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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
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Chapter 25: Farther Reasons why Christ at the Great Day will condemn men for sins of Omission.
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Faith will not suffer a man to live without Scripture. The Word of God is the Food of Faith, and a man can as ⟨p. 187⟩well live without Bread, as Faith without the Word, 1 Pet. 2.2. It's Scripture that breeds Faith; Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God, Rom. 10.17. And it's Scripture that feeds Faith, and helps it to thrive; I hope in thy Word, Psal. 119.114. Hope is a degree of Faith. So Psal. 119. Establish thy Word unto thy Servant, upon which thou hast caused me to trust. Thus I might show how inconsistent other Sins of Omission are with Faith; and therefore they who live in such sins, must be Unbelievers, and so obnoxious to the wrath of God, Joh. 3. ult. But I shall conclude this Head with this Note, that Faith is obediential, and therefore it's impossible for a Believer to live in Disobedience to God's positive Laws. We read in Scripture of the Obedience of Faith.
Faith will not suffer a man to live without Scripture. The Word of God is the Food of Faith, and a man can as ⟨p. 187⟩well live without Bread, as Faith without the Word, 1 Pet. 2.2. It's Scripture that breeds Faith; Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God, Rom. 10.17. And it's Scripture that feeds Faith, and helps it to thrive; I hope in thy Word, Psal. 119.114. Hope is a degree of Faith. So Psal. 119. Establish thy Word unto thy Servant, upon which thou hast caused me to trust. Thus I might shew how inconsistent other Sins of Omission are with Faith; and therefore they who live in such sins, must be Unbelievers, and so obnoxious to the wrath of God,