A92846:792
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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1. One is ignorance: The blindness of the understanding is a principal guard of reigning sin: you read that they in Eph. 4. 19. Gave themselves over unto lasciviousness to work all uncleanness with greediness; like a soldier, who gives himself up, and takes pay, or like a servant who passeth away himself to service; so these resigned up their hearts and lives to all uncleanness; it was their delight, it was their work, (this showed the dominion of sin) But what was the cause of this: See v. 18. Their understandings were darkened, through the ignorance that was in them, because of the blindness of their hearts: The ignorance of sin kept up their earnestness and practice of sinning. If ignorance rules the mind, then sin will easily rule the heart: all sinful dominion is enabled by ignorance: The Devil is a Prince of darkness, and takes ⟨p. 164⟩special care to keep men blind: Antichrist is a son of darkness, and therefore above all, sets up his kingdom by ignorance: So is it with sin it self, its dominion is maintained by blindness in the mind; and therefore sin in unconverted men, makes the mighty opposition against the word, and the means of knowledge: it knows well that no man turns from sin who doth not discern it, nor hates it, who knows it not: The prisoner is sure enough under a lock, and in the dungeon.
1. One is ignorance: The blindnesse of the understanding is a principal guard of reigning sinne: you reade that they in Eph. 4. 19. Gave themselves over unto lasciviousnesse to work all uncleannesse with greediness; like a souldier, who gives himself up, and takes pay, or like a servant who passeth away himself to service; so these resigned up their hearts and lives to all uncleanness; it was their delight, it was their work, (this shewed the dominion of sin) But what was the cause of this: See v. 18. Their understandings were darkned, through the ignorance that was in them, because of the blindness of their hearts: The ignorance of sinne kept up their earnestnesse and practice of sinning. If ignorance rules the minde, then sinne will easily rule the heart: all sinful dominion is enabled by ignorance: The Devil is a Prince of darknesse, and takes ⟨p. 164⟩