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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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Chapter 35: Arguments against Omissions. Christ purchased positive as well as negative Holiness, an…
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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, Rom. 14.7, 8. Thou wouldst take it ill thy self to be denied the Service of that, for which thou hast so dearly paid. O think of it, when thou art guilty of Omissions in the matter or manner of Duties, I now rob Jesus Christ of that which he bought with his most precious blood, and let him see the travail of his Soul upon thee, and be satisfied.
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 wrastle 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,