Casuistical morning-exercises the fourth volume /

In the day of Judgment some Sinners shall fare worse than others. Note 2 Of those that shall be Condemned, some will fall under sorer Condemnation. Of those that go into Everlasting fire, some, as in Nebuchadnezzar's Furnace, shall be cast into hotter flames: And those that are cast into utter darkness; yet for some is reserved the blackness of darkness. When our Saviour tells us of some that are made two times more the Children of Hell than others, Matth. 23.15. and of some that shall be beaten with few stripes, and others with many stripes, Luke 12.47, 48. it shows there are degrees of punishment in the state of Damnation. Some have questioned whether there will be degrees of Glory to the Saints in Heaven; but none but believe there will be degrees of Torment in Hell; some more, some less tolerable. But neither this shall I insist upon.

In the day of Judgment some Sinners shall fare worse than others. Note 2 Of those that shall be Condemned, some will fall under sorer Condemnation. Of those that go into Everlasting fire, some, as in Nebuchadnezzar's Furnace, shall be cast into hotter flames: And those that are cast into utter darkness; yet for some is reserved the blackness of darkness. When our Saviour tells us of some that are made two times more the Children of Hell than others, Matth. 23.15. and of some that shall be beaten with few stripes, and others with many stripes, Luke 12.47, 48. it shews there are degrees of punishment in the state of Damnation. Some have question'd whether there will be degrees of Glory to the Saints in Heaven; but none but believe there will be degrees of Torment in Hell; some more, some less tolerable. But neither this shall I insist upon.

In the day of Judgment there will be a distribution of Sinners punishments Note 3 according to the exact Rules of Justice. Why else shall it be more tolerable for some sinners than others?