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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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2. The instances of great transgressions: even those Saints, 1who have been as the highest stars, have left behind them their twinklings, and sad Eclipses. Noah, his actual distempers by wine: Lot his unnatural defilements by incest; David his wounds and bleeding by whoredom and blood; Peter his unkind and troubled denial of Christ against his knowledge.
- 12. The best Saints have been guilty of great Transgressions.
Now when Cedars fall, should not the tender plants tremble? if the sins of others be not our fear, they may be our practise; what the best have done, the weakest may imitate, if they do not hear and fear: there being scarce any notorious sin into which self-confidence will not plunge us; and from which an holy and watchful fear may not happily preserve us.
Now when Cedars fall, should not the tender plants tremble? if the sins of others be not our fear, they may be our practise; what the best have done, the weakest may imitate, if they do not hear and fear: there being scarce any notorious sin into which self-confidence will not plunge us; and from which an holy and watchfull fear may not happily preserve us.
Use, An Instruction from this, and so on: Blessed is the man that 1feareth always, Prov. 28. 14. When we read of great sinners in the Scripture, and see great falls, and sins in others, as we should thereupon seek to recover them who are thus fallen by our Counsel and prayers: so we that stand, should take heed lest we also fall,