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The sinners last sentence to eternal punishment, for sins of omission
The sinners last sentence to eternal punishment, for sins of omission wherein is discovered, the nature, causes, and cure of those sins / by Geo. Swinnock.
London: printed for Geo. Swinnock, 1675
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Chapter 14: How little cause to envy Sinners, and how careful we should be to avoid their eternal m…
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Use 1. WE may learn hence what little cause any have to envy Sinners their fat and sweet in this World. Alas, for their poor short pleasures of sin, they must have extreme and eternal torments. Who would grudge them their portion, or eat of their Dainties, or buy their Bargains, that is not mad, and quite bereft of his wits, Prov. 23.17, 18. My Son, envy not Sinners: for surely there is an end. I, and a sad end for poor Sinners. An end of Woe, and Wrath, and Death, and Misery, without any end or ease. Ah what sad Objects are they of Pity, who laugh a minute, and must weep for ⟨p. 91⟩ever! who for a little giggling mirth, and poor drossy pleasures, must fry eternally in Hell flames among Devils and damned Spirits.
Ʋse 1. WE may learn hence what little cause any have to envy Sinners their fat and sweet in this World. Alas, for their poor short pleasures of sin, they must have extream and eternal torments. Who would grudge them their portion, or eat of their Dainties, or buy their Bargains, that is not mad, and quite bereaft of his wits, Prov. 23.17, 18. My Son, envy not Sinners: for surely there is an end. I, and a sad end for poor Sinners. An end of Woe, and Wrath, and Death, and Misery, without any end or ease. Ah what sad Objects are they of Pity, who laugh a minute, and must weep for ⟨p. 91⟩ever! who for a little gigling mirth, and poor drossy pleasures, must fry eternally in Hell flames among Devils and damned Spirits.
Ex. Reader, Believe and consider this misery of the Wicked, and be restless, till thou art secured against it. Ponder it well, to be among Devils, those stinging Serpents, roaring Lions, frightful Monsters, would make thy hair stand an end, and thy heart to ache; but to be amongst them in extremity of Torments, in fire, in fire kindled by the infinite wrath of God, and in universality of Torments, to have all kind of Judgments and Plagues inflicted on thee; I, and on every part of thy Body, and all the powers of thy Soul; and to suffer all this for ever, ever, ever. Canst thou bear the company of Lions, and Bears, and Wolves, and Adders, and Serpents, & the deformed Monsters here for ever? How then wilt thou bear the Company of Devils, hideous, monstrous, frightful Hell-hounds for ever? Thou canst not bear the pain of our fire for one day, no not for one quarter of an hour; how then wilt thou bear the pain of Hell