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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 41: The grand cause of sins of Omission. An unregenerate heart, with the cure of it; a rene…
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much less he who loatheth his Book. If the nature of a man be contrary to God, and his Ways, the presence of God is troublesome to him, Job 21.14. They say to God, depart from us; and the Worship of God is tedious to them. When will the new Moon be gone, and the Sabbath be over. And the Precepts of God ⟨p. 368⟩are Fetters and Cords to them, Psal. 2.3. Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their cords from us. Common gifts of the Spirit, as Illumination, Convictions, sudden flashes of Affection may do somewhat against this distemper of Nature, but the virtue of that Physic is soon spent, and then it returns to its former illness. Colours not laid in Oil, will soon be washed off.
much less he who loatheth his Book. If the nature of a man be contrary to God, and his Ways, the presence of God is troublesome to him, Job 21.14. They say to God, depart from us; and the Worship of God is tedious to them. When will the new Moon be gone, and the Sabbath be over. And the Precepts of God ⟨p. 368⟩are Fetters and Cords to them, Psal. 2.3. Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their cords from us. Common gifts of the Spirit, as Illumination, Convictions, sudden flashes of Affection may do somewhat against this distemper of Nature, but the virtue of that Physick is soon spent, and then it returns to its former illness. Colours not laid in Oyl, will soon be washt off.
Indeed, how can it be expected, that a Body separated from a Soul should stir or move; and much less can it be expected, that a Soul without Christ, its life, should pray, or hear, or watch, or do any thing according to the Will of God. Paul tells us, I live, i. e. to God, according to his Will, doing what is good: But how comes this about, at whose cost doth he keep house; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me. I may thank my Lord Jesus, I am beholden unto him for all ability unto sacred actions: And the life that I live in the Flesh, is by Faith in the Son of God. It's from Christ alone that I receive supplies of strength and virtue to live to God. What will then become of the Unregenerate person, who