A92846:1217
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.
I Answer.
Sol. It matters not how much hypocrisy hath been hatched within thee. and acted by thee heretofore, If now thou comest to be sensible of thy hypocrisy and to condemn it, & to bewail it, & to abhor it, if former hypocrisy be now come to hearty conflict, though be giving out into many thoughts of self and base ends, yet be not dismayed, go to God, he can subdue it, and he can take out that guile of thy spirit, and he can fashion a straitness and rightness of heavenly frame within thee; he is able to make good whatsoever he hath promised.
Sol. It matters not how much hypocrisie hath been hatched within thee. and acted by thee heretofore, If now thou commest to be sensible of thy hypocrisie and to condemn it, & to bewail it, & to abhor it, if former hypocrisie be now come to hearty conflict, though be giving out into many thoughts of selfe and base ends, yet be not dismayed, go to God, he can subdue it, and he can take out that guile of thy spirit, and he can fashion a straitnesse and rightnesse of heavenly frame within thee; he is able to make good whatsoever he hath promised.
Secondly if you would find uprightness in you, then get an 1exceeding and predominate love of God, and his ways: Love is of great force and influence to a mans ways and actions, it is like the Rudder which doth master the ship in the motion, it can turn and wind it any way; so doth love prevail with the soul: it hath a command over it, about a mans ways and actions; if a man had a strong love of God, if he did heartily, and with great affections, incline and strive for God, for his glory, for his truth, this would prevail with him to be upright,