A92846:914
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.
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, James 1. 18. The perfect heart is from the perfect God, the true heart from the God of truth; It is he who teacheth truth, and makes upright, and writes his law in the inward parts.
Besides this, if we did but seriously observe and confesse how it is in our own spirits, we should finde in all our pious pretences (take us in our naturalls) we are all of us most formall and Artificiall hypocrites: Draw neare to God with our lips, but our hearts are far from him, and come to Church when we minde neither prayer nor Sermon, and listen oftimes, 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 speake of any good, the Lord be mercifull unto us, we do it not minding Gods glory, but our owne vaine applause and estimation; Soe then the hypocricall heart is from our selves, but the upright heart is from God; Every good and perfect gift is from above, James 1. 18. The perfect heart is from the perfect God, the true heart from the God of truth; It is he who teacheth truth, and makes upright, and writes his law in the inward parts.
5. The fifth thing which I would observe in uprightness, is its office of administration, it is such a thing as deals, 1. about graces. 1