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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. This also must be granted, that all doing of duty is not a convincing or immediate argument of uprightness. Uprightness ⟨p. 232⟩is not so punctually decided by matter as by manner: as he spake of gifts which should be reputed virtuously liberall, Non qua manu, sed qua mente. The quality of the mind consigned them much rather, then the bounty of the hand: That may be safely affirmed of all duties, not so much what is done, as how it is done, argues our uprightness: Let never so much be done, out of base and sordid motives and ends, for by and vain glorious respects, or merely servile reasons, without a voluntary and dutiful affection, all the work, though much, though great, though frequent, yet it doth not infallibly assure and conclude uprightness1
2. This also must be granted, that all doing of duty is not a convincing or immediate argument of uprightness. Uprightness ⟨p. 232⟩is not so punctually decided by matter as by manner: as he spake of gifts which should be reputed virtuously liberall, Non qua manu, sed qua mente. The quality of the mind consigned them much rather, then the bounty of the hand: That may be safely affirmed of all duties, not so much what is done, as how it is done, argues our uprightnesse: Let never so much be done, out of base and sorded motives and ends, for by and vaine glorious respects, or meerly servile reasons, without a voluntary and dutifull affection, all the worke, though much, though great, though frequent, yet it doth not infallibly assure and conclude uprightnesse1
- 1Some things we must be informed of.
Some things though we must be informed of, v. g. 3. things.