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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. Consent may be openly and notoriously given by word of mouth; as Saul (afterward Paul) gave his voice, Acts 26.10. his vote went with the rest, and he gave it with a voice, a loud voice. If any bring false Doctrine, and a man bid him God-speed, this man is partaker of his evil deeds, Epist. of John 2.10, 11. When men say, as Jehoshaphat did to Ahab, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people, and we will be with thee in the war, 2 Chron. 18.3. When we thus give consent, 'tis notorious.
3. Consent may be openly and notoriously given by word of mouth; as Saul (afterward Paul) gave his voice, Acts 26.10. his vote went with the rest, and he gave it with a voice, a loud voice. If any bring false Doctrine, and a man bid him God-speed, this man is partaker of his evil deeds, Epist. of John 2.10, 11. When men say, as Jehosaphat did to Ahab, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people, and we will be with thee in the war, 2 Chron. 18.3. When we thus give consent, 'tis notorious.
3. §31To draw to a close; be not accessory to other mens sins after they are committed, which you may be guilty of many ways; I shall name but four.
- 1Of being accessories after sins commission.