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The fading of the flesh and flourishing of faith, or, One cast for eternity…
The fading of the flesh and flourishing of faith, or, One cast for eternity with the only way to throw it well : as also the gracious persons incomparable portion / by George Swinnock ...The fading of the flesh and flourishing of faith, or, One cast for eternity with the only way to throw it vvell : as also the gracious persons incomparable portion / by George Swinnock ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1662
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Chapter 6: Three Motives more. A Dying Hour, will he a Trying Hour: The misery of the unprepared:…
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When those carnal comforts are gone, thy spiritual comforts (if thou hast any) will be known. When the hand which held thee up by the Chin, and kept thee above Water is taken away, thy own skill in swimming will be discovered. When the virtue of those Cordials which supported thy spirits for a time is spent, twill appear whither Nature hath any strength or no.
When those carnal comforts are gone, thy spiritual comforts (if thou hast any) will be known. When the hand which held thee up by the Chin, and kept thee above Water is taken away, thy own skil in swimming will be discovered. When the vertue of those Cordials which supported thy spirits for a time is spent, twill appear whither Nature hath any strength or no.
2. Because thy spiritual enemies will then assail thee. ⟨p. 47⟩Those Adversaries which before were hid, and lay lurking as it were under the Hedge, will then appear openly, and wound thee to the very heart.
Thy sins will then assault thee. When the Prisoner appeareth before the Judge, then the Evidence is produced, and the Witnesses which were never before thought of show themselves. When thou goest to stand before the Judge of the whole Earth, thy sins will bear thee company. In the Night of Death those frightful Ghosts will Walk. Thy Lusts which are now Lyons Dormant, will then be Rampant. Thou mayst say to Death, as the Woman to the Prophet. Art thou come to call my sins to remembrance, and to slay my Son? Art thou come to call my sins to remembrance, and to slay my soul?
Thy sins will then assault thee. When the Prisoner appeareth before the Judge, then the Evidence is produced, and the Witnesses which were never before thought of shew themselves. When thou goest to stand before the Judge of the whole Earth, thy sins will bear thee company. In the Night of Death those frightful Ghosts will Walk. Thy Lusts which are now Lyons Dormant, will then be Rampant. Thou mayst say to Death, as the Woman to the Prophet. Art thou come to call my sins to remembrance, and to slay my Son? Art thou come to call my sins to remembrance, and to slay my soul?