I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet.…

Answ. Chrysostom saith, As men are punished in this world, and in the world to come; so they are pardoned in this world, and in the world to come: Pardoned in this world, when any temporal Affliction for sin is removed. So I also understand that Parable in Matth. 18. at the latter end; and pardoned in this life, when a man is justified, Rom. 4. pardoned and forgiven in the world to come: So saith the Apostle in Acts, 3.19. That your sins may be blotted out in the day of refreshing: Which day of refreshing, compared with the Speech which you have in Heb. 2. speaking of the World to come, shows that the day of Refreshing is the time of the World to come; but it is an usual phrase with Scripture, noting the eternity of misery: and therefore if you look again into Mark 3. you shall find, That whereas here in Matthew, the words run thus; Shall not be forgiven, either in this World, or in the World to come; Mark hath it thus, He shall never be forgiven; that Never being the Explication of this, not in this World, nor in the World to come.

Answ. Chrysostom saith, As men are punished in this world, and in the world to come; so they are pardoned in this world, and in the world to come: Pardoned in this world, when any temporal Affliction for sin is removed. So I also understand that Parable in Matth. 18. at the latter end; and pardoned in this life, when a man is justified, Rom. 4. pardoned and forgiven in the world to come: So saith the Apostle in Acts, 3.19. That your sins may be blotted out in the day of refreshing: Which day of refreshing, compared with the Speech which you have in Heb. 2. speaking of the World to come, shews that the day of Refreshing is the time of the World to come; but it is an usual phrase with Scripture, noting the eternity of misery: and therefore if you look again into