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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Chapter 46: A third excuse for sins of Omission. It is but one sin, with the answer to it.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. That there is a vast difference between thy being guilty of many sins, and allowing thy self in one sin. Grace may consist with the being of many sins in the same subject, but not with the liking of one sin. As the love of money is the root of all evil, so is the love of Sin the root of all the evil that befalls the Sinner. He who knew he could not hinder the inherency of many sins, yet desires and endeavours to prevent the regency of any one Sin, Psal. 119.132. Order my steps by thy Word, and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. Observe, not any iniquity.
1. That there is a vast difference between thy being guilty of many sins, and allowing thy self in one sin. Grace may consist with the being of many sins in the same subject, but not with the liking of one sin. As the love of money is the root of all evil, so is the love of Sin the root of all the evil that befals the Sinner. He who knew he could not hinder the inherency of many sins, yet desires and endeavours to prevent the regency of any one Sin, Psal. 119.132. Order my steps by thy Word, and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. Oserve, not any iniquity.
2. Consider, that the Omission of one Duty may send thee to Hell, as well as the Omission of many Duties. One Knife, one Sword, one Bullet, one blow may kill a man as well as a thousand. If thou allowest thy self in one Omission, thou art a Servant to this one Sin, (For his Servant thou art whom thou obeyest, ⟨p. 458⟩Rom. 6.16.) and so the Devils Slave, (for he hath thee as fast by this one Chain, as by many,) and consequently an Enemy and Rebel against God, and accordingly shalt suffer eternally. Thy Soul, Friend, is the price of every sin, and when thou allowest thy self in any one, thou dost implicitly, though not expressly, bargain with the Devil thy Master, to sell him thy Soul for the wages of unrighteousness,