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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 29: The Condition of men only Civil is unsafe and sad.
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.
No surely, they cannot appear before him. Thou, even thou art to be feared, and who may stand when thou art angry? Where shall they appear? Shall they appear before Christ the Judge of Quick and Dead? Before him, who sometimes invited ⟨p. 227⟩them earnestly to come to him, and entreated them affectionately to accept of him, and life with him. Shall they appear before him? It's his Call which they have despised, and his Commands which they have violated. It's his Blood which they have trampled on, and his Spirit whom they have grieved. They are his Members whom the Sinners have oppressed and wronged, and his Children, and Spouse, and Body, which the Ungodly have neglected, and not relieved. O how glad would they be if the Rocks would crush them to pieces, that they might be delivered from the wrath of the Lamb, Rev. 6.15. Their severe Sentence which may make every Ear to tingle, and Heart to tremble, that hears it, will proceed from his mouth; Then shall he say unto them on his left hand, Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire. But where shall these Sinners and Ungodly appear? Shall they appear before the Saints? Alas, with what face can they behold them, whose Persons they have imprisoned, whose Estates they have plundered, whose Profession they have derided, ⟨p. 228⟩whose Names they have abused, and whom they have often wished out of the way, and thought the Troublers of the Family, and Town, and Country where they lived? If the Saints plead it must be against them, for they cannot but as Justices agree and concur with the Sentence of the Judge as righteous and just.
No surely, they cannot appear before him. Thou, even thou art to be feared, and who may stand when thou art angry? Where shall they appear? Shall they appear before Christ the Judge of Quick and Dead? Before him, who sometimes invited ⟨p. 227⟩them earnestly to come to him, and intreated them affectionately to accept of him, and life with him. Shall they appear before him? It's his Call which they have despised, and his Commands which they have violated. It's his Blood which they have trampled on, and his Spirit whom they have grieved. They are his Members whom the Sinners have oppressed and wronged, and his Children, and Spouse, and Body, which the Ungodly have neglected, and not relieved. O how glad would they be if the Rocks would crush them to pieces, that they might be deliver'd from the wrath of the Lamb,