Selected quad for the lemma: sin_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	dead_a	life_n	trespass_n	5,011	5	10.5955	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26941	The invaluable price of an immortal soul shewing the vanity of most people in taking care for the body, but neglect their duty as to the preservation of their never-dying souls : with advice to secure sinners to examine themselves before it be too late, that when death shall come to separate their souls from their bodies, they may be in a condition to welcome death for that happy change which all prepared Christians will ever rejoyce in : very necessary for all people to read and consider who would willingly be accounted true Christians : with large admonition to prayer as a duty most incumbant upon all who desire to obtain everlasting life through Christ Jesus.	Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.	1681 (1681)	Wing B1287; ESTC R25867	7,221	26

sinful desires they had rather to live a brave jovial merry life like servants to sin then a sober serious and holy life like servants of God thus still are present injoyments preferred before everlasting Crowns of Glory to come and conclude with the Old Proverb A Bird in hand is worth two in a Bush these enjoyments they are certain of but future injoyment they may miss poor incredulous sinners dare you not take Gods word for what he hath promised think you that he will make any abatement of the Reward which he hath promised to bestow upon those who keep his Commandements and walk in the paths of Righteousness No it cannot be he will rather add then diminish from your joys he takes as much delight in multiplying mercies as you in multiplying sins and what he hath promised shall be made good Some also are blinded in their affections so as to love what they should have hated and hate what they should love and yet are not sensible of what a sad condition they are in but go merrily on and fear not but in the end they shall be saved concluding that there are many Thousands far worse then they that live in open sins and abominations which they abhor and some of these if not most or all of them will say that they hope to be saved as well as others and if they can hope for salvation well may they who live much more Civilized and strangers to these enormous Crimes and detestable practises yet still do they deceive themselves and look not upon sin so as to see it in its greatest deformity which makes Devils of many who are still fighting and striving against God and his most just Laws and do not consider that the devil is the Authour of it but still flatter up themselves and say That they have nothing to do with the Devil nor he with them yet are never better pleased then when they are busied about the devils work They conclude that they can live in sin and defie the Devil and all his works How few is there that can give a true definition of sin and what an Enemy it is to all Mankind for had it not been for that blessed Mediator Christ Iesus the whole frame of Nature had been utterly destroyed by it Sin is absolutely contrary to the will of God therefore should it be absolutely detestable to the Heart of Man sin would pull down what Gods holy Laws would set up and Establish Gods prescribed Laws for the salvation of souls and the Devil deviseth sins for the Destruction of souls yet will not poor sinners see that impurity which in sin it is clearly contrary to the very Nature of God It is universally evil there is no good in it nor can come any good of it Men are not easily persuaded there is any good in Poverty Reproach disgrace Persecution but very easily believe there is good in sin This jumps with their opinion this suits with their sinful Natures and all things fall out according to their worldly desires but never to take into consideration the Evil effects and Miserable Consequences of sin the VVriting on the wall is not minded while they are alive VVere it possible for Men to go to Hell-Gate there to hear the Terrible shrieks and crys of the Damned Or could we persuade People to believe the words of the Prophet There is no peace to the Wicked then surely Men would not set their Delights upon sin which is the sole Object of Gods hatred and nothing separates betwixt God and souls but sin though sin fills the Conscience with Terrour Hell with Fire yet few are affrighted hereat but continue in their old Road of wickedness till Iudgment follows close and before they are aware overtakes and destroys them in the midst of their sins There are also some who are clearly cast out of the favour of God yet are not at all sensible of their miserable conditions but go dauncing along in the devils Chains and mind not that the sentence is given forth because it is not forthwith executed though there may be but a little breath before they for ever perish How many is there that never knew what a wounded Conscience or the fear of Iudgement means yet count themselves Noble Spirits and promise to themselves Peace reckon themselves needy of nothing when alas poor deceived souls they need but all Though Ministers dayly labour to convince them of their errors yet they rest confident that their Condition is good as the Precisians nor can serious consideration take such hold on them as to cause them to lose one Minutes rest to lament their sad Conditions never were they so sensible of the insupportable Burthen of sin as to cry out What shall I do to be saved And the reason is because they are dead in Sins and Trespasses Death is a Thing which deprives us of sense as well as of Life the Dead fear not though threatned with the greatest of punishments The Dead fear not though God pronounce woes upon woes against them The Dead see not though Hell be so frightful a place The Dead smell not though sin stinks worse then rotten Sepulchres The Dead feel not tho' Mountains of lead were lying on them They complain not as Cain did in the Bitterness of soul by reason of Sin Nor say with Hannah that they were ever of a sorrowful spirit And though there be an Entayl of wrath upon the very sins they live in though Hell be open to receive the impenitent and hard-hearted sinner and though room is preparing for them to entertain them with the Vegeance of a Displeased God yet few VVork out their salvation with Fear and Trembling but fall short of the sense of Hypocrite Oh I pitty these secure souls how short will they fall of their hopes and not only so but how far will they fall short of Heaven And again Some are not sensible that it is Sathan who finds out these stratagems to destroy their poor souls or that he hath the Possession of the Hearts of the Vnregenerate but certain it is that he hath VValks in the Hearts of meer Natural Men therefore plain it is that while thou art Vnregenerate he is as certainly entred into thee as ever he was into the Herd of Swine and will hurry thee into destruction as them into the Sea Though some may be convinced of the Deformity of sin yet they are not convinced of the necessity of Personal and constant Obedience which is Required by the Covenant of works but conclude that if there be any failure in the whole Law so much as to a vain thought that then this Covenant is broke and nothing but dread and fear shall seize upon such a soul But to prevent these sorrowful consequences of Neglect or misconstructions Take my advice and apply your self wholly to God by Prayer for his assistance Prayer is a thing which shuts up Hell opens Heavens Gates yet how little hath