A92846:1150
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.
1. That particular sinnings, or sinnings in respect of particular 1fact, though they cannot stand with actual uprightness, yet they may consist with habitual uprightness: Look as tripping or falling, though they be opposite to standing or moving on, in the particular, yet they are not so opposite to the course of motion in a journey, that a man by reason of them, should be said not to be going on in his journey. Or Look as every particular stain, doth not blemish the universal fineness of the cloth, so neither doth this or that particular fact disprove and deny the general bent of the heart: particulars may not decide the estate either way: tis true a man by a particular sinning is denominated guilty, but by no one particular, can a mans estate be challenged either for good and bad, Asa in some particulars, was very faulty (as you heard heretofore) yet the scripture saith, he was perfect all his days: and David? though some grievous sins fell from him which did not stand with actual uprightness (hence that clause, except the matter of Uriah) yet his epitaph is written by God himself from the general bent of his heart and course, that he walked before him with an upright heart.
1. That particular sinnings, or sinnings in respect of particular 1fact, though they cannot stand with actual uprightnesse, yet they may consist with habituall uprightnesse: Look as tripping or falling, though they be opposite to standing or moving on, in the particular, yet they are not so opposite to the course of motion in a journey, that a man by reason of them, should be said not to be going on in his journey. Or Looke as every particular staine, doth not blemish the universall finenesse of the cloth, so neither doth this or that particular fact disprove and deny the generall bent of the heart: particulars may not decide the estate either way: tis true a man by a particular sinning is denominated guilty, but by no one particular, can a mans estate be challenged either for good and bad, Asa in some particulars, was very faulty (as you heard heretofore) yet the scripture saith, he was perfect all his days: and David? though some grievous sins fell from him which did not stand with actuall uprightnesse (hence that clause, except the matter of Uriah) yet his epitaph is written by God himselfe from the general bent of his heart and course, that he walked before him with an upright heart.