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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 33: A Caution against sins of Omission, in regard of the matter of Duties.
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.
The Apostle Paul upon this account adviseth the Galatians, While ye have ⟨p. 277⟩time, do good to all, Gal. 6.10. Nothing more sads and dulls the heart, when one comes to die, saith a Divine now with God, than his neglect of such opportunities which God's Providence,1 or his own Place, have put into his hands of doing or receiving good. Nor is there a sharper Corrosive than the reflection upon those days and times that have passed over him, Male aliud nihil agentem. Ah how sad and uncomfortable will it be for thy time to be gone, when thy work is not done! when thy Sun is setting, and the shadows of the Evening are stretching themselves upon thee, for Conscience to give thee this salute, Thy day is passed, thy time is wasted, the business of life is neglected, and now thine Errors can never, never be amended. Ah what a dreadful hour will a dying-hour be to thee, when Conscience shall plead against thee with Whips, and Scorpions, and Flames, and not the dearest Friend or Relation thou hast be admitted to plead for thee, or be able to comfort thee! But if the day of death will be so uncomfortable, how terrible will the Day of ⟨p. 278⟩Judgment be? Then it is that the Saint shall reap the benefit of all the good he hath done, and the Sinner shall reap the mischief of all the good he hath omitted, or left undone. Then the idle Servant that did not trade with his Talent, will be found an evil Servant, and as such condemned to the Worm that never dieth, and the Fire that never goeth out, Mat. 25. Then the unfruitful Factor will be found an unfaithful Factor, and as such disowned and condemned by his Lord.
The Apostle Paul upon this account adviseth the Galathians, While ye have ⟨p. 277⟩time, do good to all, Gal. 6.10. Nothing more sads and dulls the heart, when one comes to die, saith a Divine now with God, than his neglect of such opportunities which God's Providence,