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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 18: That sins of Omission are dangerous and damnable.
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.
Doctrine. That sins of Omission are dangerous and damnable, or Christ will sentence men at the Great Day to eternal punishment of loss and sense, for not feeding the Hungry, and clothing the Naked. Observe how naturally the Doctrine floweth ⟨p. 119⟩from the Text, Depart ye cursed into everlasting fire, prepared for the Devil and his Angels: For I was hungry, and ye gave me no meat; thirsty, and ye gave me no drink, &c. The sin mentioned is a bare omission, and the Sentence clearly speaks the punishment: Hence I gather, That sins of Omission are damnable. Christ will sentence men to Hell for them. Saul's not slaying Agag, (an omission) lost him the Kingdom, 1 Sam. 15.20, 26. The Moabites and Ammonites were excluded the Sanctuary of God (an high and special Privilege) to the tenth Generation, for an omission, for not meeting Israel with bread and water in the Wilderness, Deut. 33.4.
Doctrine. THat sins of Omission are dangerous and damnable, or Christ will sentence men at the Great Day to eternal punishment of loss and sense, for not feeding the Hungry, and cloathing the Naked. Observe how naturally the Doctrine floweth ⟨p. 119⟩from the Text, Depart ye cursed into everlasting fire, prepared for the Devil and his Angels: For I was hungry, and ye gave me no meat; thirsty, and ye gave me no drink, &c. The sin mentioned is a bare omission, and the Sentence clearly speaks the punishment: Hence I gather, That sins of Omission are damnable. Christ will sentence men to Hell for them. Saul's not slaying Agag, (an omission) lost him the Kingdom, 1 Sam. 15.20, 26. The Moabites and Ammonites were excluded the Sanctuary of God (an high and special Priviledge) to the tenth Generation, for an omission, for not meeting Israel with bread and water in the Wilderness, Deut. 33.4.