A92846:747
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.
For as much as the more gross any sin is, the worse is it in the commission; every acting of sin receiving some intention and aggravation, from the immediate kind and quality of the sin.
For as much as the more grosse any sin is, the worse is it in the commission; every acting of sin receiving some intention and aggravation, from the immediate kinde and quality of the sin.
Again, the better the man is, the worse is a lewd kind of sinning in him, the quality of the person ever contributing more exceedingnesse to the sin, for he sins against more light, against more mercy, against more help and strength, against more active corrections of conscience, with more advantage to the corruption of other men, with more advantage to the ⟨p. 154⟩beauty and credit of holiness: yea, besides these formal vilenesses; O what strange effects break in upon the soul, what horror, what fear, what mis-givings, what despair oft-times, with the fruits thereof.
Again, the better the man is, the worse is a lewd kinde of sinning in him, the quality of the person ever contributing more exceedingnesse to the sin, for he sins against more light, against more mercy, against more help and strength, against more active corrections of conscience, with more advantage to the corruption of other men, with more advantage to the ⟨p. 154⟩beauty and credit of holinesse: yea, besides these formal vilenesses; O what strange effects break in upon the soul, what horror, what fear, what mis-givings, what despair oft-times, with the fruits thereof.