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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.
4. Secret sins are more dangerous to the person in some respects then open sins. For,
4. Secret sins are more dangerous to the person in some respects then open sinnes. For,
1. A man doth by his art of sinning deprive himself of the help 1of his sinfulness: like him who will carry his wound covered, or who bleeds inwardly; help comes not in because the danger is not descried nor known, if a mans sin breaks out, there is a Minister at hand, a friend near, and others to reprove, to ⟨p. 34⟩warn, to direct: But when he is the artificer of his lusts, he bars himself of all public remedy: and takes great order and care to damn his soul, by covering his secret sins with some plausible varnish, which may beget a good opinion in others of his ways.
1. A man doth by his art of sinning deprive himselfe of the help 1of his sinfulnesse: like him who will carry his wound covered, or who bleedes inwardly; helpe comes not in because the danger is not descried nor known, if a mans sin breaks out, there is a Minister at hand, a friend near, and others to reprove, to ⟨p. 34⟩warne, to direct: But when he is the artificer of his lusts, he barres himselfe of all publick remedy: and takes great order and care to damn his soule, by covering his secret sins with some plausible varnish, which may beget a good opinion in others of his wayes.
- 1Secret sins are more dangerous in some respects then open sins.