4. This sin will pretend a reformation that so it may get into the heart. O here is the very marrow of Devilish policy, this was Jehu's policy to get into the Throne of Israel, he pretended that he would pull down Idolatry, and yet he was still as great an Idolater as any. Mark him in all his passages, 2 Kings 10. 16, 26, 27, 28, 29. v. so this sin comes like a Jehu, drives on furiously, will do strange things, thou must leave such and such idle courses, as Covetousness will not let men be Drunk∣ards,
Sincerity, or, The upright mans walk to heaven in two parts shewing I. that sincerity is the true way to happiness, II. that the keeping of our selves from our own iniquity is the true way to sincerity / delivered in several sermons in the parish church of St. Michael in Long-Stratton Norfolk by James Oldfield, late minister there.
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- Sincerity, or, The upright mans walk to heaven in two parts shewing I. that sincerity is the true way to happiness, II. that the keeping of our selves from our own iniquity is the true way to sincerity / delivered in several sermons in the parish church of St. Michael in Long-Stratton Norfolk by James Oldfield, late minister there.
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"Sincerity, or, The upright mans walk to heaven in two parts shewing I. that sincerity is the true way to happiness, II. that the keeping of our selves from our own iniquity is the true way to sincerity / delivered in several sermons in the parish church of St. Michael in Long-Stratton Norfolk by James Oldfield, late minister there." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A53271.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 9, 2024.
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Whoremongers, Prodigal, Proud in their Apparel; so Hypocrisie will not let men be Swearers, or Proud, or intem∣perate; and thus poor silly men are de∣ceived by sin, and take this for a reforma∣tion, 2 Kings 5. 17, 18. so saith the sinner, if God would but pardon me this one sin, I will never be guilty of other sins; why don't you know, that 'tis for no good to your Souls, that this your sin will not suffer other sins in you? Did you never hear that sins will quarrel among them∣selves? Herod and Pilate were enemies one to another, yet neither of them friends to Christ. This one sin though thou cast out all others, will be enough to damn thy Soul; and therefore have a care of it when it puts on an holy dress; if you be never better reformed than sin can reform you, you may be damned for all such a reformation, 2 Cor. 11. 14, 15. sin is one of the Devils Ministers, his Servants that doth exactly follow his steps for to de∣ceive us.