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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Chapter 27: Negative godliness is not enough. Christs impartiality in Judgment.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. That the Holy Ghost characterizeth a godly man both negatively and positively. The Scripture tells us, That a true Christian minds both parts of the Law, its commanding part as well as its forbidding part. When the Holy Ghost speaks of Davids goodness, he tells us, That he served the Wills of God in his Generation, not only his forbidding-will, but also his commanding-will, Act. 13.36. When Job is commended as a godly man, he is said to eschew evil, there was his negative Holiness; and to fear God, there was his positive Holiness, Job 1.1. & 8. The Psalmist describes the happy man by his holiness both ways.
1. That the Holy Ghost characterizeth a godly man both negatively and positively. The Scripture tells us, That a true Christan minds both parts of the Law, its commanding part as well as its forbidding part. When the Holy Ghost speaks of Davids goodness, he tells us, That he served the Wills of God in his Generation, not only his forbidding-will, but also his commanding-will, Act. 13.36. When Job is commended as a godly man, he is said to eschew evil, there was his negative Holiness; and to fear God, there was his positive Holiness, Job 1.1. & 8. The Psalmist describes the happy man by his holiness both ways.
1. By way of Negation, Blessed is the man that walketh not in the Counsel of the Ungodly, (i. e. that committeth not ⟨p. 209⟩wickedness, which is the consultation of the Ungodly,) nor standeth in the way of Sinners, (i. e. that goeth not on with pleasure in any course of profaneness,) nor sitteth in the Seat of the scornful, (i. e. that hardeneth not not his heart against advice and admonition, &c.)