A92846:978
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.
1. That deceitfulness which is in mans h•art: the heart (Jerem. 17. 9.) is deceitful above all things, q. d. there is not such a cunning thing as it, not a thing in all the world which can delude us so easily, so often as our own hearts: O what ado have we with our selves many times to speak a little duty, what disputes of times against it, many reasonings must be answered and silenced, before we will yield to do the very work, so much as to hear, as to pray by our selves, and with others, and to give alms &c: And then if the work be extorted from us, yet what pumping before any water comes, what collision, and striking before a few sparks of fire will fly out? my meaning is, much ado to bring our hearts to our tongues, our affections to our services, without which they cannot be upright. And when this is done, then to set up the right end and scope, and their to settle our intention fast and plain: O how difficult! many by aims and indirect ends do often present themselves, that it is with us, as with boys in writing, we draw many crooked lines, or as with them in archery, we shoot by hither or beyond, or beside the mark; it is not easy to do good because God commands it, or only because he may be glorified.
1. That dec••tfulness which is in mans h•art: the heart (Jerem. 17. 9.) is deceitful above all things, q. d. there is not such a cunning thing as it, not a thing in all the world which can delude us so easily, so often as our owne hearts: O what ado have we with our selves many times to speake a little duty, what disputes of times against it, many reasonings must be answered and silenced, before we will yield to do the very worke, so much as to heare, as to pray by our selves, and with others, and to give almes &c: And then if the worke be extorted from us, yet what pumping before any water comes, what collision, and striking before a few sparkes of fire will fly out? my meaning is, much ado to bring our hearts to our tongues, our affections to our services, without which they cannot be upright. And when this is done, then to set up the right end and scope, and their to settle our intention fast and plaine: O how difficult! many by aimes and indirect ends do often present themselves, that it is with us, as with boys in writing, we draw many crooked lines, or as with them in archery, we shoot by hither or beyond, or beside the mark; it is not easie to do good because God commands it, or only because he may be glorifled.