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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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6 Its evident that man (ever since the fall) hath bruised his intellectuals, 6hath a soft place in his head (laesa principid) for he knows not his time, nor how to order (his thoughts, words and actions) any of his affairs in season, which is the beauty of all▪ […] could have said as Job. Ch. 29.3, 4. His candle shined upon my head, by his light I walked through darkness, the secret of God was upon my Tabernacle: But alas now he must say, as Eccl. 8.6, 7. because to every purpose there is a time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him, for he knows not what shall be, and who can tell him, when or how it shall be? And Eccl. 9.12. Man knows not his time, 'tis not in man to direct his way, Jerem. 10.23. We cannot order our speech by reason of darkne••, Job. 7.19. We know not what to pray for […] we ought, Rom. 8.26. Ah! What a poor sorry silly thing hath sin made man!
6 Its evident that man (ever since the fall) hath brnis'd his intellectuals, 6hath a soft place in his head (laesa principid) for he knows not his time, nor how to order (his thoughts, words and actions) any of his affairs in season, which is the beauty of all▪ 〈…〉 could have said as Job. Ch. 29.3, 4. His candle shined upon my head, by his light I walked through dirkness, the secret of God was upon my Tabernacle: But alas now he must say, as Eccl. 8.6, 7. because to every purpose there is a time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him, for he knows not what shall be, and who can tell him, when or how it shall be? And