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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.
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.
CHAP. XVII. Three particulars about the Text.
I Come now somewhat closer to the Reason of the Sentence; For I was hungry, and ye gave me no meat, &c. Here we must understand:
1. Observ. That the omission of inward Charity is included in this of outward, and will be as dangerous, if not more at the Great Day. The subject of it, the Soul is much more noble than the Body; therefore to suffer a Soul to perish through our neglect of giving it spiritual Alms is a greater sin, than to suffer the outward man to perish for want of bodily Alms. Again, the end of spiritual Alms is higher, (than of bodily) the eternal Salvation of the Soul, 1 Pet. 1.9. Receiving the end of your Faith, the eternal salvation of your Souls. Both sorts of Charity are comprehended into these two verses.
Visito, Poto, Cibo Redimo, Tego, Colligo, Condo; Consul, Castiga, Solar, Remit, Fer, Ora.
Visito, Poto, Cibo Redimo, Tego, Colligo, Condo; Consule, Castiga, Solare, Remitte, Fer, Ora.