A92846:611
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.
There is a twofold overcoming of a person, on is only in respect of the action: Another is also in respect of the affection.
It cannot be denied, but that even an holy man (who is heartily the servant of Jesus Christ) may be overcome in respect of particular action; relapses are not impossible to him who is truly good, and they may consist with (though they do weaken and disconsolate) the service of grace, there is the same natural principle of sin in the best after repentance as before: there is the same Satan to suggest and incline, there may be the same occasions and provocations: But then there is an overcoming in respect of assertion, and this shows the dominion of sin: Now this overcoming is, either when a man through policy forbears, or else in passion seems to bid defiance to his sin, being either in sickness and apprehension of death, or in pangs and distress of conscience (to which the Apostle seems to allude, 2 Pet. 2. 22. the dog is turned to his vomit again;) Now he cries out against sin, and thinks he doth detest it heartily, and will not for a world act the sin now, yet when this tempest is off, when the water grow• •ool, when circumstances are free, when the bitterness either of death, or cross, or conscience is over, and sin tempts and woos him again, he yields up himself, he gives over his heart and affections, he loves the sin and wallows in it as much •s ever: he turns from the holy Commandment (as the Apostle speaks, ver. 21.) all his good moods of holy profession, and purpose are gone off, and he is more entangled, and renews his bondage with ardent and excessive delight, even with greediness, as the Apostle Paul speaks, Eph. 4.
It cannot be denied, but that even an holy man (who is heartily the servant of Jesus Christ) may be overcome in respect of particular action; relapses are not impossible to him who is truly good, and they may consist with (though they do weaken and disconsolate) the service of grace, there is the same natural principle of sin in the best after repentance as before: there is the same Satan to suggest and incline, there may be the same occasions and provocations: But then there is an overcoming in respect of assertion, and this shews the dominion of sinne: Now this overcoming is, either when a man through policy forbears, or else in passion seemes to bid defiance to his sin, being either in sicknesse and apprehension of death, or in pangs and distresse of conscience (to which the Apostle seems to allude,