A92846:714
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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Obj. But will some troubled (and therefore unably discerning soul reply) we doubt it not, But that it is a most singular 1mercy. A rich grace, worthy of greatest acceptance and heartiest thanks, where the dominion of sin is broken off; but alas, we fear it is not so with us, heavy cause have we to suspect that we are captives yet under sins dominion, so that though others who can happily observe the yoke broken off, and therefore can be cheerfully thankful, we find it yet strong, O very strong, and therefore more reason have we of grief and sorrow.
Obj. But will some troubled (and therefore unably discerning soule reply) we doubt it not, But that it is a most singular 1mercy. A rich grace, worthy of greatest acceptance and heartiest thankes, where the dominion of sin is broken off; but alas, we feare it is not so with us, heavy cause have we to suspect that we are captives yet under sins dominion, so that though others who can happily observe the yoke broken off, and therefore can be chearfully thankfull, we finde it yet strong, O very strong, and therefore more reason have we of griefe and sorrow.
- 1Doubts of troubled souls fearing they are still under the Dominion of sin.Doubts of troubled soules fearing they are still under the Dominion of sin.
Beloved, it is granted, that if a man finds himself indeed Sol. under the dominion of any sin, assuredly he hath peculiar cause of great humblings, speediest reformings, vehement 1beggings at the throne of grace for mercy and for the mighty power of Jesus Christ to release and deliver his soul: But then let us carefully observe, whither this of which a man complains, be sin in dominion or not, perhaps it may be something else, and then the soul must be advised and directed in a more especial way.