A92846:962
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.
In the general• I conceive that there is not any one external part of religion or duty, into which the hypocrite may not only step, but perhaps (for show) exceed the sincerest and most upright Christian: what Paul spake in another case of himself: Are they Hebrews? so am I; are they Israelites? so am I; are they the seed of Abraham? so am I, 2 Cor. 1. 22. ⟨p. 198⟩That may the hypocrite say for his part in this case, about the actions and parts of duty, &c. Doth the true Christian hear? so do I; doth he pray? so do I; doth he shed tears? so do I; doth he fast? so do I; doth he give alms? so do I; doth he show respect to the Minister by salutes and invites? so do I; is he forward? I am zealous; doth he reprove? I do thunder; doth he speak some words in prayer? I speak many; doth he any good? I do more, in hearings more, in fastings more, in discoursings more, in outward actions, every way more: Cast and order duties every way for object, for place, for time, still the hypocrite keeps up for duties to God (I mean the external parts of his worship) in praying privately, publicly, hearing, reading, preaching, yea, and all these with some transient affections of joy, all this may be in him: For duties to man: why? an hypocrite may be as civil, as just, as fair, ingenuous, affable, bountiful, compassionate as any one that I know: The Pharisees (whom yet Christ did condemn for very hypocrites, yea, even those self-same Pharisees) were yet the punctilios of the times, no person living were more exact, they did tithe the very mint and cummin, as if the would have observed the whole Law to an hair.