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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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5. The more knowledge of any Duty we have, the more clear 'tis, and the more we are convinced of it, the more is the omission of tha• Duty aggravated; the clearer the light is, th• ⟨p. 309⟩greater the sin of not receiving it, this is the condemnation, Joh. 3.19. If Christ had not come, their sin had not been so great; but now not to believe, is to be without excuse, Joh. 15.22. & 24. If God had not told us what we ought to do, we might have made excuse, and said, Had we known better, we would have done better; but God hath shown thee, O man, what is good, Micah. 6.8. and that not only by his Works, but by his Word; and if the knowledge of him by them only aggravated their sin as it did, Rom. 1.21. how greatly will their sin be aggravated that neglect so great Salvation, which at first was preached by the Lord Jesus Christ, and afterward confirmed by them that heard him, God bearing them witness with signs and wonders, divers miracles and gifts of the holy Ghost, as 'tis, Heb. 2.3, 4. To him that knows to do good, and doth it not, to him it is sin, a great sin, an heinous sin, sin with a witness. It may be sin to another that knows not to do good, but not so great a sin as 'tis to him that knows; and therefore he that knew not his masters will was beaten but with a few stripes, but he that knew it, and did it not, was beaten with many, Luke 12.47, 48. The Jews had wont to abate one of the forty stripes which the Law allowed, and that to St. Paul (as much as they hated him) for of them twice he received forty stripes save one, 2 Cor. 11.24. But he that knows his masters will, and doth it not, nor prepares himself, shall be beaten with many stripes, with the full number, without abatement or mitigation, the total sum of the Law shall be inflicted on him.