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death_n	punishment_n	sin_n	wage_n	4,100	5	11.0461	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57346	The cursed family; or, A short tract, shewing the pernicious influence of wicked prayer-less houses, upon this church and kingdom Humbly tender'd by way of subserviency to His Majesties Royal Proclamations, and Acts of Parliament, for preventing and punishing immorality and prophaness. By THomas Risley Master of Arts, and sometime fellow of Pembrook-Colledge in Oxford. With a prefatory epistle by the reverend Mr. John Howe.	Risley, Thomas, 1630-1716.; Howe, John, 1630-1705.	1700 (1700)	Wing R1539; ESTC R218001	38,264	98

nunquam desinit esse Maelum nunquam desinat esse Miser Men prolonged for ever upon Earth they would sin for ever The guilt and filth of sin descends into Hell with the Impenitent and the Damned are ever Living and ever Sining therefore it is Just that their Punishment run Paralel with their sining 2. In respect of Duration sin and punishment may be considered and in this respect they both are Infinite i. e. the malignity emnity and contrariety of sin to God's purity and goodness remaineth for ever and the punishment is inflicted for ever Gods word hath placed Rewards and Punishments one against another Mat. 25. Last And these shall go into everlasting Punishment but the Righteous into Life Eternal The wages of Sin is Death but the Gift of God is Eternal Life through Jesus Christ our Lord. As Rewards are Eternal so Punishments are Eternal As Life is Eternal so Death is Eternal By the Rule of Contraries these Illustrate one another 3. Sin and Punishment are considered in respect of the Object or against whom sin is committed i. e. against the Majesty of Heaven and Earth the supreme Law-giver of Infinite Justice and Holiness Sin in this respect may be said to be Infinite being the Transgression of the Law of an Infinite Majesty For more full Answer to this Question 1. Observe That although Mans Time of sinning be but short compared to Eternity of suffering yet this doth not appertain to the Nature of sin being Extrinsecal to it for the sin of Apostate Angels presently after the Commission was in it self abstractively taken for that Malicious defection and deformity from the chief Good as hateful and contrary to God as it was afterwards and farther on In like manner the sin of our first Parents deserved Eternal Punishment the very first Day as well as in future time The Reason hereof is this We ought in this matter enquire into the Moral Evil Internal principles and roots of sin the formality of it emnity privation separation and aversation from Mans chief end the enjoyment of God himself the Being of Beings and Fountain of Happiness 2. Quest. But seeing that there be some that 2 Quest. dye in their Infancy some in their Childhood others in Youth ripe Age old Age. And seeing there be Greater and Lesser sins as they admit of aggravations against the Light of Nature and against the Gospel How can it be said that they suffer Justly in case all suffer Eternally Answ. Punishment hereafter is proportionable The Answer to Wicked Mens sins committed in this Life and all sorts shall have their Just Deserts Christ Jesus the Judge of all the World will reward every one according to his work Mat. 16. 27. The greater and lesser sins shall have greater and lesser Punishment but all shall have Eternal Punishment There are Degrees of Punishment in Hell as of sinning on Earth but Eternity of suffering is the Portion of all The least sin deserveth Eternal Death There are not Physical Degrees in this Death There is no Diminution in Infiniteness nor Brevity in Eternity O let every Wicked Man be upon his Knees and pray for true faith in Christ and Repentance of his sins let him give no sleep to his Eyes nor slumber to his Eye-Lids till he partake of the Mercy of God and Infinite merits of Jesus Christ the Son of God who alone delivereth from this dreadful wrath to come 1 Thess. 1. 10. CHAP. IV. The Pernicious Influence of the Sins of Wicked Families upon this Church and Kingdom from seven Aggravations 1. THere was never any Nation well 1. Aggravation of Family Impiety It depopulates Kingdoms Sir W. R. Ghost and peaceably Governed in the which Religion and a Perswasion of a Divine Providence was not well and soundly planted in the minds of Men. And the more that any one was privately devoted to Religion and the Reverencing of a Divine Spirit the more Illustrious and Famous he became in all innocency and probity of Life As the secret Atheism of Mens Judgments so the known Atheism of their Practise opens the Door to all Wickedness Injustice Pride Perjury Tyranny Sacriledge or any other Villany Psal. 14. 1 2 c. Titus 1. Last They profess they know God but in works they deny him being abominable and disobedient and to every good work reprobate It is observable that the Book called the Practise of Piety was Dedicated to King Charles the First then Heir Apparent of these Kingdoms Intimating that true Religion is the best Crown Imperial the undoubted Glory and Safety of Church and State Wisdom is better then Weapons of War but one sinner destroyeth much good Eccles. 9. Last The good of the Commonalty depends upon the Exercise of Religion If thou hast true Loyalty in Una custodia Pietas Char. of Wisdom thy heart live with an Awe of Religion in thy Family the want whereof will render thee unjust abroad as well as at home Those that are without Devoted Service to God will not be subject to Rulers for Conscience sake He that is subject only upon the account Bp. Wilkins Sermon before the King 1670. of wrath and the Power of the Sword which is over him will be no longer so when he hath an opportunity of escaping or resisting that Power Nor is there any possible way to secure Men in their quiet subjection and obedience but by their being obliged for Conscience sake And therefore such kind of Persons as by their open profaneness and contempt of Religion do endeavour to destroy Conscience from amongst Men may justly be esteemed as the worst kind of seditious Persons and most pernicious to civil Government Was it not hence that the Roman Empire suffered so much namely from their Cateline Brutus Cassius Sylla Marius and such like wicked fellows Righteousness exalts a Nation but sin is a reproach to any People Prov. 14. 34. It is the observation of Josephus in his Antiquities that the Jews were grown very prophane and careless of Religion before the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans The Lord hath a controversy with the Inhabitants of the Land Because there is no Truth nor Mercy nor Knowledge of God in the Land By Swearing and Lying and Killing and Stealing and Committing Adultery they break out and Blood toucheth Blood Therefore shall the Land mourn and every one that dwelleth therein c. Hos. 4. 1 2 3. The abominable wickedness of Canaan provoked the Lord to visit the iniquity thereof upon it and the Land vomitted out her Inhabitants Ye shall therefore keep my Statutes and my Judgments c. That the Land spue not you out also when ye defile it c. Levit. 18. 25 26 27 28. Personal sins quickly become Popular and as sin goeth not alone so it goeth not without its Contagion It is a Plague and infects others when we see them not it is as diffusive as the air which we breath in There is much danger in