A92846:494
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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The other is Consequent: this is an assent not only when a 1sin is to be committed, but after it is committed, and that too, not whiles the heat of sinful deceit or temptation remains, and lies upon the soul, but when that is gone off; when matters grow quiet, and sober and calm; then a man he likes his fact, he likes his course, he doth not only antecedently devise mischief on his bed, and abhors not evil: and sets himself in a way that is not good, (as David speaks, Psal. 36. 4.) But he rejoiceth when he hath done evil, and delights in the frowardness of the wicked (as Solomon speaks, Prov. 2. 14.)
The other is Consequent: this is an assent not only when a 1sin is to be committed, but after it is committed, and that too, not whiles the heat of sinful deceit or temptation remaines, and lies upon the soul, but when that is gone off; when matters grow quiet, and sober and calme; then a man he likes his fact, he likes his course, he doth not only antecedently devise mischief on his bed, and abhorres not evil: and sets himself in a way that is not good, (as David speaks, Psal. 36. 4.) But he rejoyceth when he hath done evil, and delights in the frowardness of the wicked (as Solomon speaks, Prov. 2. 14.)
- 1Consequent.
Even a godly man by temptation, and by infirmity may yield an antecedent assent, but then as soon as he comes to himself again, as soon as he recovers his judgement to be clear, and his affections to be calm, he will then set upon himself and reverse his own acts; he will judge and condemn both his deed and his assent (such a fool was I, said David) and he will hate himself and his sinful yieldings (such a beast was I, said David again) and he will not rest in such an estate; Peter goes out and weeps bitterly, so that even his underhanding will condemn his understanding, his understanding by a subsequent act of judiciary sentence will condemn and dis-allow, yea, and dis-avow the antecedent act of the understanding in assenting and yielding: the serious judgment will condemn the rash judgement; As a man who hath