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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
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5. The more repugnant secret sins are to the light of nature, the worse are they in their actings. A sin is very broad when the light of nature without any aid of knowledge from the scripture shall make the heart to tremble at the commission and to be terribly amazed, the Apostle toucheth at these kinds of secret sinnings, Rom. 1. unnatural lustings and burnings.
5. The more repugnant secret sins are to the light of nature, the worse are they in their actings. A sin is very broad when the light of nature without any ayd of knowledg from the scripture shall make the heart to tremble at the commission and to be terribly amazed, the Apostle toucheth at these kindes of secret sinnings, Rom. 1. unnaturall lustings and burnings.
6. The more art a man doth use to effect his secret sinnings the 1worse they are: forasmuch (as a about the same sin,) it is ever worse when it is breathed out by deliberation, then when it is forced out by a mere temptation: and sin is not to be reputed an infirmity, or weakness, when art or cunning is the cause of it, for as much as art is sober and takes time to contrive, and reason to place and displace; to help and forward its acts or intentions 2all which are contrary to surprisals and infirmities.
6. The more art a man doth use to effect his secret sinnings the 1worse they are: forasmuch (as a about the same sin,) it is ever wo•se when it is breathed out by deliberation, then when it is forced out by a meer temptation: and sin is not to be reputed an infirmity, or weakness, when art or cunning is the cause of it, for as much as art is sober and takes time to contrive, and reason to place and displace; to help and forward its acts or intentions