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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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6. Lastly be thankful, for if dominion be off, then damnation is off: There is no condemnation (saith Paul) to them that are in 1Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh but after the spirit, Rom: 8. 1. A man is not damned (merely) because he hath sin (for then no man could be saved, for who is the man that sinneth not) but because sin is his Lord, and he is the servant of sin; Not so much because he is bad, but because he will be bad, not only for the act, but for the love; Tis confessed, that guilt is as natural to sin, as the shadow is to the body, no man can sin at any time, in any thing, and yet be Innocent; But meritorious guilt, is one thing, and redounding guilt is another ⟨p. 148⟩thing: If the dominion of sin be broken off (that a man loves not sin, but hates it, yields not up himself unto it, but resists it, is not in league, but in conflict with it) then the estate of guilt is taken off, so that it shall not effectually redound to the condemnation of the person, where God doth powerfully subdue the sinful nature, there he will mercifully pardon and discharge the unwillingly sinning and offending person: if sin be not thy Lord, then Hell shall not be thy portion: He who is become an enemy to his sins; grace rules in his heart now, and glory shall crown his soul hereafter.
6. Lastly be thankfull, for if dominion be off, then damnation is off: There is no condemnation (saith Paul) to them that are in 1Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh but after the spirit, Rom: 8. 1. A man is not damned (meerly) because he hath sin (for then no man could be saved, for who is the man that sinneth not) but because sin is his Lord, and he is the servant of sin; Not so much because he is bad, but because he will be bad, not only for the act, but for the love; Tis confessed, that guilt is as naturall to sin, as the shaddow is to the body, no man can sin at any time, in any thing, and yet be Innocent; But meritorious guilt, is one thing, and redounding guilt is another ⟨p. 148⟩thing: If the dominion of sin be broken off (that a man loves not sin, but hates it, yeelds not up himselfe unto it, but resists it, is not in league, but in conflict with it) then the estate of guilt is taken off, so that it shall not effectually redound to the condemnation of the person, where God doth powerfully subdue the sinfull nature, there he will mercifully pardon and discharge the unwillingly sinning and offending person: if sin be not thy Lord, then Hell shall not be thy portion: He who is become an enemy to his sins; grace rules in his heart now, and glory shall crowne his soule hereafter.