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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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7. God doth restrain the good and the bad from sin. The evil man 1is so wholly carried by a sinful nature, that if God did not keep him back; he would bring all to confusion. The good man is so weakly good, that if God did not prevent, and interpose, ⟨p. 63⟩and with-hold, he could not with-stand so much evil as now he doth.
7. God doth restrain the good and the bad from sin. The evil man 1is so wholly carried by a sinfull nature, that if God did not keep him back; he would bring all to confusion. The good man is so weakly good, that if God did not prevent, and interpose, ⟨p. 63⟩and with-hold, he could not with-stand so much evil as now he doth.
- 1God doth restrain both the good and the bad from sin.
How great a Mercy did David acknowledge a Restraint from sin to be, you may see in his own words; 1 Sam. 25. 32. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel which hath sent thee this day to meet me. Verse 33. And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou which hast kept me this day from shedding innocent blood.
The Father hath two Children, one young, and the other old: if he doth not keep in the elder, he will be like the Prodigal, sell all, and be riotous: if he doth not hold in the other, he will fall, and be like Mephibosheth, lame on both feet.