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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. › 3. Caution against Deed-sins.
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why, first one way, then another, he cannot rest on his bed of idleness, and yet is loth to rise, and therefore turns him to this and t'other side: and if after much ado, and many a yawn he get up, then he hides his hand in his bosom ('tis cold weather) and he is grieved to bring it twice to his mouth, though it be to feed himself: This is the guise of idle and slothful people, yea, Professors; we are to do what we do with our might, and how can that be, while our hand is in our bosom? for shame take it out, for as he that having put his hand to the plough looks back, so he that puts not his hand to the plough, will be found unfit for the Work and Kingdom of God, he shall beg in harvest, but have nothing. In the great day of recompense, these slothful ones will learn to pray and beg, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us, but they shall have nothing, viz. of that which they beg, no door opened to let them into the House of God, where is bread enough.
why, first one way, then another, he cannot rest on his bed of idleness, and yet is loth to rise, and therefore turns him to this and t'other side: and if after much ado, and many a yawn he get up, then he hides his hand in his bosom ('tis cold weather) and he is grieved to bring it twice to his mouth, though it be to feed himself: This is the guise of idle and sl•thful people, yea, Professors; we are to do what we do with our might, and how can that be, while our hand is in our bosom? for shame take it out, for as he that having put his hand to the plow looks back, so he that puts not his hand to the plow, will be found unfit for the Work and Kingdom of God, he shall beg in harvest, but have nothing. In the great day of recompense, these slothful ones will learn to pray and beg, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us, but they shall have nothing, viz. of that which they beg, no door opened to let them into the House of God, where is bread enough.
I remember I said, that sins of omission made way for sins of commission, and 'tis but too true: Job's friends hearing such unsaint-like ⟨p. 308⟩