A92846:771
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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Nay, thirdly, until the soul thus sinning doth bestow infinite 1labour, strong care, continued humblings, incessant cries to raise it self again, in respect of any other evidence, it shall hardly or never distinguish the yet secretly remaining, the miserably. defaced frame of goodness within it. A soul in this temper is not so much to dispute and question, as ⟨p. 160⟩to rise and work, the case of frequenting or renewing the same sinful acts, will never be answered in thy conscience, but by fullest humblings, sound judgings, speedy repentings, careful watchings and declinings, wonderful strengthnings of the contrary grace and acts, diligent fear, fervent communion with God, and more upright walking.
Nay, thirdly, untill the soul thus sinning doth bestow infinite 1labour, strong care, continued humblings, incessant cries to raise it self again, in respect of any other evidence, it shall hardly or never distinguish the yet secretly remaining, the miserably. defaced frame of goodnesse within it. A soul in this temper is not so much to dispute and question, as ⟨p. 160⟩to rise and work, the case of frequenting or renuing the same sinful acts, will never be answered in thy conscience, but by fullest humblings, sound judgings, speedy repentings, careful watchings and declinings, wonderful strengthnings of the contrary grace and acts, diligent feare, fervent communion with God, and more upright walking.
- 1Grace is hardly discerned in such a one without much labour.
Yet fourthly, though it be a rare case, this doubling or renewing 1