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An exposition on the whole fifth chapter of S. Johns Gospel also notes on…An exposition on the vvhole fifth chapter of S. Iohns Gospell also notes on…
An exposition on the whole fifth chapter of S. Johns Gospel also notes on other choice places of Scripture, taken by a reverend divine, now with God, and found in his study after his death, written with his own hand ...An exposition on the vvhole fifth chapter of S. Iohns Gospell also notes on other choice places of Scripture, taken by a reuerend diuine, now with God, and found in his study after his death, written with his owne hand ...
London: printed by H. Lownes and R. Young for John Bartlett, 1630London: printed by H. Lownes and R. Young for Iohn Bartlett, 1630
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Quest. 2. Whether evil works be properly causes of condemnation.
Quest. 2. Whether euill workes be properly causes of condemnation.
Answ. Yea: as meriting and deserving it properly: for damnation is the wages of sin.
Answ. Yea: as meriting and deseruing it properly: for damnation is the wages of sinne.
Object. But how can that be, seeing the punishment is greater then the sin: the punishment infinite, and the sin but finite.
Obiect. But how can that be, seeing the punishment is greater then the sinne: the punishment infinite, and the sinne but finite.
Answ. The punishment is not greater then the offence: for the offence must be weighed according to the greatness of the person offended: now this is God, who is infinite, and accordingly his wrath infinite.