A92846:284
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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6. The restraining of any sinner is an Act of a merciful Providence unto him. Gods Justice begins already to smoke against 1a man, when he totally leaves the rains unto him, when he gives him up to himself to his own vile affections, reprobate mind, to his own Counsels and ways, and will no more strive with him, but cast him off to himself. But it is a great Mercy when he restrains: though renewing grace be the saving Mercy, yet restraining grace is a great Mercy, when God will not let a mans sinful corruption take its full walk: for restraint diminisheth guilt, whereas, if this bridle were off, a man would increase his sinful accounts by infinite iterations and multiplications of sinning. Now he is kept from enlarging his debts, yea, and it diminisheth sin; whereas a man let loose, would diffuse sin, cast his fire-brands about, draw others to a consociation of evil, and so set up the trade: now by restraint, sinning is more contracted and narrowed: yea, and it diminisheth wrath and judgement: for according to the number and measures of sinning, there shall be an equal proportion of vengeance and punishment, the greater sinner shall have and feel the sharper flames of hell: but now restraint keeps in the sin and at least makes it less sinful, (for as sin sticking in the inclination is not so deep as that which flies out of that into actings and consummations) and so consequently is a means to lessen the heat of future torment.
6. The restraining of any sinner is an Act of a mercifull Providence unto him. Gods Justice begins already to smoak against 1a man, when he totally leaves the rains unto him, when he gives him up to himself to his own vile affections, reprobate mind, to his own Counsels and wayes, and will no more strive with him, but cast him off to himself. But it is a great Mercy when he restrains: though renewing grace be the saving Mercy, yet restraining grace is a great Mercy, when God will not let a mans sinfull corruption take its full walk: for restraint diminisheth guilt, whereas, if this bridle were off, a man would increase his sinfull accounts by infinite iterations and multiplications of sinning. Now he is kept from inlarging his debts, yea, and it diminisheth sin; whereas a man let loose, would diffuse sin, cast his fire-brands about, draw others to a consociation of evil, and so set up the trade: now by restraint, sinning is more contracted and narrowed: yea, and it diminisheth wrath and judgement: for according to the number and measures of sinning, there shall be an equal proportion of vengeance and punishment, the greater sinner shall have and feel the sharper flames of hell: but now restraint keeps in the sin and at least makes it less sinfull, (for as sin sticking in the inclination is not so deep as that which flies out of that into actings and consummations) and so consequently is a means to lessen the heat of future torment.