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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. §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.
1. In not grieving for other mens sins. All sin is against God, and for that reason he that truly grieves for his own, will grieve for other mens: 'Twas the great commend of Lot, that his righteous soul was vexed with the filthy conversation of the Sodomites, 'twas a torment, a kind of hell to him, 2 Pet. 2.7. David could not prevent mens sinning, and therefore grieved for it, and so much, that his eyes run down with rivers of tears, Psal. 119.136. And this made the Prophet Jeremiah wish his eyes fountains, that he might weep day and night. And all these persons were remembered by the Lord in mercy, when others were rewarded with misery. There is scarce any way like this, to be kept from partaking in the ruin of sinners, as Ezek 9.4-6. ⟨p. 345⟩God will set his mark on his weeping and mourning people, and as for the rest, they will be found as accessories, if not principals in wickedness, and judged accordingly. Oh, that there were more crying persons, when there are so many crying sins! They that grieve not and mourn not, are guilty, as the Apostle tells us, 1 Cor. 5.1, 2. and by mourning they were cleared of this matter, 2 Cor. 7.11.