A92846:733
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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Another, because the new resistances of a converted heart, and its cares and studies are most against the particular sin of its special inclinations: there it deals most, opposeth most, humbles most: Now sin doth usually stickle and stir most, where it is most pursued: that particular sin, whose death thou layest at most, that will strive to assail and perplex, and entangle thee most: the more humble thou labourest to be, the more shalt thou find proud thoughts to assault, though not to conquer thee; and the more meek thou labours to be, the more ado shalt thou have with thy passions: for as much as no sin will be executed quietly, and every nature stirs busily in its own defence: we are weakest there, and God draws our greatest watch and strength thither: a man sooner falls under lesser conflicts: when a sin hath been beaten upon by much temptation and conflict, the heart grows hereby more ready, resolute: and you shall find it, that after frequent and long exercise with a particular corruption, that it shall not easily get within the soul, but upon a pause and cessation.
Another, because the new resistances of a converted heart, and its cares and studies are most against the particular sinne of its special inclinations: there it deals most, opposeth most, humbles most: Now sin doth usually stickle and stirre most, where it is most pursued: that particular sin, whose death thou layest at most, that will strive to assaile and perplex, and intangle thee most: the more humble thou labourest to be, the more shalt thou finde proud thoughts to assault, though not to conquer thee; and the more meek thou labours to be, the more ado shalt thou have with thy passions: for as much as no sin will be executed quietly, and every nature stirs busily in its own defence: we are weakest there, and God drawes our greatest watch and strength thither: a man sooner falls under lesser conflicts: when a sinne hath been beaten upon by much temptation and conflict, the heart grows hereby more ready, resolute: and you shall finde it, that after frequent and long exercise with a particular corruption, that it shall not easily get within the soul, but upon a pause and cessation.
Fourthly, observe, that there is a difference twixt the life of motion, and the life of affection: its true, thy special inclination