A92846:447
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.
Nay, Take an Assay of thy heart, begin the study of thy self, remember thy doings which have not been good, thy ways that have been evil, summon up all the matter of Repentance, (for if Repentance be true, it must be an universal turning) and then set upon the work of Repentance, and tell me whether former sins cannot plead hard for future and constant possession, whether they cannot work mightily and deceitfully? tell me how willing and ready thou shalt find thy heart which comes to this duty as a Thief to the Executioner? Tell me whether Satan will easily give up his Title and interest, and will give Christ possession quietly without many fervent suits to heaven, yea, without bitter and strong conflicts, yea, unless the Almighty God himself come in, and turn him out of thy heart, and turn thy heart to him.
Nay, Take an Assay of thy heart, begin the study of thy self, remember thy doings which have not been good, thy wayes that have been evil, summon up all the matter of Repentance, (for if Repentance be true, it must be an universal turning) and then set upon the work of Repentance, and tell me whether former sins cannot plead hard for future and constant possession, whether they cannot work mightily and deceitfully? tell me how willing and ready thou shalt find thy heart which comes to this duty as a Thief to the Executioner? Tell me whether Satan will easily give up his Title and interest, and will give Christ possession quietly without many fervent suits to heaven, yea, without bitter and strong conflicts, yea, unless the Almighty God himself come in, and turn him out of thy heart, and turn thy heart to him.
2. Another things is this, That the more a man doth sin, the more he disables himself to repent, Tell me, seriously, Doth not the Debt weaken his ability of payment by greater engagements? Doth not the disease consume the powers of nature by its increase? Why? what is that which spoils us, and disarms us of strength, is it not sin? then the more sinning, still the less strength to return from sin. Nay, sin doth not only corrupt our strength, by multiplied sinnings, but withal increaseth its own strength: the more a man doth sin, the weaker and weaker he becomes, and sin thereby becomes stronger and stronger: Now tell me, if it be hard for thee in