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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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The Sins of the people of God are greater respectively than the Sins of others; therefore they are said only to do evil, as if all the World beside were innocent, Jer. 32. The Children of Israel and the Children of Judah have only done evil before me. 11. As these Sins are committed against the greatest Obligations on Gods part, against the electing, calling, pardoning, adopting, saving-love, each of these is an aggravation of Sin. God accents Israels Sin from his special kindness, Hos. 11.1. Although I was an Husband to them. 2. As they are committed against the most solemn engagements on our part. Every of Gods people doth expressly before God, Angels, and Men, promise and covenant to be the Lords, wholly, universally, and eternally the Lords. The Israelites avouched God to be theirs. And David swore that he would be Gods obedient Servant, Psal. 119. I have sworn, and I ⟨p. 419⟩will perform, that I will keep thy righteous Judgments. And it's no mean Sin to be guilty of Perjury. God aggravates the Sin of his people by this, They all like men have transgressed the Covenant. 3. As these Sins are committed against the greatest helps to Obedience; An enlightened Mind, a renewed Will, sanctified Affections, an awakened Conscience, and a principle of Life or new Nature, are all opposed and resisted by their Disobedience. This cut the heart of David, that God made him to know Wisdom secretly, Psal. 51.6. 4. As the Sins of these men cause God to be more blasphemed and dishonoured than the Sins of others, Levit. 22.31. Nathan tells David, By this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of God to blaspheme, 2 Sam. 12.14. Indeed, these by falling into sin after their Repentance, seem to repent of their Repentance, and to lick up their Vomit.