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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.
3. That pardon is not so easily obtained; Nor the soul so 1quickly recovered after particular dominions.
- 1And that pardon is not easily obtained.
It is an easy thing to slip into sin, it is difficult to get out of it: a little thing will serve to distemper our health, and yet much Physic is required to set the humours straight again: All entrances to sin are with the greater facility; for then temptations and carnal affections blind our judgements, but the recoveries are the harder; for now the vileness and heinousness of the sinning appears more distinctly, and the conscience works more sharply and vehemently, and our very graces are the more disabled.
It is an easie thing to slip into sinne, it is difficult to get out of it: a little thing will serve to distemper our health, and yet much Physick is required to set the humours streight again: All entrances to sinne are with the greater facility; for then temptations and carnal affections blinde our judgements, but the recoveries are the harder; for now the vilenesse and hainousnesse of the sinning appears more distinctly, and the conscience works more sharply and vehemently, and our very graces are the more disabled.
Assuredly, if you will venture to sin, you lose a friend of God, and encouragement in conscience, and strength in your souls; this very conceit that thou shouldest easily make thy peace with God and find mercy (though thou didst sin) I say this very conceit will mightily afflict thy soul, and aggravate thy transgression, when thou beholds thy soul in blood for sinnings; mercy is the most singular ground of repentance; and nothing stings us more for sinning then this, that we abused mercies to invite us: Therefore when sin tempts thee, resist it, yield not to it, say thus who would adventure the sweet mercies of a gracious God, to satisfy the lusts of a damnable sin, and why should I be so mad? having health to make my self sick, to break the bones which yet are whole; to unsettle the peace of my conscience, to weaken my graces, to dis-joint my estate: If as now I am, I have much to do; ah, what folly is it to make more woeful work for my soul? How justly may God leave me, who will forsake him for that which I know will displease him? and what if he should righteously deny me grace to repent, who proudly will abuse his grace to sin? Beloved! let the judgement at all times be thus effectually convinced, and it may prove a singular mens and help against particular temptations of sin by which […] is attained.