A92846:1105
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.
Yea, and if thy conscience enlightened, rectified and quickened by the word, doth acquit thee for upright, that now standing before the presence of the eternal God and all knowing judge, it can say thus much for thee, that though heretofore thou ⟨p. 231⟩didst love and allow thy self in sins, yet now thou hates all sin, and there is no known way of wickedness; and that though heretofore thou diddest shuffle and cut, dealest falsely in covenant, wouldest not obey in all things, but now thou hast respect to all Gods commands, and all out of a respect to Gods glory: I say thou art an upright person, though thy mis-giving fancy or judgement may give up to the contrary.
Yea, and if thy conscience inlightned, rectified and quickned by the word, doth acquit thee for upright, that now standing before the presence of the eternal God and all knowing judge, it can say thus much for thee, that though heretofore thou ⟨p. 231⟩didst love and allow thy selfe in sins, yet now thou hates all sin, and there is no known way of wickednesse; and that though heretofore thou didest shuffle and cut, dealst falsly in covenant, wouldest not obey in all things, but now thou hast respect to all Gods commands, and all out of a respect to Gods glory: I say thou art an upright person, though thy mis-giving fancy or judgement may give up to the contrary.
But may some troubled and mis-giving heart reply, nay, it 1is not thus and thus with us; sure we are, that we are not upright, and the grounds which make us thus to conclude, are not imaginary, but real; true it is we do labour to abstain from 2sin, but this is out of a fear to God judgements, and we confess that we perform some or many duties, but these are done out of a fear of Hell: now none of this can consist with uprightness, forasmuch as uprightness shuts out all duty, out of a pure love to God, and not out of a base fear, which may befall the vilest person, what think you? can the man be upright whose services depend on fear.