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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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If the Tree that is void of good fruit be hewn down, and cast into the fire, (Matth. 3.10.) what will become of the Tree that aboundeth in evil fruit? If barrenness of good expose to Divine Vengeance, what will fruitfulness in evil do? If the Fig-Tree that had leaves and no Figs was cursed, and withered away, what curse shall befall those Trees that bear Gall and Wormwood? Whose ⟨p. 196⟩Grapes are the Grapes of Sodom, and whose Clusters are the Clusters of Gomorrah. If men shall perish who call not on the Name of God, what shall become of them who blaspheme the Name of God? If they who hear not the Word of God shall be destroyed, what destruction shall befall them who deride it, and mock at it? If those whose feet run not the ways of Gods Commandments, who lift not up their […] to Heaven and pray, whose […] are folded in their Bosoms, and whose tongues talk not of Judgment, shall be cast into the Lake that burneth with fire and brimstone for ever; where shall they be cast whose Feet are swift to shed blood, whose Eyes are full of Adultery, and cannot cease from sin; whose Hands are full of Bribery and Extortion, and whose Tongues are full of cursing and lying, and whose Throat is an open Sepulchre.
If the Tree that is void of good fruit be hewn down, and cast into the fire, (Matth. 3.10.) what will become of the Tree that aboundeth in evil fruit? If barrenness of good expose to Divine Vengeance, what will fruitfulness in evil do? If the Fig-Tree that had leaves and no Figs was cursed, and wither'd away, what curse shall befal those Trees that bear Gall and Wormwood? Whose ⟨p. 196⟩Grapes are the Grapes of Sodom, and whose Clusters are the Clusters of Gomorrah. If men shall perish who call not on the Name of God, what shall become of them who blaspheme the Name of God? If they who hear not the Word of God shall be destroy'd, what destruction shall befal them who deride it, and mock at it? If those whose feet run not the ways of Gods Commandments, who lift not up their 〈…〉 to Heaven and pray, whose 〈…〉 are folded in their Bosoms, and whose tongues talk not of Judgment, shall be cast into the Lake that burneth with fire and brimstone for ever; where shall they be cast whose Feet are swift to shed blood, whose Eyes are full of Adultery, and cannot cease from sin; whose Hands are full of Bribery and Extortion, and whose Tongues are full of cursing and lying, and whose Throat is an open Sepulchre.