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England's preservation or, a sermon discovering the only way to prevent destroying judgementsEngland's preservation or, a sermon discovering the onely way to prevent destroying judgements
England's preservation or, a sermon discovering the only way to prevent destroying judgements: preached to the Honourable House of Commons at their last solemn fast, being on May, 25. 1642. By Obadiah Sedgwick Bachelor in Divinity and minister of Coggeshall in Essex. Published by order of that house.England's preservation or, a sermon discovering the onely way to prevent destroying judgements: preached to the Honourable House of Commons at their last solemne fast, being on May, 25. 1642. By Obadiah Sedgwicke Batchelour in Divinity and minister of Coggeshall in Essex. Published by order of that house.
London: printed by R. B. for Samuel Gellibrand, 1642
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2. Another is serious and Real; which is acted most in the hidden man, and pierceth like the word, (Hebr. 4. 12.) even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of which likewise there are two kinds, one is styled Attrition, and the other is styled Contrition by the Schoolmen; the former (by our Casuists) is called a legal breaking, and the latter an Evangelical breaking. They difference them thus, partly,
2. Another is serious and Reall; which is acted most in the hidden man, and pierceth like the word, (Hebr. 4. 12.) even to the dividing of soule and spirit, of which likewise there are two kindes, one is stiled Attrition, and the other is styled Contrition by the Schoolemen; the former (by our Casuists) is called a legall breaking, and the latter an Evangelicall breaking. They difference them thus, partly,
1. By their objects. Penal evil is the object on which Attrition doth work, and sinful evil is the object on which Contrition worketh; the one is ⟨p. 9⟩conversant about passive evil (that is) the evil which we suffer, but the other is conversant about Active evil (that is) the evil which we have done; For sin hath in it two qualities, one, to make us unhappy, and this Attrition looks at; another to make us unholy, and at this doth contrition look.
1. By their objects. Penall evill is the object on which Attrition doth worke, and sinfull evill is the object on which Contrition worketh; the one is ⟨p. 9⟩conversant about passive evill (that is) the evill which wee suffer, but the other is conversant about Active evill (that is) the evill which wee have done; For sinne hath in it two qualities, one, to make us unhappie, and this Attrition lookes at; another to make us unholy, and at this doth contrition look.