A92846:75
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.
3. It lies in the confidence of Commission: Now a man doth ⟨p. 14⟩take more heart and boldness and courage to commit secret sins then open.
3. It lies in the confidence of Commission: Now a man doth ⟨p. 14⟩take more heart and boldnesse and courage to commit secret sins then open.
4. It lies in the iteration and frequency of acting, for sin often repeated & acted, is like a cable doubled in strength by the manifold twistings, but secret sins are more frequently iterated; an unclean heart can keep a whore in his thoughts every day and moment, who perhaps is afraid to be seen at the door of her house once a year: a proud person can disdain another in his heart all the week, who yet will not show it once a month, so for the malicious, &c.
4. It lies in the iteration and frequency of acting, for sinne often repeated & acted, is like a cable doubled in strength by the manifold twistings, but secret sins are more frequently iterated; an uncleane heart can keep a whore in his thoughts every day and moment, who perhaps is afraid to be seen at the door of her house once a yeare: a proud person can disdaine another in his heart all the week, who yet will not shew it once a month, so for the malicious, &c.
4. The principle object of Gods eye, is the inward and secret 1frame of the soul, therefore labour to be cleansed from secret sins,