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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.
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, 1 Joh. 1.7. The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. The Soul is poor, and Christ is riches; Riches are suitable to a poor Creature, Eph. 3.8. The unsearchable Riches of Christ: Prov. 8.18. Riches and Honour are with me, yea durable Riches and Righteousness. The Soul is miserable, naked, filthy, obnoxious to Death and Wrath, but Christ is Mercy, Raiment, cleansing, freedom from Hell, and the Heaven of Heaven, Rev. 3.17, 18. 1 Thess. 1. ult. Rom. 8.1. He is a good that doth exactly, directly suit the condition of the Soul, the miseries of the Soul, and the necessities of the Soul. He is the Plaster that fits the ⟨p. 27⟩Sores, and the Balm that hits the wounds of the Soul; when Creatures are Physicians and Physic of no value.
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, 1 Joh. 1.7. The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. The Soul is poor, and Christ is riches; Riches are suitable to a poor Creature, Eph. 3.8. The unsearchable Riches of Christ: Prov. 8.18. Riches and Honour are with me, yea durable Riches and Righteousness. The Soul is miserable, naked, filthy, obnoxious to Death and Wrath, but Christ is Mercy, Raiment, cleansing, freedom from Hell, and the Heaven of Heaven,