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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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That this is the common case of Jew and Gentile, i. e. all men, the Apostle assures us, Rom. 3.9, 10, 11. yea men themselves declare it; and I may say of man, as Solomon doth of the sol, Eccl. 10 3. When he walketh by the way, he saith to every one, that he is a fool; the way and course he takes, his carriage and behaviour shows him to be a fool; as a child (so a man) is known by his doings, Prov. 20.11. as he that doth righteousness is righteous, so that doth folly is a fool. And
That this is the common case of Jew and Gentile, i. e. all men, the Apostle assures us, Rom. 3.9, 10, 11. yea men themselves declare it; and I may say of man, as Solomon doth of the sool, Eccl. 10 3. When he walketh by the way, he saith to every one, that he is a fool; the way and course he takes, his carriage and behaviour shews him to be a fool; as a child (so a man) is known by his doings, Prov. 20.11. as he that doth righteousness is righteous, so that doth folly is a fool. And
His folly appears to be very great1 1 With respect and relation to his end or happiness. 2 With respect to the means which relate to the end. 3 By non or ill-improvement of means in relation to the end.
His folly appears to be very great1 1 With respect and relation to his end or happinesse. 2 With respect to the means which relate to the end. 3 By non or ill-improvement of means in relation to the end.