A92846:437
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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Fifthly, If you would be kept from presumptuous sinnings, then both study and improve mercy aright: Mercy it is the sweet savour of a sinful soul: that gentle voice which speaks hope to a trembling spirit, that tender hand which supports and relieves a fainting soul. And yet even from this sweet flower doth presumption suck the vilest poison: corrupting and inflaming the heart to the greater boldness of sinful adventures, from the greater goodness of exceeding Mercifulness in God. But then mark it, that upright apprehension of divine Mercy would serve to keep off the soul from presumptuous sinnings. If a man did consider two things.
Fifthly, If you would be kept from presumptuous sinnings, then both study and improve mercy aright: Mercy it is the sweet savour of a sinfull soul: that gentle voice which speaks hope to a trembling spirit, that tender hand which supports and relieves a fainting soul. And yet even from this sweet flower doth p•esumption suck the vilest poyson: corrupting and inflaming the heart to the greater boldness of sinf•ll adventures, from the greater goodness of exceeding Mercifulness in God. But then mark it, that upright apprehension of divine Mercy would serve to keep off the soul from presumptuous sinnings. If a man did consider two things.
1. That Mercy, the very intent of it, the pulse of it, it is to draw a man off from sin: it is true, Mercy is an harbour, but not for the Traitor to thrust in his ship, it is a City of refuge, but not for the audacious man-slayer: O! No, Mercy it is the tenderest goodness, but withal it is a special goodness, and is set up not as a light by the sea, that a man may know thereby how to sail more freely, that a man should therefore sin more violently, but as a proclamation from a Prince, to draw in the rebel to sheath his sword, and to fall down on his knees. There is Mercy with thee, therefore shalt thou be feared, said David; And knowest thou not, O man, saith the Apostle, that the goodness of God should lead thee to Repentance;