A92846:367
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.
1. Great compassion: It is an ill heart which can rejoice at other men sins, and it is never right with us until we can hate our own sins, and shed tears for others.
1. Great compassion: It is an ill heart which can rejoyce at other men sins, and it is never right with us untill we can hate our own sins, and shed tears for others.
2. Humbling fear, Considering thy self, lest thou also be tempted, Gal. 6. 1. Thy Glass is made of the same brittle metal, and that it falls not, and breaks, it is because of the hand yet holds it, not because it keeps it self. If God should permit Satan to winnow thee, thou wouldst (perhaps) more readily deny Christ, and his truths, then ever Peter did: many a man hath sound limbs, because he was never in the field at battle.
2. Humbling fear, Considering thy self, lest thou also be tempted, Gal. 6. 1. Thy Glass is made of the same brittle mettal, and that it falls not, and breaks, it is because of the hand yet holds it, not because it keeps it self. If God should permit Satan to winnow thee, thou wouldst (perhaps) more readily deny Christ, and his truths, then ever Peter did: many a man hath sound limbs, because he was never in the field at battle.
3. Earnest prayer for continued assistance: forasmuch as though our Combats and dangers are here below, yet our guards and safe-comes are there above, and only there.