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Fire and brimstone from heaven, from earth, in hell, or, Three discourses I. Concerning…
Fire and brimstone from heaven, from earth, in hell, or, Three discourses I. Concerning the burning of Sodom and Gomorrah formerly, II. Concerning the burning of Æetna, or Mount Gibel more lately, III. Concerning the burning of the wicked eternally, with fire and brimstone / by Thomas Vincent ...
London: printed for George Calvert, 1670
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.
Thirdly, Others if they have not drunk in those Atheistical and Anti-Scriptural persuasions, which some are besotted and intoxicated withal, yet are secure and senseless of their danger, through their ignorance or misapprehensions of God; they conceive him to be made up all of mercy, that there is no fury in him, that however sinful they are or have been, yet that God is more merciful, and nothing more easy than to obtain a Pardon, and if ⟨p. 118⟩they call on his name and cry for mercy, though at the last gasp (what ever their wicked lives have been) they shall be saved; not considering that God is Holy and jealous, just and righteous, as well as merciful and gracious; and that such as go on still in their trespasses have no share in his mercy or any of his promises.
Thirdly, Others if they have not drunk in those Atheistical and Anti-Scriptural perswasions, which some are besotted and intoxicated withall, yet are secure and senseless of their danger, through their ignorance or misapprehensions of God; they conceive him to be made up all of mercy, that there is no fury in him, that however sinful they are or have been, yet that God is more merciful, and nothing more easie than to obtain a Pardon, and if ⟨p. 118⟩they call on his name and cry for mercy, though at the last gasp (what ever their wicked lives have been) they shall be saved; not considering that God is Holy and jealous, just and righteous, as well as merciful and gracious; and that such as go on still in their trespasses have no share in his mercy or any of his promises.
Fourthly, Others do lull themselves asleep upon the Bed of security, because of their own and others impunity, thus abusing Gods patience and longsuffering, which should lead them to repentance, to grow more hardened and impenitent hereby, Rom. 2. 4, 5. Because Sentence against their evil works is not speedily executed, therefore their hearts are fully set in them to do evil and they are secure,