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The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errors of Papists, Arminians,…The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errours of Papists, Arminians,…
The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errors of Papists, Arminians, Socinians, and more especially Antinomians in XXX lectures preached at Lawrence-Jury, London / by Anthony Burgess ...The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errours of Papists, Arminians, Socinians, and more especially Antinomians in XXX lectures preached at Lawrence-Iury, London / by Anthony Burgess ...
London: printed by A. Miller for Tho. Underhill, 1651
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.
1Thirdly, Being not able to satisfy Gods justice, in the next place, we by sin become debtors to everlasting punishment in hell; so that as the murderer or flagitious person by his crimes becomes a debtor to the capital punishments to be inflicted by a Law, so doth a sinner to the Scripture punishments threatened in the word, so that hell and damnation are the proper wages that are due to him. Oh how dear doth every pleasant or profitable sin cost thee? thou owest eternal damning for it. Chrysostom in his time complained of some, who would say, Give me that which is sweet, [Greek or Hebrew], and let it choke me: so do all sinners, Give me that sinful profit and pleasure, though I am obliged to eternal wrath thereby. Ambrose thought wicked men were called debtors, because the devil lends them their lusts and sins as so much money, for which he will exact eternal torment as the usury of them. Whatsoever it be, certainly this notion of sins being debts ought much to affect and trouble thee. Thy sins are worse debts then any thou owest.
1Thirdly, Being not able to satisfie Gods justice, in the next place, we by sin become debtors to everlasting punishment in hell; so that as the murderer or flagitious person by his crimes becomes a debtor to the capitall punishments to be inflicted by a Law, so doth a sinner to the Scripture punishments threatned in the word, so that hell and damnation are the proper wages that are due to him. Oh how dear doth every pleasant or profitable sin cost thee? thou owest eternal damning for it. Chrysostome in his time complained of some, who would say, Give me that which is sweet, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, and let it choak me: so do all sinners, Give me that sinful profit and pleasure, though I am obliged to eternal wrath thereby. Ambrose thought wicked men were called debtors, because the devil lends them their lusts and sins as so much money, for which he will exact eternal torment as the usury of them. Whatsoever it be, certainly this notion of sins being debts ought much to affect and trouble thee. Thy sins are worse debts then any thou owest.
- 13 Sinners not able to satisfy Gods justice, become debtors to everlasting punishment.3 Sinners not able to satisfie Gods justice, become debtors to everlasting pnishment.