A92846:267
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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4. Presumptuous sins do arise from a false confidence; there are two 1things upon which the presuming sinner doth embolden himself.
4. Presumptuous sins do arise from a false confidence; there are two 1things upon which the presuming sinner doth imbolden himself.
- 1They arise from a false confidence. Of the facility of mercy.
1. One is the facility of mercy: when a man sets mercy against sin, he doth well, (because Gods mercies should draw our hearts off from sin) but when a man sets mercy against Justice, now he offends; yet thus doth the presumptuous sinner, perhaps there is not in every presumptuous sinner such a spirit of Atheistical madness; that he is absolutely careless of all that God threatens, nor is he so miserably prodigal of his soul, that he rejoiceth to have it damned, no, he may and sometimes doth apprehend threatenings, yea, so that his heart is caused to demur, it may be a stopping apprehension (i.) such as may make him study ⟨p. 57⟩how to pursue his sin, and yet to wave and decline the edge of the sharp threatening, and this he doth by opposing mercy to justice; 'tis true, this is a sin, and divine justice will not take it well, but I will adventure on it, hoping that divine mercy will pacify the rigour of the threatening, I will sin and offend Justice, but then I will decline that Court, by flying to the Mercy-seat: God is of a gentle heart, easy to be entreated, and will be presently satisfied and appeased: Just like a man who will break his bones, because he trusts to have them quickly set by a skilful Chirurgeon, or like a lewd child, who adventures to outrages, upon the scope and allowance of his fathers good nature: This ground of presumption God fully intimates in