A92846:804
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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3. Another thing which keeps up the dominion of sin is error 1and deceit, there is a lye in every sin, and the judgement is deceived where the sin is retained, either a man thinks he sins not, but is escaped out of the hands of lust, or that his condition is sound and good; or if it be bad, yet not so bad as others; or if very bad, yet he can at pleasure release himself; and thus through a vain fancy, he continues under the bondage of his corruptions: And so for the actions of sin, he deceives his soul, he doth not behold them in a comparison to the rule, he doth not judge of them by the word, but in a reference to his own corrupt desires and delights, which swallow down infinite sins, sugared over by pleasure and profit.
3. Another thing which keeps up the dominion of sin is error 1and deceit, there is a lye in every sin, and the judgement is deceived where the sin is retained, either a man thinkes he sins not, but is escaped out of the hands of lust, or that his condition is sound and good; or if it be bad, yet not so bad as others; or if very bad, yet he can at pleasure release himselfe; and thus through a vaine fancy, he continues under the bondage of his corruptions: And so for the actions of sin, he deceives his soul, he doth not behold them in a comparison to the rule, he doth not judge of them by the word, but in a reference to his owne corrupt desires and delights, which swallow downe infinite sins, sugared over by pleasure and profit.
- 1Error and deceit.
Now if ever you would get free from sin, get your judgements to be cured: a sound judgement may be a good means Note. to breed a sound heart; thou wilt never be persuaded to be good, until the erroneous confidence that thou art not bad be removed: convince thy mind of these truths against all errors, that indeed thou art sinful. And that no sin is little in its merit, and it is not, what is least wicked, but he who is really good, shall be saved: Do not judge of acceptance or disacceptance by sensible pleasures, or profits; but beyond these, look what that is which is so coloured and disguised, it is even a snare for thy life, and that which hunts for the precious soul.