The sinners last sentence to eternal punishment, for sins of omission

3. The danger of Sins of Omission will appear by their destructiveness to men. The more wrong and injury any Sin doth us, the more danger is in it. Now what hath been already spoken, doth abundantly evince this. If Omissions are so great sins, that they most directly cross the mind of the Law, and make way for all Sins of Commission, and exceedingly grieve the Spirit of God, they must needs be dangerous and destructive to men. If God himself blame them so sharply, threaten ⟨p. 159⟩them so severely, and punish them so grievously, who are guilty of such sins; then these Sins must be very injurious to us. But it will further appear, if you consider that they cause,

3. THe danger of Sins of Omission will appear by their destructiveness to men. The more wrong and injury any Sin doth us, the more danger is in it. Now what hath been already spoken, doth abundantly evince this. If Omissions are so great sins, that they most directly cross the mind of the Law, and make way for all Sins of Commission, and exceedingly grieve the Spirit of God, they must needs be dangerous and destructive to men. If God himself blame them so sharply, threaten ⟨p. 159⟩them so severely, and punish them so grievously, who are guilty of such sins; then these Sins must be very injurious to us. But it will further appear, if you consider that they cause,

1. The Judgments of God on men, in regard of their Bodies, or external Comforts. He punisheth many with extreme penury, for not being diligent in their particular Callings. Their idleness (which is a sin of Omission) clothes them with rags, Prov. 23.21. Again, The idle Soul shall suffer hunger, Prov. 19.15. How doth experience prove the truth of this. Many begin the World (as we say) with considerable Estates, who, in a few years, for lack of care and industry in their Employs, have wasted all. The idle man may call the Prodigal Brother. Besides, these Sins of Omission are punished with a temporal destruction. The Lord having saved the people out of the Land of Egypt, afterwards destroyed them that believed not,