A92846:1058
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.
Therefore Aaron was not only to bear the iniquities of the people, but he was also to bear the iniquity of the holy offerings, Exod. 28. 38.
For as it was with Jacob after his earnest struggling with the Angel, he arose with a lame and halting thigh, so is it with all of us, both in and after our most affectionate performances, we are weak in our feet: that is not good which is done by a good man; and though he doth much which God doth reward, yet he doth nothing so completely, but God needs in something or other of it to pardon and cover. Not only our sins can accuse us, but some sinfulness in our best actions: no man prays, or hears, or reads, or acts any service of piety or charity, in that full and ample eminency or integrity of degrees, but that he may with the Elders in the Revelations, cast these Crowns down to the ground.
For as it was with Jacob after his earnest strugling with the Angel, he arose with a lame and halting thigh, so is it with all of us, both in and after our most affectionate performances, we are weak in our feet: that is not good which is done by a good man; and though he doth much which God doth reward, yet he doth nothing so compleatly, but God needs in something or other of it to pardon and cover. Not only our sinnes can accuse us, but some sinfulnesse in our best actions: no man prays, or heares, or reades, or acts any service of piety or charity, in that full and ample eminency or integrity of degrees, but that he may with the Elders in the Revelations, cast these Crowns down to the ground.
Thirdly, that by reason of these imperfections in duties, there is more reason (in a strict way of Justice) that God should reject all, then that he should accept of any thing.