A92846:1017
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
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2. Constancy of obedience: The Physicians do observe a 1difference twixt the natural and preternatural heat in mens bodies; the preternatural heat which ariseth from distemper, may be more for the present, but as it exceeds for measure, so it abates for time, because the natural heat is a more equal, and moderate, and durable heat, every part hath an equal share; and it is not extreme, and yet it continues: Thus it is with hypocrites and upright persons in the matter of obedience. The hypocrite may (in a kind of preternatural heat) he may in a fit, in a present heat fall violently upon duty, upon resolution; O what a man will he become, how shall his family be reformed; and now he will read, and hear, and pray, and he will leave his sin; but anon he hath lost ⟨p. 211⟩his heat, the cold fit takes him, he restrains prayer, he lays aside his resolutions; will the hypocrite pray always?
2. Constancy of obedience: The Physicians do observe a 1difference twixt the natural and preternatural heate in mens bodies; the preternatural heat which ariseth from distemper, may be more for the present, but as it exceeds for measure, so it abates for time, because the natural heat is a more equal, and moderate, and durable heat, every part hath an equal share; and it is not extreame, and yet it continues: Thus it is with hypocrites and upright persons in the matter of obedience. The hypocrite may (in a kinde of preternatural heat) he may in a fit, in a present heat fall violently upon duty, upon resolution; O what a man will he become, how shall his family be reformed; and now he will read, and hear, and pray, and he will leave his sinne; but anon he hath lost ⟨p. 211⟩his heat, the cold fit takes him, he restraines prayer, he layes aside his resolutions; will the hypocrite pray always?
- 1Constancy of obedience. Simile.