A92846:1014
The anatomy of secret sins, presumptuous sins, sins in dominion, & uprightness. Wherein divers…
The anatomy of secret sins, presumptuous sins, sins in dominion, & uprightness. Wherein divers weighty cases are resolved in relation to all those particulars: delivered in divers sermons preached at Mildreds in Bread-street London, on Psalm 19. 12, 13. Together with the remissibleness of all sin, and the irremissibleness of the sin against the Holy Ghost preached before an honourable auditory. By that reverend and faithful minister of the Gospel, Mr. Obadiah Sedgwick, B.D. Perfected by himself, and published by those whom he entrusted with his notes.The anatomy of secret sins, presumptuous sins, sins in dominion, & uprightness. Wherein divers weighty cases are resolved in relation to all those particulars: delivered in divers sermons preached at Mildreds in Bread-street London, on Psalm 19. 12, 13. Together with the remissibleness of all sin, and the irremissibleness of the sin against the Holy Ghost preached before an honourable auditory. By that reverend and faithfull minister of the Gospel, Mr. Obadiah Sedgwick, B.D. Perfected by himself, and published by those whom he intrusted with his notes.
London: printed by T.R. for Adoniram Byfeild, 1660
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.
1. Universality? David did take this for a special testimony of his uprightness; that he had respect unto all Gods commands, Psal. 119. 6. and Paul thought it so, who did exercise himself to have always a conscience void of offence towards God and man, Act. 24, 16. so Heb. 13. 18. we must trust that we have a good conscience in all things, willing to live honestly: true obedience doth neither dispute nor divide, it is given unto God, upon a bare command, and it doth not crave a dispensation in part, where Gods commands are more easy, there the upright persons goes on with cheerfulness, and when they seem strange and more hard, there also he goes on with readiness: Abraham is resolved to obey God in all things, though it be to part with his country, yea with his son. The rule is good and true, Quicquid propter deum fit, equaliter fit: he who doth serve and obey God, for Gods sake, will equally obey all that God commands him: No one command is unjust or unreasonable to him whose heart is upright in obedience I Question not, but that the hypocrite may go very far, in the visible parts of duties and services, you may find him forward and stirring and not a little boasting with Jehu, come and see my zeal, and yet if Jehoshaphat, had gone a little farther, he might have seen his calves too, contrary to Gods commands.
1. Universality? David did take this for a speciall testimony of his uprightnesse; that he had respect unto all Gods commands, Psal. 119. 6. and Paul thought it so, who did exercise himselfe to have alwaies a conscience voyd of offence towards God and man, Act. 24, 16. so Heb. 13. 18. we must trust that we have a good conscience in all things, willing to live honestly: true obedience doth neither dispute nor divide, it is given unto God, upon a bare command, and it doth not crave a dispensation in part, where Gods commands are more easy, there the upright persons goes on with chearfulnesse, and when they seemstrang and more hard, there also he goes on with readinesse: Abraham is resolved to obey God in all things, though it be to part with his country, yea with his sonne. The rule is good and true, Quicquid propter deum fit, equaliter fit: he who doth serve and obey God, for Gods sake, will equally obey all that God commands him: No one command is unjust or unreasonable to him whose heart is upright in obedience I Question not, but that the hypocrite may goe very far, in the visible parts of duties and services, you may finde him forward and stirring and not a little boasting with Jehu, come and see my zeale, and yet if Jehosaphat, had gone a little farther, he might have seen his calves too, contrary to Gods commands.