A94157:417
The door of salvation opened by the key of regeneration
The door of salvation opened by the key of regeneration: or A treatise containing the nature, necessity, marks and means of regeneration; as also the duty of the regenerate. / By George Swinnocke, M.A. and pastor of Rickmersworth in Hertfordshire.
London: printed by John Best for Tho. Parkhurst, 1661
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.
It is not safe to be thy neighbour; if it be ill to dwell near him whose house is on fire; surely 'tis not good to be nigh him who is under Gods fury. When an overflowing storm sweepeth away the wicked, the tail of it may dash at their best neighbours: Though they shall not perish with thee, yet they may smart for thee.
It is not safe to be thy neighbour; if it be ill to dwell near him whose house is on fire; surely 'tis not good to be nigh him who is under Gods fury. When an overflowing storm sweepeth away the wicked, the tayle of it may dash at their best neighbours: Though they shall not perish with thee, yet they may smart for thee.
Thy name is cursed; The name of the the wicked shall rot, Prov. 10.7. Thou mayst be honourable in the esteem of thy graceless neighbours, but thou art contemptible in the account of Christ and his members; and when ever thou diest, thou wilt go out like a candle, leaving behind thee a stinking savour in the nostrils of the Saints.
Thy name is cursed; The name of the the wicked shall rot, Prov. 10.7. Thou mayst be honorable in the esteem of thy graceless neighbours, but thou art contemptible in the account of Christ and his members; and when ever thou diest, thou wilt go out like a candle, leaving behinde thee a stinking savour in the nostrils of the Saints.
Thy calling, what ever it be, is cursed! thine earthly employment proves an heavenly impediment. Thou art cursed in the City, and cursed in the field; cursed in thy basket, and cursed in thy store; cursed in the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, and increase of thy kine, and flocks of thy sheep; cursed when thou comest in, and cursed when thou goest out: The Lord will send upon thee cursing, vexation and rebuke in all that thou settest thine hand unto, until thou be destroyed and perish quickly, because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken the Lord,