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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 44: Another cause of Omissions, is vain excuses men have, that Omissions are little sins, w…
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In all our converses and dealings, we are most careless about matters which ⟨p. 411⟩we judge to be of small concernment. For 'tis judged a part of folly to be very solicitous about toys and trifles. If I have a slight cut on my Finger, or my skin razed, I possibly let it go, and am nothing troubled about it; but if a bone be broken, or a vital part infected, I am not a little perplexed, and quickly apply the best means for the cure of it. The less I apprehend the danger to be, the less care I take to prevent it.
We see it by experience about the Laws of men, that those Laws, the breach of which they presume will be generally winked at, and little taken notice of by the Magistrate (as relieving Beggars, and several others,) are seldom observed, and men at most are indifferent whether they keep them or no; but for those Laws which they believe will be severely reckoned for, if men break them; as those against Thefts, Murders, Ravishments, Treasons, and the like; these they will be tender of, and take care lest they should incur their penalties. Truly, so it is about the Laws of God; we do usually make ⟨p. 412⟩some conscience of those Laws which we apprehend have Death, and Hell, and Wrath, and Damnation attending the breach of them; but those Laws, the breach of which we presume is no great matter, and little minded by God, we are careless and indifferent about.
We see it by experience about the Laws of men, that those Laws, the breach of which they presume will be generally winked at, and little taken notice of by the Magistrate (as relieving Beggars, and several others,) are seldom observed, and men at most are indifferent whether they keep them or no; but for those Laws which they believe will be severely reckon'd for, if men break them; as those against Thefts, Murthers, Ravishments, Treasons, and the like; these they will be tender of, and take care lest they should incur their penalties. Truly, so it is about the Laws of God; we do usually make ⟨p. 412⟩