A92846:762
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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Obj. 3. Yet there is a more difficult case, then any which 1hath been already proposed, and that is renewed actings of the same sin: the person falls into the same sin again and again, and this repetition of sinful acting, seems to be sin in custom, and sin in custom is sin in dominion; thus is it with me, or hath it been with me (doth some troubled soul) reply, and therefore my case is miserable.
Obj. 3. Yet there is a more difficult case, then any which 1hath been already proposed, and that is renewed actings of the same sinne: the person falls into the same sinne again and againe, and this repetition of sinful acting, seems to be sinne in custome, and sinne in custome is sinne in dominion; thus is it with me, or hath it been with me (doth some troubled soul) reply, and therefore my case is miserable.
- 1Doubt from the renewed actings of sin.Doubt from the renued actings of sinne.
Sol. To which case divers things must be said.1
- 1Answered.
1. Repetition or renewing of the same sinful actings, is 1(without all doubt) a very fearful and abominable thing: what is it else but a further and stronger wedging in of the corruption: frequent actings of sin do ever strengthen the sinful nature: Every soul being made more apt to sin by more sinnings; what is it else but a broading and widening of sin? the sin grows bigger in the bulk, and higher in the guilt, by a continued, then by a single commission.