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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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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 ⟨p. 369⟩is without Christ, Ephes. 2.12. He who hath not the Son, hath not life. And he who hath not life, I am sure cannot live to God. The Apostle fitly joins them together, Trees without fruit, twice dead, i. e. certainly dead, or dead indeed, Jude, vers. 12. Where the stock is dead, the branches must needs wither; and if they wither, there is little likelihood of fruit.
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 ⟨p. 369⟩is without Christ, Ephes. 2.12. He who hath not the Son, hath not life. And he who hath not life, I am sure cannot live to God. The Apostle fitly joyns them together, Trees without fruit, twice dead, i. e. certainly dead, or dead indeed,