N00768:21
The great physician, inviting them that are sensible of their internal maladies, to repair…
The great physician, inviting them that are sensible of their internal maladies, to repair unto him for his heavenly remedies. A brief discourse, meditated by one under bodily illness, and profitable for all that are under spiritual. : [Two lines in Latin from Ambrose]
printed by Timothy Green, 1700
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.
Secondly, They are Loathsome Diseases. What shall we say of them? They are as bad as the Plague. Sin is called, 1 King. 8.38. The Plague of the Heart. All the out-breakings of Sin, are but the filthy and nasty runnings of so many Plague-sores. Indeed, Sin is a Leprosy; and there can be nothing more Loathsome than such a Leprosy. Sin is called Filthiness: 2 Cor. 7.1. Filthiness of Flesh & Spirit. And the Sinner, is called, An Abominable man: How should it be otherwise? For Sin is an Abomination.
Secondly, They are Loathsome Diseases. What shall we say of them? They are as bad as the Plague. Sin is called, 1 King. 8.38. The Plague of the Heart. All the out-breakings of Sin, are but the filthy and nasty runnings of so many Plague-sores. Indeed, Sin is a Leprosy; and there can be nothing more Loathsome than such a Leprosy. Sin is called Filthyness: 2 Cor. 7.1. Filthiness of Flesh & Spirit. And the Sinner, is called, An Abominable man: How should it be otherwise? For Sin is an Abomination.
Thirdly, They are Deadly Diseases. Hence tis said, Ezek. 18.4. The Soul that sins shall Dy. Men are, Dead in Trespasses and Sins. There is a Death comes upon all men: Whence In that all have Sinned. Every Sin is in it self a Mortal sickness: If it be not in the Event so, 'tis owing to the wonderful Grace of God. Sin, if it be not seasonably and effectually Remedied, ⟨p. 11⟩will prove Deadly to the Soul: we are forewarned, Rom. 6.21. The End is Death. What is the Sinner? It may be said unto every such one, as the Lord said once unto such a one; Thou are a Dead man.