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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.
2. Another is Annihilation of grace: There is a great difference 1twixt sickness and death: sickness though it removes health, yet it doth not remove life, it is death which doth that; particular dominion, or prevalence, it may lay flat, wound deeply, leave a man in a swoon (as ye shall hear presently) yet it is the habitual dominion which denies life.
2. Another is Annihilation of grace: There is a great difference 1twixt sicknesse and death: sicknesse though it removes health, yet it doth not remove life, it is death which doth that; particular dominion, or prevalence, it may lay flat, wound deeply, leave a man in a swoon (as ye shall hear presently) yet it is the habituall dominion which denies life.
- 1Annihilation of grace.
Nevertheless, particular dominion doth even weaken grace (i.) any sin (much more a presumptuous sin at which David seems 1here to touch) prevails and wins ground on the soul to yield to act, there the Corrupt nature improves it self, it hath the better: And this is certain that sin is never improved but grace is weakened: weakened much in its measure, and in its strength; as all health by the prevalency of sickness, and all heat by the victoriousness of cold, sinful actings do abate the vitality of grace, the edge and the spirit of it, and lay it in a swoon, so that a man may now have little heart to pray, Infinite distrust toward God, and which is as bad as the rest, if he takes not heed, actual prevalencies (at the least) incline and tempt him shrewdly to habitual actings, so a man shall hardly do sin any one service, but sin to recompense him, will impose the reupon many Commands for more.