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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Chapter 15: The reason of Christs severe Sentence, and a question resolved, whether the Righteous,…
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.
1. In that Christ calls to the blessed to inherit the Kingdom, [Greek or Hebrew], which word signifieth Haereditatis jure possidere, to enjoy a thing by right of Inheritance, from Parents and Ancestors, and not by right of Purchase, or deserving; therefore Heaven is often called [Greek or Hebrew], an Inheritance, Col. 1.12. Ephes. 1.14. 1 Pet. 1.3. So the Type of it, the Land of Canaan is often called by the 70, probably from the division or distribution of the Land by lot to them,1 Josh. 14.2. which to a word is the import of the word. Now they who enjoy an Estate by right of Sonship, do not possess it by Merit. What can a Child who may inherit his deceased Fathers Estate in his Child-hood or Infancy do to deserve that Estate.
1. In that Christ calls to the blessed to inherit the Kingdom, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, which word signifieth Haereditatis jure possidere, to enjoy a thing by right of Inheritance, from Parents and Ancestors, and not by right of Purchase, or deserving; therefore Heaven is often called 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, an Inheritance, Col. 1.12. Ephes. 1.14. 1 Pet. 1.3. So the Type of it, the Land of Canaan is often called by the 70, probably from the division or distribution of the Land by lot to them,1 Josh. 14.2. which to a word is the import of the word. Now they who enjoy an Estate by right of Sonship, do not possess it by Merit. What can a Child who may inherit his deceased Fathers Estate in his Child-hood or Infancy do to deserve that Estate.