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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.
Which must include at lest frequent, i. e. daily prayer, each Morning and Evening; but some men pray, but it's only at certain seasons, now and then, by fits and starts: Some pray only upon the Lords-Days, as if they had liberty all the working-days to be Atheists, and neglect the owning of the great God. Others pray only under some Affliction; and as Patients to their Physician, never go to God, but when they cannot tell what to do without him. So the Jews, In their Affliction, they will seek me early, Hos. 5.15. When he smote them, then they sought him, but their heart was not ⟨p. 132⟩right with him, neither were they steadfast in his Covenant, Psal. 78.34, 37. Unevenness of Pulse argues a distempered Body, so doth unevenness in Duties a distempered Soul. In their trouble they will pour out a prayer. When troubles are on them, they will make bold to trouble God, and call him up for their help. God expects frequency of Application to him every day, and greater frequency of those that have more time, and fewer Obstacles and Impediments than others. Now the putting God off with Applications to him, and Acknowledgements of him once a week, instead of every day, and much under Affliction, instead of doing it in all conditions, and at all seasons; or putting him off with Morning-Prayer only, instead of Morning and Evening-Prayer, or with Family-Prayer only, when we should also pray in our Closets daily; these are sins of Omission, in regard of the measure of the Duty.
Which must include at lest frequent, i. e. daily prayer, each Morning and Evening; but some men pray, but it's only at certain seasons, now and then, by fits and starts: Some pray only upon the Lords-Days, as if they had liberty all the working-days to be Atheists, and neglect the owning of the great God. Others pray only under some Affliction; and as Patients to their Physitian, never go to God, but when they cannot tell what to do without him. So the Jews, In their Affliction, they will seek me early, Hos. 5.15. When he smote them, then they sought him, but their heart was not ⟨p. 132⟩