A92846:677
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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4. Whose Laws doest thou approve and delight in; according 1as a mans Lord is, so are his Laws, and according as the man is, so is his mind and affections towards those Laws of that Lord; you shall find that when sin hath dominion, there sin hath several Laws, several commands, the obedience of which is delightful to the sinner: And therefore such a one is said to fulfil the lusts of the flesh, and to commit sin with greediness, Ephes. 4. 19. and to yield himself over unto sin.
4. Whose Laws doest thou approve and delight in; according 1as a mans Lord is, so are his Laws, and according as the man is, so is his minde and affections towards those Laws of that Lord; you shall finde that when sinne hath dominion, there sin hath several Laws, several commands, the obedience of which is delightful to the sinner: And therefore such a one is said to fulfill the lusts of the flesh, and to commit sin with greediness, Ephes. 4. 19. and to yeeld himself over unto sin.
- 1Whose Laws doest thou approve and delight in.
Thus it is on the contrary, where sin is broken off from its dominion, and Christ doth rule the heart, his Laws have a marvellous suitableness with the spirit of that man: his Law is written in the heart, (i.) there is a powerful and answerable inclination stamped in the heart, which gives way to the command: In the volume of thy book it is written of me, that I should do thy will, lo I come, Psalm 40. 7. I delight to do thy will, O my God, yea, thy Law is in my heart, v. 8. Thou saidest, seek ye my face, my heart said unto me, Thy face Lord will I seek,