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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 In a Moral sense, for
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More particularly it appears that man is dark: 11 By his groping, which is constantly attributed to blindness and darkness in the Scripture: Be pleased to peruse Deut. 28.29. Job 5.14. and 12.25. Is. 59.10. Man had (like Solomons wise man) his eyes in his head, and clearly saw his way before him; the door and way of peace and happiness lay wide open to him; but now (like the blind Sodomites) he gropes to find the door of hope, and wearies himself in vain pursuits: Man hath lost his way, since he lost his eyes: Poor man catcheth at every straw, grasps every trifle, if he can but find out what's good for him! Oh how did Solomon seek and search this and that, to the tiring and vexing of himself, till the true light guided him into the true way? How did he grope after happiness, but felt none, till he came to fear God, &c. Eccl. 12.13.
More particularly it appears that man is dark: 11 By his groping, which is constantly attributed to blindness and darkness in the Scripture: Be pleas'd to peruse Deut. 28.29. Job 5.14. and 12.25. Is. 59.10. Man had (like Solomons wise man) his eyes in his head, and clearly saw his way before him; the door and way of peace and happiness lay wide open to him; but now (like the blind Sodomites) he gropes to find the door of hope, and wearies himself in vain pursuits: Man hath lost his way, since he lost his eyes: Poor man catcheth at every straw, grasps every trifle, if he can but find out what's good for him! Oh how did Solomon seek and search this and that, to the tiring and vexing of himself, till the true light guided him into the true way? How did he grope after happiness, but felt none, till he came to fear God, &c.