A92846:404
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.
Consider seriously a few things.
1. It is a great judgement to be left to our selves: to be given up to a mans own heart, to be given up to Satan, to be given up to vile affections, to a reprobate sense, to our own counsels and ways. As if God should say to a person, I have dealt with thee by my mercies, but thou wilt be unrighteous still, I have dealt with thee by my judgements, but thou Note. wilt hold fast thy wickedness still; I have dealt with thee by my word and counsels, but thou wilt proceed on in thy sinning still; I have dealt with thee by my spirit in many convictions and motions, but thou wilt sin still; I have dealt with thee by reproofs, and checks, and troubles of conscience, but thy heart is set in thee to sin still: Since thou wilt be unrighteous, thou shalt be unrighteous still, since thou wilt be filthy, thou shalt be so stil•; I will leave thee unto the hands of Satan who works mightily in the children of disobedience, and he shall take thee captive at his pleasure; I will leave thee to the vileness of thy own sinful nature, that since thou wilt not hearken unto me, thou shalt (as thou desirest) with all greediness fulfil the lust thereof, but I will withdraw from thee in my mercy, and in my loving care: go on, and fill up the measure of thy iniquity and of wrath: why brethren, this is a sad and forlorn condition; what is the estate of the patient, when the Physician gives him off, and relinquisheth him to his own sick palate, and his own vain appetite and diet, why saith he, physic will do him no good, it is in vain to prescribe him rules, let him do on, take what he will, I see well he is a dead man; thus it is with him whom God leaves unto himself.
1. It is a great judgement to be left to our selves: to be given up to a mans own heart, to be given up to Satan, to be given up to vile affections, to a reprobate sense, to our own councels and wayes. As if God should say to a person, I have dealt with thee by my mercies, but thou wilt be unrighteous still, I have dealt with thee by my •udgements, but thou Note. wilt hold fast thy wickedness still; I have dealt with thee by my word and counsels, but thou wilt proceed on in thy sinning still; I have dealt with thee by my spirit in many convictions and motions, but thou wilt sinne still; I have dealt with thee by reproofs, and checks, and troubles of conscience, but thy heart is set in thee to sin still: Since thou wilt be unrighteous, thou shalt be unrihteous still, since thou wilt be filthy, thou shalt be so stil; I will leave thee unto the hands of Satan who works mightily in the chilren of disobedience, and he shall take thee captive at his pleasure; I will leave thee to the vilenesse of thy own sinful nature, that since thou wilt not hearken unto me, thou shalt (as thou desirest) with all greediness fulfil the lust thereof, but I will withdraw from thee in my mercy, and in my loving care: go on, and fill up the measure of thy iniquity and of wrath: why brethren, this is a sad and forlorn condition; what is the estate of the patient, when the Physician gives him off, and relinquisheth him to his own sick palate, and his own vain appetite and diet, why saith he, physick will do him no good, it is in vain to prescibe him rules, let him do on, take what he will, I see well he is a dead man; thus it is with him whom God leaves unto himself.