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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.
you may more easily hide from men and your selves, then from God; and therefore that you may not be so foolish and wicked as to sin in secret, or to think any thing or place secret from God, I entreat you often and seriously to read the 139. Psal. and then I hope you will say (I am sure you will see cause to say) how shall I do this wickedness, and sin against God!
you may more easily hide from men and your selves, then from God; and therefore that you may not be so foolish and wicked as to sin in secret, or to think any thing or place secret from God, I intreat you often and seriously to read the 139. Psal. and then I hope you will say (I am sure you will see cause to say) how shall I do this wickedness, and sin against God!
7. §71Take heed of the occasions and very appearances of this evil, Sin: abstain not only from apparent evils, but from the (yea from all and every the) appearances of evil, 1 Thes. 5.22. do not be so irreligious as to go into temptation, when thou hast been so religious as to pray God, not to lead thee into temptation; this is mock-prayer; keep out of harms way, Prov. 4.14, 15. enter not (put not a foot) into the way of the wicked; if thou have been so foolishly forward, yet go not on in the way of evil men; but avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away: you cannot stand at too great a distance from sin; if you will not sit in the seat of the scornful, do not stand in the way of sinners, nor walk in the counsel of the ungodly, Psal. 1.1. touch not pitch, lest ye be defiled; gaze not (like one enamoured) on the wine, when it looks well, and danceth in the glass; make a ⟨p. 332⟩