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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. Another is the self possibility and strength of future repentance: 1he is one of the worst patients in a way of sinning, who is confident that he can be his own Physician: no soul wounds it self more then that which vainly thinks that it can presently cure them; presumption is not always carried upon an absolute hope of mercy, but the sinner being more piercingly understanding knows that mercy is a special Charter, and such a balm as is spread only upon a returning and humbling soul; here it is that this presumptuous person will adventure to sin upon a confidence that he will (notwithstanding all this) fashion and polish his soul to a meet capacity of mercy, by hereafter repentings and humblings: he doth foolishly delude his soul with a fancy of such ⟨p. 58⟩things which exceed his power. There are two things which the sinner cannot assure himself of.
2. Another is the self possibility and strength of future repentance: 1he is one of the worst patients in a way of sinning, who is confident that he can be his own Physician: no soul wounds it self more then that which vainly thinks that it can presently cure them; presumption is not alwayes carried upon an absolute hope of mercy, but the sinner being more piercingly understanding knows that mercy is a special Charter, and such a balme as is spread only upon a returning and humbling soule; here it is that this presumptuous person will adventure to sinne upon a confidence that he will (notwithstanding all this) fashion and polish his soul to a meet capacity of mercy, by hereafter repentings and humblings: he doth foolishly delude his soul with a fancy of such ⟨p. 58⟩things which exceed his power. There are two things which the sinner cannot assure himself of.
- 1Of the self possibility of future repentance