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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 37: Arguments against Omissions. God deserves our positive Obedience before all others; and…
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Did God, or any of them, send his only begotten Son to redeem thee out of the hands of the Law and Divine Justice, and to purchase for thee a state of Peace, and Love, and Adoption, and everlasting Life? Did they, or any of them, bear the Curse of the Law, and the Wrath of an infinite Majesty, and the Rage of the Fiends of Darkness, to deliver thee from them, and to make thee blessed? O Reader, where are thy Wits? what is become of thine Understanding? If he that sends thee in all the good thou enjoyest, and freeth thee from all the evil thou escapest, doth not deserve all thou hast and art; who doth I know not. Hast thou laid the thousandth part of those Obligations on any Child or Servant thou hast, which God hath on thee? Didst thou make them? dost thou preserve them? canst thou redeem them? ⟨p. 322⟩Alas, thou art but a poor Instrument in the hand of God, to convey some small matters to them; yet thou expectest positive as well as negative Obedience from them; and why should not God, who hath laid such millions of Obligations on thee, look for the like from thee? Once more, to whom wilt thou call in thy day of Distress? To whom wilt thou cry in thy time of trouble, to God, or any of those three fore-mentioned? Masters, is it to them, or to God that thou wilt lift up thy Hands, and Eyes, and Heart on thy sick, on thy dying Bed, when all thy Friends and Kindred will be insignificant and helpless to thee, and Devils will wait on thee to devour thee? Who is it that offereth thee an unchangeable state of Pleasure and Happiness upon excellent and equitable terms, that entreats, and invites, and wooeth, and courteth thee to accept of freedom from misery, and Hell flames, and eternal damnation; and also to embrace his tenders of fullness of joy, and a Crown of Life, and a Kingdom of Glory for ever and ever? Ah Friend, little dost thou know how much thou ⟨p. 323⟩owest the blessed God. I am sure thou canst not deny him any part of thy Heart or Life, if thou wilt give him what he deserves, thy Conscience must tell thee that it is his due. And then if thou wilt give every one his due, why shouldst thou put by the glorious Lord? If thy Friends, thy Neighbours, thine Enemies, all must have their due: I beseech thee do not deny God, but let him have thy positive Obedience, which is unquestionably his due.
Did God, or any of them, send his only begotten Son to redeem thee out of the hands of the Law and Divine Justice, and to purchase for thee a state of Peace, and Love, and Adoption, and everlasting Life? Did they, or any of them, bear the Curse of the Law, and the Wrath of an infinite Majesty, and the Rage of the Fiends of Darkness, to deliver thee from them, and to make thee blessed? O Reader, where are thy Wits? what is become of thine Understanding? If he that sends thee in all the good thou enjoyest, and freeth thee from all the evil thou escapest, doth not deserve all thou hast and art; who doth I know not. Hast thou laid the thousandth part of those Obligations on any Child or Servant thou hast, which God hath on thee? Didst thou make them? dost thou preserve them? canst thou redeem them?