A92846:1345
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.
2. Whatsoever thy sins have been, if at length thou canst find an heart to repent, God can find mercy to pardon. I affirm it, no sinner ever perished because God wanted skill to help, but because he wanted a heart to make use of his help.1
- 1To persuade men to make out for pardon.To perswade men to make out for pardon.
3. But the main use I would make of this point, is To persuade men to make out for this pardon: you see here the extent of Mercy, the possibility of pardon. Why do you look one upon another? (said Jacob to his sons) Behold, I have heard there is corn in Egypt, get you down thither, that we may live, and not die: Why stand you amazed and backward, you that are so full of spiritual wants; why come you not to mercy that you may live and not die? here is a store-house of mercy, Behold, said the servants of Benhadab, We have heard that the King of Israel is a merciful King, let us go to him, peradventure he will save thy life, 1 King 20. 31. We hear that the King of heaven is merciful, and yet we address not our selves unto him; we hear that there is Balm in Gilead, yet we sue not to be healed; we hear that the Arms of Christ are yet open, and we run not to be embraced; Ah! our folly and madness, that being so greatly diseased, we fly our Physic, that being so in deep rebellions, we lay not down our weapons, and submit not upon the ⟨p. 276⟩tender of the freest pardon. As I live, saith the Lord, I delight not in the death of a sinner; Why will you die, O house of Israel? Why do we by lying vanities forsake our Mercies? how my soul bleeds at the wretched hardness of our hearts. God is merciful, and we are sinful; yea, we are the more bold in sin, because God is the more abundant in mercy, Continue in sin, because Grace doth abound,