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The greatest sinners exhorted and encouraged to come to Christ, and that now without…
The greatest sinners exhorted and encouraged to come to Christ, and that now without delaying. Also, the exceeding danger of men's deferring their repentance. : Together with a discourse about the day of judgement. And on several other subjects. / By Increase Mather teacher of a church at Boston in N. England. ; [Six lines of Scripture texts]
printed by R.P. for Joseph Brunning i.e, 1686
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Propos. 2. Every sinner hath a way of Sin. That's implied in the Text, when it is said, Turn you every man from his evil way. Every man that is in a state of Sin and unregeneracy, does walk in some way of sin or other which he must turn from. This is the Difference between a Regenerate and an Unregenerate man▪ A Regenerate man may inde•• fall into into sin, but then he's out of his way which he useth to walk in. Psal. 119.128. I hate every false way. And in verse. 101. he says, I have refrained my feet from every evil way. Hence Sin is said to be unto the Lord's people, a way not cast up. (i. e. not frequented) Jer. 18.15. Never since the world began did a godly man walk in that way. There's a dif, ference between sinning and having a way of sinning. There is no man that doeth good & sinneth not, and there is no good man that has a way of sinning. Psal. 139. ult. See if there be any way of wickedness in me. But every unregenerate man has a way of wickedness which he chooseth to go in. A Way of sin ⟨p. 42⟩implieth a Track a Course of Sin; when a man shall make sin his Trade: so 'tis with every ungodly man. He is a worker of iniquity. A committer of Sin▪ a Doer of it Joh. 8.34. Some sinners live in more Sins than one: In Pride, in Drunkenness, in Uncleanness, and all at the same time. Serving divers lusts. Tit. 3.3. But every sinner has at least one Sin, which he loveth and liveth in, and will not be persuaded to forsake that evil way. It is sweet in his mouth. He spares it and forsakes it not, but keeps it […] his mouth. Job. 20.13. A Hypocrite […] far: He may fore-go many sins (as […] did) yet there is some sin or other which is an evil way that his soul is going to destruction in.