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A64834	Sin, the plague of plagues, or, Sinful sin the worst of evils a treatise of sins tryal and arraignment, wherein sin is accused for being, proved to be, and condemned for being exceeding sinful : and that 1. as against God, his nature, attributes, works, will, law, image, people, glory and existence, 2. as against man, his good and welfare of body and soul, in this life, and that to come : with the use and improvement to be made of this doctrine, that men may not be damned, but saved, &c. : being the substance of many sermons preached many years ago in Southwark / by Ralph Venning ...	Venning, Ralph, 1621?-1674.	1669 (1669)	Wing V226; ESTC R38391	212,020	400

commanded them to do though they have pretended to do it for Gods-sake an instance whereof we have in Saul 1 Sam. 15. God sent Saul to destroy Amaleck root and branch King and people from head to foot from Throne to threshold not to leave one person alive man woman infant and suckling all must dye oxen and sheep c. none must escape But Saul spared Agag and the best of the sheep and oxen c. and would not utterly destroy them whereupon it follows that the Lord repented of having set up Saul to be King vers 11. and though it were pretended to be done for a Sacrifice to God vers 15. 22. yet 't is charged upon him as rebellion and witchcraft vers 23. and his not obeying the voice of the Lord is called a doing evil in his sight vers 19. so that he who omits a good commits an evil the omission of good is the commission of evil and judged accordingly Oh how dear did this sin of omission cost Saul Another instance is That of Eli which is remarkable who is charged with honouring his sons before God 1 Sam. 2.29 how so Eli was a good old man and can it be thought that he preferr'd his sons before God what should the meaning of this be see Chap. 3.13 and there 't is cleared up for saith God I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth because his sons made themselves vile and he restrained them not he did not give them so much as a sowre look or as the Hebrew reads it he frowned not upon them And yet let me tell you Eli went so far that had his children had any ingenuity or any respect to the rebukes of a Priest and Father one would have thought he had said enough for Chap. 2.23 c. the old man very gravely takes them up with this expostulation Why do you do such things for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people nay my sont for it is no good report which I hear ye make the Lords people to transgress if one man sin against another the Judge shall judge him but if a man sins against the Lord who shall intreat for him thus he layes their sin and danger before them pretty roundly and yet saith God he restrained them not there was an omission and neglect of more severe discipline and this omission cost him dear as dear almost as the sins of commission did cost his sons which was not to be purged with Sacrifice vers 14. Another instance is that concerning the Ammonites and Moabites who were a bastard brood and therefore like Bastards they were not to enter into the Congregation of the Lord till the tenth generation Deut. 23.2 3 4. and the reason is taken 1. From a sin of omission because they met not Israel with bread and water when they came out of Egypt 'T is a dreadful thing to be excommunicated from and a dreadful thing not to be admitted into the Congregation of the Lord and you see that a sin of omission may keep men out for a long time But 2 God will judge men for sins of omission in the great and terrible day of his righteous Judgment not only the wicked but the slothful servant will be judged and the slothful will be judged wicked as we have it from the mouth of Truth it self Mat. 25.26 thou wicked and slothful servant wicked because slothful he was no waster but brother to him as was lately noted because slothful for omitting the improvement of his talent he was called and judged a wicked and slothful servant and his punishment was beside the loss of his talent to be cast into utter darkness where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth he had not turned the grace of God into wantonness yet for being unprofitable he is sent to Hell And again vers 41. he shall say to them on his left hand depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire for your sins of omission because when I was hungry and thirsty ye like the Ammonites and Moabites newly mentioned ye brought me no bread and water ye gave me no meat and drink Some are apt to justifie themselves thus we never did any man hurt we have wronged and oppressed no man I but God will condemn them that have not done such evils because they have not done good Oh think of these things and beware of sins of omission And 2. Take heed of sins of Commission Of sins of Commission As we should be careful not to omit our Duties the things commanded for beside all that hath been said I might add this that to omit especially the weightier things of the Law though we be observant of the lesser is a sign of Hypocrisie Mat. 23.23 so we should be no less careful to keep our selves from the evil that is forbidden from all kinds and sorts of sins the enumeration of which were endless in relation to which let me caution you to beware of and watch against 1. Such as are most peculiarly our sins That which may be most properly called your own sin the sin to which you are most inclined and which doth most easily beset and conquer you 'T was Holy Davids Crown of rejoycing that he had kept himself from his iniquity Psal 18.23 I was upright before him and kept my self from mine iniquity not only that which was charged upon me by others to be mine iniquity in relation to Saul but as most Interpreters carry it that which was the sin of mine inclination as one would say from my complexion and constitution-sin my natures darling-sin Are you young avoid the sins proper to this age 2 Tim. 2.22 flee youthful lusts or the lusts of youth there are some lusts almost peculiar to youth as 1. Ambition vain Glory Pride 1 Pet. 5.5 which much appears in their odd fantastick garbes and flanting behaviours as that Text implies and especially in not submitting to the elder 2. Gratifying the sensual appetite and carnal inclination they are much for the lust of the eye and of the flesh too as well as for the pride of life as Eccl. 11.9 and 12.1 tells us that they are much set upon pleasure the young mans favouritc The Prodigal who was the younger brother did this way waste his estate his time and himself he spent all on back and belly on riotous living 't was a young man that Solomon saw going the way to her house Prov. 7.7 which way leads to Hell 3. Another lust of youth is self-conceitedness too much proneness to be wise in their own eyes They think old men fools but old men know that they are fools Their conceitedness puffs them up and makes them incapable of instruction and very unteachable Reh●boam and his young Counsellors may save us the labour of instancing in any others 1 Kings 12. and 't is on this account that the Apostle would have Titus exhort young men to be discreet or