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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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But spiritual sins have none of these obstacles or hinderances. He whose Body is so weak, that he cannot know one Woman, may yet in his Spirit defile hundreds in one day. He whose Estate is so small, that he can scarce maintain himself, will yet in his thoughts keep a Table for a Prince, throw away hundreds upon provision for the Flesh, and be as great an Emperor as he pleaseth. He whose sickness, and lowness of quality, and want of a convenient season, hindereth ⟨p. 416⟩him from doing his Neighbour the least actual injury, may yet in his Spirit slay more than Sampson did with the jawbone of an Ass in a much less time.
But spiritual sins have none of these obstacles or hinderances. He whose Body is so weak, that he cannot know one Woman, may yet in his Spirit defile hundreds in one day. He whose Estate is so small, that he can scarce maintain himself, will yet in his thoughts keep a Table for a Prince, throw away hundreds upon provision for the Flesh, and be as great an Emperour as he pleaseth. He whose sickness, and lowness of quality, and want of a convenient season, hindreth ⟨p. 416⟩him from doing his Neighbour the least actual injury, may yet in his Spirit slay more than Sampson did with the jawbone of an Ass in a much less time.
Sins against Knowledge are greater than sins of Ignorance. Our Saviour tells the Jews, That if they had been blind, they had had no sin; but because ye say ye see, therefore your sin remaineth, Joh. 9. Sins against knowledge are sins against our own light, and thereby we offer violence to our selves, Rom. 1.21, to 28.2. More daring to God; for he who is ignorant of his Masters will, cannot do any thing, or omit any thing to dare him or to provoke him, because he doth not know what is displeasing to him; but he who knoweth what God would have, and omits what he commandeth, or doth what he forbids, may rather be supposed to commit the one or omit the other, because of his enmity to God. 3. As more against the mercy of God. Knowledge is a great mercy: The Understanding of Man is the Candle of the Lord. And sins against it are therefore the more provoking, because against the Divine goodness,