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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
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2. Another deceit may be a freedom from many courses of sinful actings: when a man is not like every whore, that prostitutes ⟨p. 131⟩her body to every lover, so he doth not rage and live in all sorts of wickedness, nay, his ways seem to keep clear of divers iniquities: to this I answer.
2. Another deceit may be a freedom from many courses of sinful actings: when a man is not like every whore, that prostitutes ⟨p. 131⟩her body to every lover, so he doth not rage and live in all sorts of wickednesse, nay, his ways seem to keep cleare of divers iniquities: to this I answer.
Sol. Though a man doth not all evil, and his ways or courses is not universally spreading in all the kinds of sinning, yet sin may rule in that man, it may have dominion; forasmuch, as
Sol. Though a man doth not all evil, and his wayes or courses is not universally spreading in all the kindes of sinning, yet sinne may rule in that man, it may have dominion; forasmuch, as
1. Particular subjection is sufficient to set up dominion: 1Though a servant hath but one Master, and doth not serve every man in the Parish, yet he is a true servant in respect of that one Master: and though a subject doth not obey every Prince in the world, yet if he obeys any one, it is enough to prove that he is a subject: so though the sinner is not at the the command of every lust, yet if he be the servant of any one lust, sin hath the dominion over him; for it is not the multitude of sins which doth absolutely and necessarily concur to dominion, but a subjection to the power of any one.