A26786:586
The four last things viz. death, judgment, heaven, hell, practically considered and applied in…
The four last things viz. death, judgment, heaven, hell, practically considered and applied in several discourses / by William Bates.
London: printed for Brabazon Aylmer, 1691
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.
Lastly, the immense Guilt that adheres to Sin, requires a proportion in the Punishment. 'Tis a rule in all Courts of Judicature, that the degrees of an Offence arise according to the degrees of Dignity of the Person offended: Now the Majesty of God is truly infinite, against whom Sin is committed; and consequently the Guilt of Sin exceeds our boundless Thoughts. This is the reason of the ⟨p. 529⟩Sentence, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the Book of the Law, to do them. The Curse threatened, includes the first and the second Death. What a dishonour is it to the God of Glory, that proud Dust should fly in his Face, and control his Authority? What a provocation, that the reasonable Creature, that is naturally and necessarily a Subject, should despise the Divine Law and Lawgiver? Though carnal Minds elevate the Guilt of Sin, yet weighed in the Scales of the Sanctuary, 'tis found so heavy, that no Punishment inflicted on Sinners, exceeds, either in the degrees or duration, the desert of Sin.
Lastly, the immense Guilt that adheres to Sin, requires a proportion in the Punishment. 'Tis a rule in all Courts of Judicature, that the degrees of an Offence arise according to the degrees of Dignity of the Person offended: Now the Majesty of God is truly infinite, against whom Sin is committed; and consequently the Guilt of Sin exceeds our boundless Thoughts. This is the reason of the ⟨p. 529⟩Sentence, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the Book of the Law, to do them. The Curse threatned, includes the first and the second Death. What a dishonour is it to the God of Glory, that proud Dust should fly in his Face, and controul his Authority? What a provocation, that the reasonable Creature, that is naturally and necessarily a Subject, should despise the Divine Law and Lawgiver? Though carnal Minds elevate the Guilt of Sin, yet weighed in the Scales of the Sanctuary, 'tis found so heavy, that no Punishment inflicted on Sinners, exceeds, either in the degrees or duration, the desert of Sin.