 3, 4. Oh, 'tis a rare thing to use the tongue well!
Now to help you against this evil, that you may not sin with your mouths, tongues, or lips (which are all one in signification) let me entreat you to consider,
Now to help you against this evil, that you may not sin with your mouths, tongues, or lips (which are all one in signification) let me intreat you to consider,
1. That sinful words are wholly forbidden us, and the contrary to them are enjoined us; God hath told us what we shall not, and what we shall say, what words we ought not, and what we ought to use. For the Negative; let no corrupt, or filthy, and rotten, unsavoury communication (no kind of it, no degree of it) proceed out of your mouth; but (affirmatively) that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the Hearers,