A92846:1124
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.
One is servile, which depends entirely on compelling arguments, without any natural inclination or disposition of the person; The acts here are drawn out, not from any aptness of the will or private approbation of the judgement, nay these absolutely considered, sway and incline a man a quite contrary way, contrary to the acts of abstaining o• acting: if a man (who works only with servile fear) might do what he liked, and might chose his own way and service, he had rather A thousand times be at his sins, and lay aside his work of duty.
One is servile, which depends intirely on compelling arguments, without any naturall inclination or disposition of the person; The acts here are drawen out, not from any aptnesse of the will or private approbation of the judgement, nay these absolutely considered, sway and incline a man a quite contrary way, contrary to the acts of abstaining o• acting: if a man (who workes onely with servil feare) might do what he liked, and might chose his owne way and service, he had rather A thousand times be at his sins, and lay aside his worke of duty.
Now I said, if a man doth abstain from sin, or act duty, merely out of a servile fear, he is not upright, why? because in uprightness, the heart is carried against sin, and the will is inclined to duty, both which are wanting, where fear is only servile.