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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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4. Speak to the necessity of a change in him, both of his disposition by Repentance, and of his condition by faith in Jesus Christ; That these are not works which may be done or left undone, but such as must be done, or he is undone for ever. Tell him the necessity of a change.
4. Speak to the necessity of a change in him, both of his disposition by Repentance, and of his condition by faith in Iesus Christ; That these are not works which may be done or left undone, but such as must be done, or he is undone for ever. Tell him the necessity of a change.
1. Of his Nature by Repentance, how God himself hath said; Except he repent he shall perish, and that it is not possible for the whole creation to make void Gods Word. That as he is a corrupted depraved creature, he is no way capable of Heaven, for God hath shut him out, and bard the gate of bliss against him; Into it (i. e. Heaven) can in no wise enter any thing that defileth, or is unclean, Rev. 21. ult. And he hath shut himself out by his vicious nature; for spiritual pleasures are not suitable, neither can be enjoyed by depraved and ungodly creatures. Let him know that swinish dispositions cannot relish heavenly delights, and ⟨p. 574⟩therefore if it were possible for him to get to Heaven in a carnal estate, Heaven would be no Heaven, that is, no place of joy or pleasure to him. Acquaint him especially wherein the nature of repentance consisteth, not in a few sighs or sobs for sin, or in crying God mercy, or saying, I am sorry I ever sinned, but in a real change of the heart and nature, that his mind must be changed to see the ugliness and deformity of sin, his will to refuse it as the greatest evil, his affections to loath it, and hate it above all things whatsoever,1 that he must abhor himself, and loath himself, and bemoan himself for all his abominations, if ever he would fid mercy; that he must in his whole man be altered, turned upside down, be contrary to what he is by nature, be converted and born again, or he can never see the Kingdom of God,