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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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Friend, dost thou not consider where ever Sin reigneth, it is horrid heinous, most defiling and damning; and thy little Sins may reign as well as great ones. ⟨p. 434⟩There have been Kings of Countries, (as here in England in the time of the Heptarchy) nay, of Cities among the Grecians, as well as Emperors of vast and large Dominions. There are Mayors and Constables commanding in chief in their places, as well as Justices and Judges. A little hair hanging in the pen may make a great blot, and thy little Sins allowed, will very greatly defile and wound thy Soul. In this sense, what the Philosopher saith is true, [Greek or Hebrew], are [Greek or Hebrew], the smallest errors prove most dangerous, Arist. Polit. lib. 5. cap. 8.
Friend, dost thou not consider where ever Sin reigneth, it is horrid hainous, most defiling and damning; and thy little Sins may reign as well as great ones. ⟨p. 434⟩There have been Kings of Countries, (as here in England in the time of the Heptarchy) nay, of Cities among the Grecians, as well as Emperors of vast and large Dominions. There are Mayors and Constables commanding in chief in their places, as well as Justices and Judges. A little hair hanging in the pen may make a great blot, and thy little Sins allowed, will very greatly defile and wound thy Soul. In this sense, what the Philosopher saith is true, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, are 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, the smallest errors prove most dangerous, Arist. Polit. lib. 5. cap. 8.
5. The baser and unworthier art thou to fall out with thy best Friend for a little small matter. Ah, how great is thy ingratitude to disobey, and provoke, and displease, and dishonour the blessed God, to whom thou art so infinitely obliged for a poor small business? And what folly and madness is it to forfeit the Divine Favour, and incur his Anger, and to expose thy self to infinite torments for a trifle, a babble, a light, little, inconsiderable thing. God aggravates the Sin of the Jews, and threateneth them