A92846:757
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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Secondly, particular victory is a sudden act, but dominion is 1a more sober work. In the one the soul is surprised, it is hurried, it is precipitated, it is in a flame on a moment, a man hath not space to weigh, to judge, to consider; but sin hath with marvellous quickness seized on the understanding, wrought upon the memory, struck into the affections, and is ⟨p. 156⟩driven on in a rash and passionate way: In the other the work is more sober, not only actively devised, but affectionately adhered unto: a natural strength of corrupt and living affection makes the one; and in-advertency and rashness may be sufficient to cause the other that ariseth for want of watchfulness (as a Camp may be so surprised by an enemy) this ariseth out of a sworn obedience, as the soldier follows his Captain.
Secondly, particular victory is a sudden act, but dominion is 1a more sober work. In the one the soul is surprised, it is hurried, it is precipitated, it is in a flame on a moment, a man hath not space to weigh, to judge, to consider; but sinne hath with marvellous quicknesse seized on the understanding, wrought upon the memory, struck into the affections, and is ⟨p. 156⟩driven on in a rash and passionate way: In the other the work is more sober, not only actively devised, but affectionately adhered unto: a natural strength of corrupt and living affection makes the one; and in-advertency and rashnesse may be sufficient to cause the other that ariseth for want of watchfulnesse (as a Camp may be so surprised by an enemy) this ariseth out of a sworn obedience, as the souldier follows his Captaine.
- 1Particular victory is a sudden act, but dominion is a more sober work.