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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 26: 1. Use. Of the Doctrine by way of Informamation: How dreadful will be the Condition of…
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Having explained the Doctrine, by describing the nature and danger of sins of Omission, as also the Reasons why Christ will sentence those that are guilty of them to an eternal banishment from his presence, and to eternal torments with the Devil and his Angels; I now proceed to the Application of the Point. This Doctrine may be useful, 1. By way of Information. 2. By way of Examination. 3. By way of Exhortation.
HAving explained the Doctrine, by describing the nature and danger of sins of Omission, as also the Reasons why Christ will sentence those that are guilty of them to an eternal banishment from his presence, and to eternal torments with the Devil and his Angels; I now proceed to the Application of the Point. This Doctrine may be useful, 1. By way of Information. 2. By way of Examination. 3. By way of Exhortation.
1. The Doctrine is useful by way of Information.
11. If Christ will condemn men for sins of Omission at the Great Day, what will become of them that are guilty of gross Crimes, and who live in sins of ⟨p. 195⟩Commission? These must be doubly punished, for they are guilty of Omissions and Commissions too. If they who feed not the Hungry, and clothe not the Naked, shall be damned; surely they who take meat out of the mouths of the Poor, and rob the Needy of their Raiment, by fraud or force, shall be doubly damned. If they be sent to Hell, who visit not the sick and imprisoned; how doleful will their Judgment be who wound the Servants of Christ, and cast them into Prison. If the mere civil man be excluded the highest Heaven, surely the scandalous Sinner shall be cast into the lowest Hell,