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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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3. Nay, for a man to give no respite to sinful actings, this were against that wisdom of the flesh, which concurs to make up the dominion of sin; though the propension to sin may be and is constant, though the love of the sin may be, and is great, yet the actings of sin may often vary, and be suspended, upon private reasons and respects, either of safety, or 1quiet, or profit, or pleasure, &c.
3. Nay, for a man to give no respite to sinful actings, this were against that wisdom of the flesh, which concurs to make up the dominion of sinne; though the propension to sin may be and is constant, though the love of the sin may be, and is great, yet the actings of sin may often vary, and be suspended, upon private reasons and respects, either of safety, or 1quiet, or profit, or pleasure, &c.
- 1From the practice of some actions contrary to outward sinnings.From the practice of some actions contrary to ourward sinnings.
6. A sixth deceit may be from the practice of some actions which are contrary to all outward sinnings, at least in respect ⟨p. 135⟩of exercise: because a man is perhaps a constant Church-man, and hath a course of duties (such as they are) in his family, and he is much in vowings, and can condemn sin to purpose: now surely sin hath lost its dominion.
I answer, that notwithstanding all this, yet sin may be in dominion: For,