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

4. The danger of Sins of Omission will appear, by our proneness to slight and neglect them. If Sins of Omission are of so deadly a nature, as most to contradict the Will of God, and so highly provoking to him, and so mortally destructive to us; then the more we slight this great Enemy, the more dangerous it is to us: A weak enemy, and an enemy that can do us little harm, may be slighted without great danger. But when an enemy is so powerful, so deadly, so damnable, our contempt of him is a great advantage to him, and a great disadvantage to us; for by this means he falls upon us disarmed and unprepared for him. Pompey slighted Caesar, when News first came to Rome of his marching into Italy with his Army, and said, ⟨p. 165⟩That if did but stamp with his foot, he should therewith fetch Soldiers enough out of all parts to subdue Caesar. And so made small preparation to resist him, which was his own and the Commonwealths destruction. Truly, thus men are apt to slight sins of Omission, and thereby to undo themselves. As it's said of Joab, He spake kindly to Amasa, and made as if he would kiss him: But Amasa took no heed to the Sword that was in Joabs hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, that he died, 2 Sam. 20.9, 10. Thus sin of Omission is familiar with us, and pretends rather love and kindness, than any hurt to us (for in all sin there is a deceitfulness) and we taking no heed to the Sword in its hand,¹ to its malignant killing-nature, but slighting it, as if it were venial, are destroyed by it.

4. The danger of Sins of Omission will appear, by our proneness to slight and neglect them. If Sins of Omission are of so deadly a nature, as most to contradict the Will of God, and so highly provoking to him, and so mortally destructive to us; then the more we slight this great Enemy, the more dangerous it is to us: A weak enemy, and an enemy that can do us little harm, may be slighted without great danger. But when an enemy is so powerful, so deadly, so damnable, our contempt of him is a great advantage to him, and a great disadvantage to us; for by this means he falls upon us disarmed and unprepared for him. Pompey slighted Caesar, when News first came to Rome of his marching into Italy with his Army, and said,