A92846:913
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.
4. Given by God; so the Prophet Jerem. 32. 39. I will give them one heart and one way? Every man naturally is an Hypocrite, 1would seem to be that which he is not, and so likewise misdirects all his actions to a wrong end: God hath set a certain beauty in goodness, and left a notion of vileness upon sin, so that most men though they hate goodness, yet would be thought good (they think it a mo•e Creditable title) and though they love and act sin, yet would not be thought or reputed evil.
4. Given by God; so the Prophet Jerem. 32. 39. I will give them one heart and one way? Every man naturally is an Hypocrite, 1would seem to be that which he is not, and so likewise misdirects all his actions to a wrong end: God hath set a certaine beauty in goodnesse, and left a notion of vilenesse upon sin, so that most men though they hate goodness, yet would be thought good (they think it a mo•e Creditable title) and though they love and act sinne, yet would not be thought or reputed evill.
- 1Given by God
Besides this, if we did but seriously observe and confess how it is in our own spirits, we should find in all our pious pretences (take us in our naturals) we are all of us most formal and Artificial hypocrites: Draw near to God with our lips, but our hearts are far from him, and come to Church when we mind neither prayer nor Sermon, and listen ofttimes, and (God knows) not to obey but to censure, or but to get matter to talk of and the like: and when we have got ability to speak of any good, the Lord be merciful unto us, we do it not minding Gods glory, but our own vain applause and estimation; Soe then the hypocritical heart is from our selves, but the upright heart is from God; Every good and perfect gift is from above,