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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. 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.
3. Use not false weights or measures, nor keep your books falsely: take heed of writing down more then was delivered or bargained for, or writing greater prices then were agreed upon. As to false weights and measures, they ⟨p. 323⟩are utterly forbidden, Levit. 19.35, 36. and Deut. 25.13-16. you are to have a standard measure, and not think it enough to have one only when the Quest comes, but all the year long, or else you (as your weights and measures) are an abomination to the Lord, Prov. 20.10. You have a good saying (and I wish it be made good) you shall have your weight, or measure, or tale, though you buy it for a penny or a farthing. Saith God, shall I count them pure with the wicked balance and deceitful weights? no, no, let them never be so great Professors, I will not count them pure, but an abomination, Micah. 6.10, 11.
3. Use not false weights or measures, nor keep your books falsely: take heed of writing down more then was delivered or bargained for, or writing greater prices then were agreed upon. As to false weights and measures, they ⟨p. 323⟩are utterly forbidden, Levit. 19.35, 36. and Deut. 25.13-16. you are to have a standardmeasure, and not think it enough to have one only when the Quest comes, but all the year long, or else you (as your weights and measures) are an abomination to the Lord, Prov. 20.10. You have a good saying (and I wish it be made good) you shall have your weight, or measure, or tale, though you buy it for a penny or a farthing. Saith God, shall I count them pure with the wicked ballance and deceitful weights? no, no, let them never be so great Professors, I will not count them pure, but an abomination,