A92846:988
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.
There is a difference twixt desires of holiness, for it self and God, and for our selves and ends: An hypocrite could be content to have as much holiness, as would serve his turn, his own turn, his own ends; as a tradesmen is willing to be at cost that his apprentice learn to writ and cipher, so much, and so long, as he may be enabled to keep the accounts; but he will not be at cost to teach him the excellency of writing or ciphering. But now the upright person desires grace, and holiness for God; that glory may be brought unto him, and out of an intrinsical love of the beauties of holiness, and for the farther rooting out of sin, And for the better Enabling to holy services: his ends are public and therefore a little serves not.
There is a difference twixt desires of holiness, for it selfe and God, and for our selves and ends: An hypocrite could be content to have as much holinesse, as would serve his turne, his owne turne, his owne ends; as a tradesmen is willing to be at cost that his apprentice learne to writ and cipher, so much, and so long, as he may be enabled to keep the accounts; but he will not be at cost to teach him the excellency of writing or ciphering. But now the upright person desires grace, and holiness for God; that glory may be brought unto him, and out of an intrinsecall love of the beauties of holinesse, and for the farther rooting out of sin, And for the better Inabling to holy services: his ends are publike and therefore a little serves not.
3. If a man be upright, then a man will walk by a right rule; 1he orders his conversation and ways according to the word of God. A right ordering of all our actions, by a right rule, in a right way, by right persons, out of right principles, for right ends, this is uprightness.
3. If a man be upright, then a man will walke by a right rule; 1he orders his conversation and wayes according to the word of God. A right ordering of all our actions, by a right rule, in a right way, by right persons, out of right principles, for right ends, this is uprightnesse.