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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. › 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.
4. By Tempting (Devil-like) and provoking to sin. The Trumpeter (according to the Apologue) though he do not fight, yet if taken, speeds as ill as the soldiers that do, because he stirs them up: and when Ahab's wickedness is reckoned up, 'tis with this remark, that his wife Jezebel incited or stirred him up, 1 Kings 21.25. There was none like to Ahab, he had no peer, no fellow, he was a non-such in wickedness, and this he was irritated and provoked to by his wife. Take heed of tempting, or stirring up any to sin. Some mens corruptions would sleep more then they do, if others did not awake and stir them up. Some are so wicked, as not to sleep, nor let others to sleep, till they have done mischief. Men may tempt others to sin several ways, I shall name but some.
4. By Tempting (Devil-like) and provoking to sin. The Trumpeter (according to the Apologue) though he do not fight, yet if taken, speeds as ill as the souldiers that do, because he stirs them up: and when Ahabs wickedness is reckoned up, 'tis with this remark, that his wife Jezebel incited or stirred him up, 1 Kings 21.25. There was none like to Ahab, he had no peer, no fellow, he was a non-such in wickedness, and this he was irritated and provokt to by his wife. Take heed of tempting, or stirring up any to sin. Some mens corruptions would sleep more then they do, if others did not awake and stir them up. Some are so wicked, as not to sleep, nor let others to sleep, till they have done mischief. Men may tempt others to sin several ways, I shall name but some.
1. By enticement and solicitation; 'tis a sad employment to be sins solicitor, yet too many such there are; Pimps, Bawds, and Panders for ⟨p. 339⟩lust and sin: and though the solicited person do not sin, as Joseph did not, yet the solicitor is a sinner, as his Mistress was. There are sinners that go up and down (like the Devil) to entice others to sin,