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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 15: The reason of Christs severe Sentence, and a question resolved, whether the Righteous,…
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CHAP. XV. The reason of Christs severe Sentence, and a question resolved, whether the Righteous, by their Acts of Charity, do not deserve Heaven as well, as the Wicked, by their Omission thereof, deserve Hell.
Thirdly, The reason of Christ's severe Sentence against them, vers. 40, 43. For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink. I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not: sick and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Thirdly, THe reason of Christ's severe Sentence against them, vers. 40, 43. For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink. I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not: sick and in prison, and ye visited me not.
The words have nothing of difficulty in them, and therefore I shall not wast time in the explication of them. Every one knows what it is not to give meat to the Hungry, or drink to the Thirsty, or Raiment to the Naked, &c. That it is the omission of a Duty, viz. Charity, which God commands, and also that Believers are the Members of Christ, Ephes. 1. ult. Christ mystical, 1 Cor. 12.12. And therefore what injuries are ⟨p. 97⟩done to them, are done to Christ, Acts 9. Only it may be needful to speak to these two particulars, before I raise the Doctrine.