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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.
Again, we have a clear and full proof of the Doctrine, in Matth. 3.10. And now also the Axe is laid to the root of the Trees: therefore every Tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewn down and cast into the fire. In the verse we have three parts considerable:
Again, we have a clear and full proof of the Doctrine, in Matth. 3.10. And now also the Ax is laid to the root of the Trees: therefore every Tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewn down and cast into the fire. In the verse we have three parts considerable:
1. the Sin, and that is a bare omission, the not bringing forth good fruit. Our Saviour speaks the same in Matth. 7.19. He doth not say, Every Tree that bringeth forth evil fruit is hewn down, that bringeth forth Drunkenness, or Robbery, or Uncleanness, or unsavoury Communication, &c. is cast into the fire; But every Tree that bringeth not forth good fruit. The sin is only a neglect of positive holiness.
1. the Sin, and that is a bare omission, the not bringing forth good fruit. Our Saviour speaks the same in Matth. 7.19. He doth not say, Every Tree that bringeth forth evil fruit is hewn down, that bringeth forth Drunkenness, or Robbery, or Uncleanness, or unsavory Communication, &c. is cast into the fire; But every Tree that bringeth not forth good fruit. The sin is only a neglect of positive holiness.