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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 16: Why Christ will try men at the Great Day by acts of Charity.
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.
2. Because these acts of Charity are signs of Faith and Love, to which Graces Heaven is promised, James 1.12. James 2.5. Joh. 3.16, 17, ult. Christ ⟨p. 109⟩who knoweth the Heart, understandeth ••om what inward root our outward •ruit springeth; and therefore Faith and Love, which are the Fountain of true Charity, James 2.15, 16, 17. being inward and secret, he mentions what is more open and known, as a sign and testimony of that faith in him, and love to him, which are invisible and unknown to the World. Faith is a Grace seated in the heart, With the heart man believeth unto righteousness; (where, by heart, I suppose is understood the Understanding and Will; for Faith, in habitu, is in each; and in exercitio, an act of both.) And the heart is called an hidden man, 1 Pet. 3. But it discovers it self to the Believer by love. For when once the Soul applieth Christ for Pardon and Life, and begins to hope for those great and good things which Christ hath purchased for him, and promised to him; this Faith kindleth an holy flame of Love in the affections to Christ, and hereby the Soul understands that he is a true Believer beloved of God; for our Love is but the reverberation of God's Love back again to himself, 1 Joh. 4.19. ⟨p. 110⟩And then Faith discovers it self to others, by these fruits and effects of love to God, i. e. feeding the Hungry, and clothing the Naked. St. Paul tells us, That Faith works by love, as its Tool or Instrument, Gal. 5.6. Love to God produceth love to his Saints, and love to the Saints will draw out the hand, and heart, and purse to relieve them in their wants,