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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.
Now a man sins against that which his own conscience hath condemned, as well as the pure word of God: Now a man ⟨p. 158⟩adventures into troubles against all his former trouble, he hath felt the sin to be bitter, and knows that it must cost him either Hell (into which God may presently cast hi• ▪ or great sorrow and repentance, (which God may now judicially deny him.) Now a man sins against all the workings of grace, so that God may bring forth all the former acts of the soul, and set them against the thus sinning person: Look thou, here are the wounds which thou didst make heretofore; and yet thou strikes into the same again. Here are the tears which thou didst shed for this sinning heretofore; and yet thou wilt provoke me again; here are the sighs which thy heart did break out, here are the fears which did distress and perplex thy soul, here are the prayers which thou didst make for my tender mercies, here are the Covenants wherewith thou didst bind thy soul, here are the Chapters which thou didst read, to support thee, here is the place where thou didst power forth thy anguished heart in fasting and crying, here is that goodness, and gracious love of mine, whereby I did accept of thee, upon thy humbling tears, into favour again; here is that peace, which I did thereupon create, and command into thy conscience, here is that word which thou diddest say, should guide and rule thee for the time to come; here is that spirit which I sent to raise thee again. And yet after all this thou art at the same sin again, I might have cast thee off at the first, I might have shut up my mercies, denied thee recovery, avenged my self on thee for thy foul transgressions, yet I spared thee; though thou didst offend me, yet I recovered thee; though thou didst provoke me; when thou didst very evil, even so that thou didst admire at the wickedness of thy self; yet I did thee good, showed thee kindness, would not presently forsake thee, who didst so foully forsake me; this my free and great grace did then melt thee, did then move thee, did then excite and stir thee to great sorrow, to much care and love:
Now a man sins against that which his own conscience hath condemned, as well as the pure word of God: Now a man ⟨p. 158⟩adventures into troubles against all his former trouble, he hath felt the sinne to be bitter, and knows that it must cost him either Hell (into which God may presently cast hi or great sorrow and repentance, (which God may now judicially deny him.) Now a man sinnes against all the workings of grace, so that God may bring forth all the former acts of the soule, and set them against the thus sinning person: Look thou, here are the wounds which thou didst make heretofore; and yet thou strikes into the same again. Here are the teares which thou didst shed for this sinning heretofore; and yet thou wilt provoke me againe; here are the sighs which thy heart did break out, here are the fears which did distresse and perplex thy soul, here are the prayers which thou didst make for my tender mercies, here are the Covenants wherewith thou didst binde thy soul, here are the Chapters which thou didst read, to support thee, here is the place where thou didst power forththy anguished heart in fasting and crying, here is that goodnesse, and gracious love of mine, whereby I did accept of thee, upon thy humbling teares, into favour againe; here is that peace, which I did thereupon create, and command into thy conscience, here is that word which thou didest say, should guide and rule thee for the time to come; here is that spirit which I sent to raise thee againe. And yet after all this thou art at the same sinne againe, I might have cast thee off at the first, I might have shut up my mercies, denied thee recovery, avenged my self on thee for thy foul transgressions, yet I spared thee; though thou didst offend me, yet I recovered thee; though thou didst provoke me; when thou didst very evil, even so that thou didst admire at the wickednesse of thy self; yet I did thee good, shewed thee kindness, would not presently forsake thee, who didst so foulely forsake me; this my free and great grace did then melt thee, did then move thee, did then excite and stir thee to great sorrow, to much care and love: