A92846:1163
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.
Others arise from falseness of heart.
Others arise from falsenesse of heart.
You see a man sometimes able to move a weight of an hundred pounds, at another time he is scarce able to lift a 1walk-ingstaffe, why? because his strength is failed, and then no marvel that his actions vary: so it may be with an upright man, God is pleased sometimes to afford unto him a strong degree of heavenly assistance, he clears his judgment, enables his faith to apprehend and discern, quickens his affections, restrains Satan, puts down the force of the inward contrarieties, why? at such a time the soul is mightily active in the power of received and conferred strength. At another time the wind slacks, and then no marvel the ship doth not post so fast, the spirit bloweth when, and where, & how he lists, there is not always such a communication of actual strength, and then our desires may be great, but our performances will be unequal: And this observe by the way, that if the inequality depend only on weakness of strength, there the heart still keeps its bent, nay, is most inwardly stirring in desires ⟨p. 242⟩and propensions, though it be not able to do the good that it would.
You see a man sometimes able to move a weight of an hundred pounds, at another time he is scarce able to lift a 1walk-ingstaffe, why? because his strength is failed, and then no marvell that his actions vary: so it may be with an upright man, God is pleased sometimes to afford unto him a strong degree of heavenly assistance, he clears his judgment, inables his faith to apprehend and discerne, quickens his affections, restrains Satan, puts downe the force of the inward contrarieties, why? at such a time the soule is mightily active in the power of received and conferred strength. At another time the winde slackes, and then no marvell the ship doth not post so fast, the spirit bloweth when, and where, & how he lists, there is not always such a communication of actual strength, and then our desires may be great, but our performances will be unequall: And this observe by the way, that if the inequality depend only on weaknesse of strength, there the heart still keeps its bent, nay, is most inwardly stirring in desires