A92846:996
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
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2. You will make conscience of the least sins, sin, we do usually divide into gross, and foul; and into little, and small; not that any sin is small in a relation to the rule; but that one is not so great 1and heinous in comparison of one sin with another. Now where sins are reputed gross, and foul, and palpable, even the civil man, and the formal hypocrite may be very precise, very conscionable, very tender, but for lesser oaths, for usual omissions, for trifles, for sinful attires, for sinful associating with lewd and vile persons, &c: alas these are poor thins, small things! why should we stand upon them? Nay be not deceived, God is not mocked, the mote must be plucked out, as well as the beam; Davids heart smote him for cutting of the lap of Sauls garment, as well as it rose against the vile counsel to cut of Sauls life? he that is not faithful in the least, will not be faithful in the greatest: And that man who will dispense with himself in small sins, if occasion serve, will likewise give himself a commission for great transgressions: uprightness knows no such distinction (in respect of approbation and allowance) twixt great and small; it is probable that Ananias laid down a great part of his estate, yet herein was the falseness of his heart, that he kept back some of the estate; Hypocrisy doth not consist in this, that a man doth wallow in all sins, but in this, that a man will allow himself in some sins: Now try your selves in this, conscionableness about small sins, even lesser sins, (to upright persons) are objects of great hatred, and causes of great trouble.
2. You will make conscience of the least sins, sin, we do usually divide into gross, and foule; and into little, and small; not that any sin is small in a relation to the rule; but that one is not so great 1and hainous in comparison of one sin with another. Now where sins are reputed gross, and foule, and palpable, even the civil man, and the formal hypocrite may bevery precise, very conscionable, verytender, but for lesser oaths, for usual omissions, for triffles, for sinful atires, for sinful associating with lewd and vile persons, &c: alas these are poor thins, small things! why should we stand upon them? Nay be not deceived, God is not mocked, the mote must be plucked out, as well as the beam; Davids heart smote him for cutting of the lap of Sauls garment, as well as it rose against the vile counsell to cut of Sauls life? he that is not faithful in the least, will not be faithfull in the greatest: And that man who will dispense with himselfe in small sins, if occasion serve, will likewise give himselfe a commission for great transgressions: uprightnesse knows no such distinction (in respect of approbation and allowance) twixt great and small; it is probable that Ananias layd down a great part of his estate, yet herein was the falsenesse of his heart, that he kept back some of the estate; Hypocrisie doth not consist in this, that a man doth wallow in all sins, but in this, that a man will allow himselfe in some sins: Now try your selves in this, conscionablenesse about small sins, even lesser sins, (to upright persons) are objects of great hatred, and causes of great trouble.