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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.
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2. By concealing that which we ought to discover and make known, as may be easily proved from Levit. 5.1. If a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it, if he do not utter it, then shall he bear his iniquity: and Prov. 29.24. whoso is partner with a thief, hateth his own soul, he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not, which he ought to do. Yet once more, Deut. 13.6-8. if thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, let us go and serve other Gods (which thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers) thou shalt not consent unto him; is that enough? no, nor hearken to him; is that enough? no, neither shall thine eye pity him; is that enough? no, neither shalt thou spare; is that enough? no, neither shalt thou conceal him; is that enough? no, thou shalt (by discovering him to the judges) surely kill him, thine hand shall be first upon him, &c. but you will say, is not this unnatural? what! betray a brother, one of the same venture, the son of my mother? nay more, my own son; nay ⟨p. 346⟩more, my wife, and most of all, my friend; no matter, for all that thou shalt not conceal him: to conceal such a sinner, were to partake of his sin, 2 Joh. 10.11. These Spirits, these soul-stealers must not be concealed, lest the receiver and concealer be reckoned as bad as the thief.
2. By concealing that which we ought to discover and make known, as may be easily proved from Levit. 5.1. If a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it, if he do not utter it, then shall he bear his iniquity: and Prov. 29.24. whoso is partner with a thief, hateth his own soul, he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not, which he ought to do. Yet once more,