The sinners last sentence to eternal punishment, for sins of omission

and that his delivering us from sin, was only in order to this, to his adorning us with Sanctity. As a man cannot put on new Robes till he hath first put off his old Rags, so a man cannot put on the new man, the beautiful Image of the heavenly, till he hath put off the old man, the abominable Image of the earthly Adam, Luke 1.74, 75. We are delivered out of the hands of our Enemies, that we should serve him in holiness and righteousness all the days of our lives. He plougheth up the fallow ⟨p. 299⟩ground of the Heart, and kills the weeds of sin, in order to the casting in the seed of Grace into the Soul.

Now, Reader, consider, if Christ died to purchase positive Holiness for thee; what hope canst thou have of an interest in his Death without it? Canst thou think he bought one for thee without the other, or that thou mayst be a partial sharer in his Death? And what wilt thou do without an interest in his Sufferings? Except he wash thee in his blood, thou hast no part in him; and if thou hast no part in him, thy part must be among Devils and damned Spirits. Again, wilt thou by thy Omissions deny and deprive Christ of that Service, which he hath bought so dearly? Alas, how little is it that thou art able to do for him, when thou dost all thou canst! And how much did that cost him? what pangs and throws did he bear? what rage from men? what wrath from God? how did he wrestle with the Frowns and Fury, with the Power and Policy of the World and Hell? And after all this, dost thou grudge him that poor Service, for which he was hungry, and thirsty, ⟨p. 300⟩and weary, and tempted, and betrayed, and crucified? Whether we live, saith the Apostle, we live to the Lord; whether we die, we die to the Lord: whether we live or die, we are the Lords. To this end Jesus died and rose again, that he might be Lord both of the Dead and Living,