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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 3: Concerning the privative part of the Sinners Punishment.
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.
First, As for the Object of their loss.
1. They lose the Lord Jesus Christ, the Prince of Life, the Lord of Glory, the fairest of ten thousand, the only begotten of the Father, and the Heir of all things. The better the Object is, the greater their loss who are deprived of it. The more excellent the Person of Christ is, the more exquisite their punishment will be who must depart from him. Christ is the highest, the greatest, the chiefest good. In losing him,
1. They depart from an universal good, one that is Bread, Water, Light, Life, Rest, Health, Ease, Wine, Marrow, ⟨p. 26⟩a Feast, a Friend, a Father, Pardon, Peace, Love, Grace, Glory, any thing, every thing, all things that the Soul wanteth, and requireth to its perfect Felicity.
2. They depart from a suitable good, that very savoury meat which the Soul loveth and needeth. They lose that good which the Soul should have, and would have, and must have, if ever it be happy. The Soul is guilty, and Christ is pardon, pardon is suitable to a guilty Soul,