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The works of George Swinnock, M.A
The works of George Swinnock, M.A. containing these several treatises ...
London: printed by J.B. for Tho. Parkhurst, 1665
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particularly, show my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sin; Admonition without serious Application, is like an Arrow with too many Feathers, which though we level at the Mark, is taken by the Wind, and carried quite from it.
particularly, shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sin; Admonition without serious Application, is like an Arrow with too many Feathers, which though we level at the Mark, is taken by the Wind, and carried quite from it.
Some men shoot their Reprehensions, like Pellets through a Trunk, with no more strength then will kill a Sparrow; those make sinners believe that sin is no such dreadful evil, and the wrath of God no such frightful end. He that would hit the mark, and recover the sinner, must draw his arrow of Reproof home. Reproof must be powerful; the hammer of the word breaks not the heart, if it be lightly laid on; If the flesh doth not feel the plaster, it will hardly be healed by it. It must also be so particular, that the offender may think himself concerned. Some in reproof will seem to aim at the sinner, but so order it, that their arrows shall be sure to miss him. As Domitian, when a Boy held for a mark afar off, his hand spread, ⟨p. 194⟩with his fingers severed,1 he shot his arrows so, that all hit the empty spaces between his fingers; Be the reproof never so gracious, the Plaster never so good, it will be ineffectual if not applied to the Patient, 2 Sam. 12. 7. Act. 2. 36, 37.
Some men shoot their Reprehensions, like Pellets through a Trunk, with no more strength then will kill a Sparrow; those make sinners beleive that sin is no such dreadful evil, and the wrath of God no such frightful end. He that would hit the mark, and recover the sinner, must draw his arrow of Reproof home. Reproof must be powerful; the hammer of the word breaks not the heart, if it be lightly layd on; If the flesh doth not feel the plaister, it will hardly be healed by it. It must also be so particular, that the offendor may think himself concerned. Some in reproof will seem to aim at the sinner, but so order it, that their arrows shall be sure to miss him. As Domitian, when a Boy held for a mark afar off, his hand spread,