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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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Object. O! but God is merciful, though we be sinful.
Object. O! but God is mercifull, though we be sinfull.
Sol. Yea, But he is merciful only to the penitent, and if thou wilt be impenitent, thou forsakest thy mercies, and treasurest wrath unto thy self against the day of wrath, Rom. 2. 4, 5. Nay, more, Mercy doth so infinitely upbraid thee that the very Devils will hiss at thee: in the day of Judgement they may cry out against thee, for the abominablest wretch living, yea, in this respect worse then they: Lord, may they say, we have sinned exceedingly against thee, why, what should we do? we had never any hope or proposition of mercy, it was never offered to us, nor assured us; but here's a wretch, that though he were a sinner, yet thou didst beseech him by thy mercies to leave his sins, thou assuredst him of free pardon, if he would return, and he not only refused the pardon, but because of thy goodness in it, therefore grew more proudly bold, and presuming to sin against thee.
Sol. Yea, But he is mercifull only to the penitent, and if thou wilt be impenitent, thou forsakest thy metcies, and treasurest wrath unto thy self against the day of wrath, Rom. 2. 4, 5. Nay, more, Mercy doth so infinitely upbraid thee that the very Devils will hiss at thee: in the day of Judgement they may cry out against thee, for the abominablest wretch living, yea, in this respec• worse then they: Lord, may they say, we have sinned exceedingly against thee, why, what should we do? we had never any hope or proposition of mercy, it was never offered to us, nor assured us; but here's a wretch, that though he were a sinner, yet thou didst beseech him by thy mercies to leave his sins, thou assuredst him of free pardon, if he would return, and he not only refused the pardon, but because of thy goodness in it, therefore grew more proudly bold, and presuming to sin against thee.