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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 38: If God should omit his care of us a moment, we are undone. And if Christ had omitted th…
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CHAP. XXXVIII. If God should omit his care of us a moment, we are undone. And if Christ had omitted the least in our Work of Redemption, we had been lost irrecoverably.
9. Consider, if God should omit his care of thee, and neglect thee as often as thou omittest his Service, and neglectest him; nay, if he should withdraw his positive Providence from thee one moment, what would become of thee? thy Body would be turned into a dead loathsome Carcass, and thy Soul would be haled by Devils to Hell fire. Is it not more just that God should neglect thee, than that thou shouldst neglect him? and hath he not much more reason to neglect thee a moment, than thou hast to neglect him days, and months, and years? He hath no Obligation to thee, thou hast thousands to him. All he doth for thee is mercy, mere mercy; not only beyond but contrary to merit: All he requireth of thee, ⟨p. 328⟩and all thou canst do for him, is Duty, and that which the greatest Justice calls upon thee for. Now if thou art unwilling to be neglected by God, why shouldst thou not be as unwilling to neglect God? Is thy safety of greater concern than his Glory? or must thy Pleasure be preferred before his? Wilt thou not make that golden Rule of Christ the rule of thy actions with men, to deal with them as thou wouldst have them to deal with thee; and wilt thou deal otherwise with the blessed God? Must he remember thee at all times, in all conditions; keep thee night and day, lest any hurt thee, support and supply thee every moment, and thou forget him days without number? Is this fair or honest dealing?
9. COnsider, if God should omit his care of thee, and neglect thee as often as thou omittest his Service, and neglectest him; nay, if he should withdraw his positive Providence from thee one moment, what would become of thee? thy Body would be turn'd into a dead loathsome Carkass, and thy Soul would be haled by Devils to Hell fire. Is it not more just that God should neglect thee, than that thou shouldst neglect him? and hath he not much more reason to neglect thee a moment, than thou hast to neglect him days, and moneths, and years? He hath no Obligation to thee, thou hast thousands to him. All he doth for thee is mercy, meer mercy; not only beyond but contrary to merit: All he requireth of thee,