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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.
Again, sins may be distinguished in respect of the manner of 1committing, and thus it may fall out, that even a sin in its own nature less then another, may yet for the manner of commission be more heinous: and a sin in its own nature greater then another, may yet for the manner of commission, be less guilting then a lesser sin which is more intensively raised by circumstances; as to gather a few sticks on the Sabbath, was in it self not so great a sin, as deflowering of a virgin, yet because the person did commit the sin with a contempt of Gods express prohibition, it became more heinous and guilty.
Againe, sins may be distinguished in restect of the manner of 1committing, and thus it may fall out, that even a sin in its own nature lesse then another, may yet for the manner of commission be more hainous: and a sin in its own nature greater then another, may yet for the manner of commission, be lesse guilting then a lesser sin which is more intensively raised by circumstances; as to gather a few sticks on the Sabbath, was in it selfe not so great a sin, as deflouring of a virgin, yet because the person did commit the sinne with a contempt of Gods expresse prohibition, it became more hainous and guilty.
- 1For Manner.
Now here falls in that distinction of sin into sins of infirmity, 1and into sins of presumption: which distinction is made, not from the different qualities of sin, but from the divers qualification of sinning; the same sin may be committed through presumption, which is committed through Infirmity, yet the committing of it through infirmity, is still much less and extenuating, then the committing of it through presumption: for as much as all passive failings, (which arise from unevenness of strength) are not so high as the active trespassings, which arise more from the ready contributions, and concurrent assistances and furtherances of our own hearts: now to the thing in particular.