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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
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.
Surely there is not a more direful judgement then for God to give over his keeping of us: whither will not our wicked hearts carry us? what will not sin (left to it self) dare to do? how outrageously will it swell? how irrecoverably will it sink the soul? all helps are little enough to bound and keep in sin, but if it be left to its own force and violence, then like the sea without a shore, what a deluge it makes.
Surely there is not a more direful judgement then for God to give over his keeping of us: whither will not our wicked hearts carry us? what will not sinne (left to it self) dare to do? how outragiously will it swell? how irrecoverably will it sink the soul? all helps are little enough to bound and keep in sinne, but if it be left to its own force and violence, then like the sea without a shore, what a deluge it makes.
2. To sin upon presumptuous grounds, upon a presumption 1of mercy, is the next way to cut us off from mercy: Knowest thou not O man that the kindness, and long-suffering, and mercy of God should lead thee to repentance; but thou through thy hardness and impenitency of thy heart, treasurest unto thy self wrath against the day of wrath, Rom. 2. 4, 5. God will not be merciful to the wicked transgressor, but he will wound the hairy scalp of such a one who goes on still in his sins: Mercy is a sweet City of refuge to the penitent sinner, but justice will tear off the presumptuous sinner, even from the horns of the Altar: God never yet said that he would forgive him, who will not leave his sins; do not flatter thy self, thou doest forsake thy mercies; unless thou wilt forsake thy sins, God will not spare thee, nor pity thee.
2. To sinne upon presumptuous grounds, upon a presumption 1of mercy, is the next way to cut us off from mercy: Knowest thou not O man that the kindnesse, and long-suffering, and mercy of God should lead thee to repentance; but thou through thy hardnesse and impenitency of thy heart, treasurest unto thy self wrath against the day of wrath,