A92846:897
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.
Sometimes it is called a spirit without guile, so, Psal 32. 2. Blessed is the man in whose spirit there is no guile, and Christ of Nathaniel, Joh. 1. 47. Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile. An hypocritical heart is a cunning heart, it hath many devises, shufflings, windings, and turnings, this heart is not plain and sound: Therefore the hypocrites are said to have corrupt thoughts, and to flatter with their tongues, and to have crooked ways: They do not indeed hate the sin which they pretend, nor love that holiness which oft-times they praise, and sometimes act: some ends they have of Religion for their belly, and for their own advantage, but they do not heartily hate sin, nor truly love holiness. Now on the contrary, an upright heart is without guile, it is even plain and down-right, therefore is it in the parable called an honest heart, and saith Paul, we speak the truth in Christ; and upright walking is styled a walking in truth, and serving of God in truth and in spirit; The meaning is this, that the upright man is indeed that which he professeth: his life and profession is not a painting which owes it self to an Artificer, but a natural colour which owes it self to the soundness of temper: he is one who hath truth in the inward parts (as David speaks, Psal. 51. 6.) He doth without base ends directly love God, and from his very heart hate sin. Though he cannot express himself in that flourish of formality, yet for Christ, he can plainly say as Peter, Lord thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I love thee; And touching sins, as David of Gods enemies, I hate them with a perfect hatred: this he is in good earnest.
Sometimes it is called a spirit without guile, so, Psal 32. 2. Blessed is the man in whose spirit there is no guile, and Christ of Nathaniel, Joh. 1. 47. Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile. An hypocritical heart is a cunning heart, it hath many devises, shufflings, windings, and turnings, this heart is not plain and sound: Therefore the hypocrites are said to have corrupt thoughts, and to flatter with their tongu•s, and to have crooked wayes: They do not indeed hate the sin which they pretend, nor love that holinesse which oft-times they praise, and sometimes act: some ends they have of Religion for their belly, and for their own advantage, but they do not heartily hate sinne, nor truly love holinesse. Now on the contrary, an upright heart is without guile, it is even plain and down-right, therefore is it in the parable called an honest heart, and saith Paul, we speak the truth in Christ; and upright walking is stiled a walking in truth, and serving of God in truth and in spirit; The meaning is this, that the upright man is indeed that which he professeth: his life and profession is not a painting which owes it self to an Artificer, but a natural colour which owes it self to the soundnesse of temper: he is one who hath truth in the inward parts (as David speaks,