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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
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.
Some daubing, and dissembling, and shuffling, whose care it is not, not to sin, but to be cunning in sin; these shall find that in the day of their distress, conscience shall rip up before their eyes their most private vilenesses, and that God will set their secret sins before the light of his countenance; yea, and the more industrious and witty that they have been that way, the more shall conscience aggravate the hypocrisy of their souls.
Some dawbing, and dissembling, and shuffling, whose care it is not, not to sinne, but to be cunning in sin; these shall find that in the day of their distresse, conscience shall rip up before their eyes their most private vilenesses, and that God will set their secret sinnes before the light of his countenance; yea, and the more industrious and witty that they have been that way, the more shall conscience aggravate the hypocrisie of their souls.
Others conflicting and agonizing with secret motions, outward occasions, strong temptations: these persons in a day of distress shall find singular testimony from conscience; for though now, whiles their judgement is oppressed with variety ⟨p. 29⟩of arguments, and the mind is overladen with the heap of temptations, they are not able clearly to judge and decide their condition, yet when conscience (which is the great umpire in man) shall arise to examine fore-past actions and endeavours, it will there give sentence for thee, excusing thee, approving thee, That in all simplicity, and sincerity thou hadst thy conversation, both towards m•n and towards God, and that it was the desire of thy soul, to fear the Lord, to do no iniquity, but to walk before him in all well-pleasing: conscience doth clear, as the word clears, and whom the word doth clear.
Others conflicting and agonizing with secret motions, outward occasions, strong temptations: these persons in a day of distresse shall finde singular testimony from conscience; for though now, whiles their judgement is oppressed with variety