A64834:604
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. Take heed of sins of Commission.
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.
2. Take heed of sins of Commission.1
- 1Of sins of Commission.
As we should be careful not to omit our Duties, the things commanded, for (beside all that hath been said, I might add this, that) to omit (especially) the weightier things of the Law (though we be observant of the lesser) is a sign of Hypocrisy, Mat. 23.23. so we should be no less careful to keep our selves from the evil that is forbidden, from all kinds and sorts of sins (the ⟨p. 314⟩enumeration of which were endless) in relation to which, let me caution you to beware of, and watch against,
As we should be careful not to omit our Duties, the things commanded, for (beside all that hath been said, I might add this, that) to omit (especially) the weightier things of the Law (though we be observant of the lesser) is a sign of Hypocrisie, Mat. 23.23. so we should be no less careful to keep our selves from the evil that is forbidden, from all kinds and sorts of sins (the ⟨p. 314⟩enumeration of which were endless) in relation to which, let me caution you to beware of, and watch against,