A92846:209
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.
Uses of this might be many, I will briefly touch a few.
Then conceal no one of thy distresses from God: the heart and 1life of man are full of sin, and as full of want; there is not any branch of the soul, nor limb of the body, nor turning of the life, but is replenished with some necessity or other. Thou hast a mind which yet needs to be enlightened, a judgement which yet needs to be captivated, an heart which yet needs to be converted, and humbled; how many sinful commissions are there which need to be bewailed; how many particular and vile inclinations which need yet to be subdued: besides all this every grace which thou hast (and there are manifold graces in an holy soul) every one of them is in exigence, and needs a more spiritual filling▪ both for the habit, and acts, and degrees: Yea, and all our duties are but lame handed motions, which needs more strengthening, or as mixed rivers which should run more clearly.
Then conceale no one of thy distresses from God: the heart and 1life of man are full of sinne, and as full of want; there is not any branch of the soul, nor limb of the body, nor turning of the life, but is replenished with some necessity or other. Thou hast a minde which yet needs to be in•ightned, a judgement which yet needs to be captivated, an heart which yet needs to be converted, and humbled; how many sinful commissions are there which need to be bewailed; how many particular and vile inclinations which need yet to be subdued: besides all this every grace which thou hast (and there are manifold graces in an holy soul) every one of them is in exigence, and needs a more spiritual filling▪ both for the habit, and acts, and degrees: Yea, and all our duties are but lame handed motions, which needs more strengthning, or as mixt rivers which should runne more clearly.