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Ouranos kai tartaros= heaven and hell epitomized. The true Christian characterized. As also an…
Ouranos kai tartaros= heaven and hell epitomized. The true Christian characterized. As also an exhortation with motives, means and directions to be speedy and serious about the work of conversion. By George Swinnocke M.A. sometime fellow of Balliol College in Oxford, and now preacher of the Gospel at Rickmersworth in Hertfordshire.Ouranos kai tartaros= heaven and hell epitomized. The true Christian characterized. As also an exhortation with motives, means and directions to be speedy and serious about the work of conversion. By George Swinnocke M.A. sometime fellow of Baliol Colledge in Oxford, and now preacher of the Gospel at Rickmersworth in Hertfordshire.
London: printed by E.M. for Tho. Parkhurst, 1659
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.
I tell thee all the while thou art sinning, his eyes behold thee, his heart is incensed against thee, and his hand can reach thee and avenge him on thee every moment. How many hath he sent into hell, that never tasted of his patience as thou hast done? The angels sinned and were not waited upon one hour for their repentance; yet how many years hath he endured thee with much long-suffering, and still waiteth upon thee that he may be gracious unto thee, Isa. 30.18. The last oath thou didst swear he ⟨p. 196⟩could have cursed and rotted thy tongue. The last time that thou wentest prayerless to thy rest, he could have sent thee to little ease, to the place where there is no rest day or night. The last time thou didst quench the motions of his Spirit, and stifle the convictions of thy conscience, he could have taught thee by experience, what is the meaning of the worm that never dyeth, and the fire that goeth not out; and yet he spareth thee, stretching out his hands all the day long to a rebellious child, Isa. 65.2. Should not his long patience quicken thee to speedy repentance? Answer God whether he hath not waited enough, been long-suffering enough already; and if he have not, continue in thy ungodly course, and see who shall suffer longest at last, he or thou. It is one thing to forbear a debt, another thing to forgive the debtor. The longer God is in fetching his hand about, the heavier his blow will be when he striketh. The threatening is like a child, the longer it is kept in the womb, the bigger it groweth, and it will put thee to the more pain, when it cometh to the birth of its execution; therefore bethink thy self before the decree bring forth, before the day ⟨p. 197⟩pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon thee, Zeph. 2.2.
I tell thee all the while thou art sinning, his eyes behold thee, his heart is incensed against thee, and his hand can reach thee and avenge him on thee every moment. How many hath he sent into hell, that never tasted of his patience as thou hast done? The angels sinned and were not waited upon one hour for their repentance; yet how many years hath he endured thee with much long-suffering, and still waiteth upon thee that he may be gracious unto thee,