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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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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.
There is that feigns himself poor, that dissembles (as it were) his estate, that is a Beggar (as some read the word Poor here) in his own account, and would have all others judge him so too; he is so covetous after more, that he over-looks what he hath; and so greedy of further attainments, that he takes little notice of his present spiritual enjoyments. If you will believe him, he is a mere Beggar, hath not one bit of bread to eat, and if his Father (in whose house there is bread enough and to spare) do not pity and relieve his prodigal Child, he shall perish for hunger; yet this man hath much substance, is a man of worth and wealth indeed. He is like a branch mightily laden with fruit, and an ear fully laden with corn, which the heavier they are laden, the more they bow down to the ground. A mere titular Christian, like an empty Vessel, may make a great sound, but the full Vessel, that contains the precious Liquor, is silent.
There is that fains himself poor, that dissembles (as it were) his estate, that is a Beggar (as some read the word Poor here) in his own account, and would have all others judge him so too; he is so covetous after more, that he over-looks what he hath; and so greedy of further attainments, that he takes little notice of his present spiritual enjoyments. If you will believe him, he is a meer Beggar, hath not one bit of bread to eat, and if his Father (in whose house there is bread enough and to spare) do not pity and relieve his prodigal Child, he shall perish for hunger; yet this man hath much substance, is a man of worth and wealth indeed. He is like a branch mightily laden with fruit, and an ear fully laden with corn, which the heavier they are laden, the more they bow down to the ground. A meer titular Christian, like an empty Vessel, may make a great sound, but the full Vessel, that contains the precious Liquor, is silent.
I come now to the marks whereby men may know their estates. And for that end I shall lay down several Propositions.