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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.
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 ⟨p. 107⟩foolishly yielded to the bond, if he can get it into his hands he will now blot out his name, and tear off his seal, so it will be in this case.
Even a godly man by temptation, and by infirmity may yeeld an antecedent assent, but then as soon as he comes to himself again, as soon as he recovers his judgement to be cleare, and his affections to be calme, 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 yeeldings (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 yeelding: the serious judgment will condemn the rash judgement; As a man who hath ⟨p. 107⟩foolishly yeelded to the bond, if he can get it into his hands he will now blot out his name, and tear off his seal, so it will be in this case.
But where sin is in dominion, there is not only antecedently permissio (i.) a free and favourable leave given to the committing of sin, but consequently there is adhesio and defensio: the man approves and upholds that which was committed; there is not a revocation of the fact, a man doth not put in, and sue out a Writ of Error against himself (i.) that he was circumvented by deceit and mistake, nor doth he make protestation against his sinful commissions, but still owns them as being ready to proceed and advance on forward: he gave his band before that sin should be done, and now the sin being drawn out, as it were, into a deed of his own approbation he further confirms the same, by adding thereto his Seal, he approves it still, and saith, To morrow shall be as to day, and much more abundant.