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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62053	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.	Swinnock, George, 1627-1673.; Manton, Thomas, 1620-1677.	1675 (1675)	Wing S6281; ESTC R21256	184,210	500

which is worse than nothing Psal 90.9 How short that time is that remaineth God only knoweth for thy time is in his hand not thine own surely then it behoveth thee to redeem the time to make the most of it and whilst thou hast it to improve it for the doing of good O Friend hast thou loyter'd so long is thy work so great thy day to work in so short and yet is it not time to bestir thy self Is death at thy door art thou within a step of eternity within the view of the other World and yet wilt thou not up and be doing Can any assure thee of standing in the Vineyard another year nay another moneth nay another day and is it not yet time to be fruitful Dost thou not see that as Labourers are sent into the Vineyard at all hours so they go out of the Vineyard at all hours Thou owest a debt to Nature to the God of Nature the day of payment is not expressed therefore it may be demanded at any time Reader though some fruit falls from the Tree by reason of its maturity yet how much more is blown off or cudgeld off whilst it is green Do not thine eyes see Coffins and Graves of all sorts and sizes And wilt thou be as the silly Beasts who though the Butcher come one day to the Field and fetch away one another day and fetch away another to the slaughter yet those that remain neither miss them that are gone nor dread their own destinies O Friend what dost thou think to do when time is gone and death comes wilt thou stop the Sun of thy Life in its career Will it hear thy Voice and obey thy Command Or wilt thou call to Time as Israels General did to the Sun Stand still that I may be avenged of all my Sensuality and Idleness and Pride and Impenitency and all my spiritual Enemies which have robbed me of God and Heaven Do you imagine Time will be at your beck Or are the apprehensions of the King of Terrors and of a dreadful Day of Judgment and of an amazing Eternity no whit rousing or awakening to thee Canst thou believe a dark night of Death a fit time to trim and adorn and attrire thy Soul in for the love and embraces of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords Now God gives thee a day but of how many hours whether longer or shorter thou canst not tell Thy life is fleeing away Time's Chariot moves swiftly Yet a little while the Light is with thee walk while thou hast the Light lest Darkness come upon thee Joh. 12.35 Two things especially occur in these words 1. Now thou hast time yea opportunity make much of it improve it to the utmost Walk while thou hast the Light God allots thee a due time for bringing forth Hence it 's Observable That God gave the Figg-Tree three years to bear in other Trees as the Olive and Nut-Tree required more time but so succulent a Plant as the Figg-Tree needed no more nay saith A Lapide If the Figg-Tree bear not the third year it will never bear God never expected Brick without allowing Straw nor requires his Rent before Quarter-day or the time of payment comes 2. Thy time or at least thine opportunity is very short therefore work much in a little time whilst thou hast the Light Yet a little while the Light is with thee a little while and the Light will be taken from thee A little while and the light of Life a little while and the light of means and helps and seasons of Grace will be taken from thee And what then truly then darkness will come upon thee a dark Grave will be the receptacle of thy Body and a dark Dungeon will be the receptacle of thy Soul if thou now loyterest and darkness is no fit state nor a dark night a fit time to walk or work in Darkness is dreadful and every thing seems more frightful in the night If a mans house be on fire in the night that he hears the noise and ratling of the flames seeth no way of escape for himself his Wife and his Children O in what a plight is he he stands naked in his Chamber at a loss what to do he is full of horrors and terrors to be conceived by none but himself How pale is his Countenance and how heavy his Heart when he seeth the flames seizing his Chamber when they come near his Body he is almost drown'd to death with grief and sorrow before he is burnt to death with the flames So it is when the night of death surpriseth the Loyterer that hath neglected the doing of good when Conscience is in a flame about his ears and frights him with the fore-apprehensions of the unquenchable burnings and with cutting reflections upon his former negligence and unprofitableness the man is quaking and trembling not knowing what to do Is that a time to put on the Armor of Light when he is putting off his natural Life Is a dark night of fear and amazement a time to seek God in or to work out his own Salvation Ah Friend it is too great and weighty a work to be done in an instant and the poor Sinner is too much astonished to set about it If the fear of a danger gone and over kill a Nabal and make his heart like a stone what will the fear the certain knowledge of wrath of the wrath of a God of the everlasting wrath of a God to come do to a poor Sinner O Friend make use of time while thou hast it Work the work of him that sent thee while it is day for the night cometh when no man can work Joh. 9.4 CHAP. XLI The grand cause of sins of Omission An unregenerate heart with the cure of it a renewed nature I Proceed now to the second and third particulars viz. The cause and cure of sins of Omission I shall recite one more general and principal Cause others more special and less principal and joyn the Cure to the Cause 1. The grand Cause of these sins of Omission is an unregenerate Heart Where the ground is unplowed and lieth fallow no Fruit can be expected Weeds may grow good Corn cannot grow there When the Heart is not broken up by Repentance but hardned through custom and continuance in sin no fruits of Righteousness no Faith no Love or Humility c. can be expected there Can the Leopard change his spots or the Blackamore his skin no more can he that is accustomed to do evil learn to do well Jer. 23.13 Natures Fruit will be according to its Root whether sweet or sowr There must of necessity be a good Foundation laid before there can be a good Superstructure of Holiness rear'd An unrenewed Heart hath no tendency towards it and Nature will work little farther than its own inclination The Water will run as the Tyde carrieth it Nay the unregenerate Heart is contrary to religious Duties hath an hatred and

