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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.
1. First I demand how the heart stands affected toward these ⟨p. 149⟩1manifold inclinations! doest thou approve them or dis-allow 2them: doest thou love them, or doest thou hate them: verily (saith the soul) I dislike them, and hate them, they are the burden of my soul: And why so, why? because God is dishonoured by them, and they are contrary to his holy will, and they are evil and filthy; O I had rather be in any miserable estate, then in this sinful and vile estate.
1. First I demand how the heart stands affected toward these ⟨p. 149⟩1manifold inclinations! doest thou approve them or dis-allow 2them: doest thou love them, or doest thou hate them: verily (saith the soule) I dislike them, and hate them, they are the burden of my soule: And why so, why? because God is dishonou•ed by them, and they are contrary to his holy will, and they are evill and filthy; O I had rather be in any miserable estate, then in this sinfull and vile estate.
- 1Answered. How stands •hy heart
- 2affected to these inclinations.
Now then observe: sin hath not dominion in thee, for where sin hath dominion, sin is not formally and purely hated.