A92846:848
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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A third is, when he assures himself of easy pardon and recovery: sin usually is a cloud, and then a shower, a corruption in the judgement before a victory in the affections: a man will quickly tremble under the guilt of some great commission, who hath dallied with little sins, or with the opinion that they are so: And he who ventures far unto any occasions, upon his own strength, that man bids fair for some foul fact, under which he shortly falls, if God show him not the vanity of his self-confidence: And so is he ready, very ready for a gross transgression, who hath secured his soul already for his pardon: what sin will he stick at, who hath persuaded himself, that the pardon is already granted, although he presume to sin.
A third is, when he assures himself of easie pardon and recovery: sinne usually is a cloud, and then a shower, a corruption in the judgement before a victory in the affections: a man will quickly tremble under the guilt of some great commission, who hath dallied with little sinnes, or with the opinion that they are so: And he who ventures farre unto any occasions, upon his own strength, that man bids faire for some foule fact, under which he shortly falls, if God shew him not the vanity of his self-confidence: And so is he ready, very ready for a grosse transgression, who hath secured his soul already for his pardon: what sin will he stick at, who hath perswaded himself, that the pardon is already granted, although he presume to sin.
Now cleanse the judgement of these corrupt principles and believe it.
1. That no sin is little: That must needs be great which 1provokes a great God, and endangereth a precious soul; he who is brought to such an holy tenderness, that he sees greatness of guilt in littleness of sinning, shall by Gods grace be kept from the dominion of any sin: Every sin (even the least) is a foul spot: And is the object of divine hatred and curse, it may prove like a little spark to consume an house, or like a little leak sufficient to drown a ship; or like a little thrust into the heart, enough to lose a man his life.