A92846:67
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.
Object. But what of that, will you say, suppose that secret sins uncleansed do become public.
Object. But what of that, will you say, suppose that secret sins uncleansed do become publicke.
I say therefore, should we the rather labour to cleanse them: for as much as the more public sin becomes, the worse it is you know, that if the word or letter of the mind be written in paper, now it becomes a copy for others to write after, whilst secret sins are confined the house (i.) to the soul only, and break not out into visible act, though they be very damnable, yet they are but of personal and proper danger, they endanger him only who maintains them, as poison doth him who takes the poison; But when they come to public and visible actings, then they are a copy, they are exemplary sins, & like the Plague infecting other persons, others are capable to imitate them, and soe more souls are tainted, and God now receives a common dishonour.
I say therefore, should we the rather labour to cleanse them: for as much as the more publick sin becomes, the worse it is you know, that if the word or letter of the minde be written in paper, now it becomes a copy for others to write after, whilst secret sins are confined the house (i.) to the soule only, and break not out into visible act, though they be very damnable, yet they are but of personal and proper danger, they indanger him only who maintaines them, as poyson doth him who takes the poyson; But when they come to publick and visible actings, then they are a copy, they are exemplary sins, & like the Plague infecting other persons, others are capable to imitate them, and soe more souls are tainted, and God now receives a common dishonour.
2. Secret sins are apt to deceive us most, & therefore cleanse there;