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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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SIN, THE PLAGUE of PLAGUES; OR Sinful Sin the worst of Evils. › 2. Against sinful Words.
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Sixthly and lastly consider this, God will judge us for and by our words, as well as by our works and actions. There is a place may make us tremble, and should engage us to take heed of our words, while we have a day to live, 'tis in Mat. 12 36. I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give an account thereof in the day of Judgment; and vers. 37. for by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. If we must give an account of idle, what account shall we give of filthy and ill-working words! of words that are corrupt, and do corrupt others! Solomon upon this account tells us, Prov. 18.21. death and life are in the power of the ⟨p. 297⟩tongue; a man shall be judged and sentenced according to it. There is such a connection between heart, tongue, and deed, that he who is judged by one, is judged by all of them, for they agree in one. 'Tis observable, that though all the charge, or most of it, in Psal. 50. is for words, the sin of the tongue. 1. In abusing Gods good Word. 2. Using their own ill words, they gave their mouth to evil, &c. yet that the heart was consenting, and the deed executing, there was a concurrence and co-working of all three: after his words are spoken of, saith God, these things hast thou done, and it follows, thou thoughtest, &c. vers. 21. but I will judge thee, viz. for all this, yet especially for thy words, according to what is said, Jude 15. Behold, the Lord cometh to execute judgment upon all, to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds, which they have ungodlily committed, and of all their (mark it) their hard speeches which they have spoken against him: yea, against him in his members. 'Tis said, vers. 16. their mouth speaks great swelling words, viz. as Murmurers and Complainers use to do: they will jeer the people of God, and twit them with the name of Holy and Spiritual, and utter hard speeches against them; but when Christ comes to Judgment, he will call to account for all the hard speeches, and all the great swelling words, which by way of complaint they have spoken against his members; or by way of flattery and admiration (for lucre's sake) they have spoken in commendation and praise of wicked and cruel men. Oh, take