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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
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.
One is active, wherein a man doth (as Ahab) sell himself to wickedness, or as Judas, offer himself to betray Christ (he went to the high-Priest, what will you give me, and I will betray him, &c.)
One is active, wherein a man doth (as Ahab) sell himself to wickednesse, or as Judas, offer himself to betray Christ (he went to the high-Priest, what will you give me, and I will betray him, &c.)
Another is passive, wherein (as Paul complained) he is sold under sin, like a soldier over-powered, and by strength taken captive, and led away prisoner. I confess, that this is most true, a good man may sin, nay he doth sin, sin may have many particular victories, where yet it hath not a Kingdom or Dominion: As there may be antecedent differences before sin is committed, and as there may be concomitant differences, when sin is committing (which may be as so many lively testimonies against dominion) so there are consequent differences: there are some things afterward which show that yet sin hath not dominion though it did prevail and overcome.
Another is passive, wherein (as Paul complained) he is sold under sinne, like a souldier over-powered, and by strength taken captive, and led away prisoner. I confesse, that this is most true, a good man may sin, nay he doth sin, sin may have many particular victories, where yet it hath not a Kingdom or Dominion: As there may be antecedent differences before sin is committed, and as there may be concomitant differences, when sin is committing (which may be as so many lively testimonies against dominion) so there are consequent differences: there are some things afterward which shew that yet sin hath not dominion though it did prevaile and overcome.
Three things.1