of his Promises Fear not I will be with thee Isa 43.2 3 5. Jer. 1.8 Jer. 15.20 Luk. 1.28 Act. 18.10 His presence in this sense is the Redeemers purchase He suffered the Just for the Vnjust to bring us to God 1 Pet. 3.18 Thence the Name of the Redeemer is Immanuel God with us Matth. 1.23 Against his departure in this sense Jer. 14.8 is the Churches earnest Prayer Leave us not And the fear of it doth so affect Moses that he is ready to throw up all Exod. 33.15 If thy presence go not with us carry us not hence His presence in this sense is Heaven it self Psal 16. ult In thy presence is fulness of joy at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore Luk. 22. 1 Thess 4.17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the Clouds to meet the Lord in the Air and so shall we ever be with the Lord. This is that presence of Christ which the wicked shall want for ever This is included in Depart from me 3. There is the afflicting punishing presence of God There is the presence of his Fury as well as of his Favour In this sense Job prayeth for God's absence How long wilt thou not depart from me Job 7.19 Which Junius glosseth Turn thine anger away from me In this sense God tells men That he will visit them i. e. with Judgments As a Father beholding his Child about some naughty Action tells him I l'e be with you presently meaning to correct him Isa 23.17 Jer. 6.15 At the time that I visit them they shall be cast down saith the Lord. In this sense wicked men shall have the presence of God for ever His tormenting presence as well as the absence of his Grace and Favour will be their eternal portion And certainly if his afflicting presence in this World which hath love for its Original and their good for its end be so grievous to his own people that they cry out Let him turn from me Job 14.6 Let him depart away what will his tormenting presence be to the wicked in the other World of which wrath pure wrath is the Original and satisfaction to justice his end CHAP. III. Concerning the privative part of the Sinners Punishment THis part of the Verse will afford this Doctrine Doct. That a great part of wicked mens punishment in the other World will consist in their departure from the presence of Christ Then shall he say to them on his left hand Depart from me They now bid God depart from them They say unto God Depart from us Job 21.14 But that which is their wish here shall be their woe for ever And he shall say unto them depart from me ye workers of Inquity I know you not Matth. 7.23 The presence of Christ is now their Trouble but his absence will then be their Torment Hence the state of the wicked in the other World is called utter-darkness Calvin in Matth. 8.12 Matth. 8.12 And blackness of darkness for ever Jude vers 13. Because of its separation from Christ who is the Light of the World and the Sun of Righteousness Joh. 1.9 Mal. 4.2 It seems an allusion to them that are fetter'd in dark doleful dungeons or to those that in the night-time stand without in the dark being excluded such Rooms as are full of Lights wherein are rare and costly Feasts In the explication of this Doctrine I shall describe the punishment of the wicked 1. In the perfection of the Object from which they must depart 2. In the properties of their departure and then give the Reasons of the Doctrine 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 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 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 Plaister that fits the Sores and the Balm that hits the wounds of the Soul when Creatures are Physicians and Physick of no value 3. They depart from an eternal Good they lose that Good which doth not only suit the Souls disposition but also its duration that will last and abide and continue for ever Jesus Christ is the same yesterday to day and for ever Heb. 13.8 He is everlasting Righteousness Dan. 9.24 Everlasting meat Joh. 6.27 Eternal life 1 Joh. 5. ult 2. They depart from with Christ the Society of all Christians When they depart from the Head they depart from the Members When they depart from the Root they depart from the Branches For Head and Members Root and Branches must be together for ever Joh. 14.2 3. Where I am there ye may be also Now the Sheep and Goats flock together but then they shall be parted asunder Matth. 8.11 12. And I say unto you that many shall come from the East and from the West and shall set down with Abraham Isaac and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven But the Children of the Kingdom shall be cast out into utter darkness there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth They who are now the Objects of their Contempt will then be the Objects of their envy When once they lose the sight they shall lose the sight of those glorious Stars for ever Every Saint may then say to the Sinner who now frets and fumes at the Saints presence because of his preciseness as Moses to Pharoah I will see thy face no more Matth. 25. ult 3. They shall depart when from Christ from all the means of Grace or Communion with God They shall hear