CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

2. When the Genitive case signifieth a punishment or reward; thus it useth the word son, and signifieth some desert or fitness for that thing. Thus 1 Sam. 20.31. a son of death, is one that deserveth to die, Deut. 25.2. a son of percussions, is one that deserveth to be scourged, and Ephes. 2.3. Children of wrath, are such as deserve it; and thus it is here, Judas is called a son of perdition, both because he did wilfully give himself up to such sins, as did destroy him, and because he did deserve it, by his perfidiousness. Some indeed take the word perdition actively, as if he were called the son of perdition, because he did seek to destroy Christ, as the Devil is called Apollyon, because of his endeavour to damn men; but that seemeth not so proper. Three things therefore are implied in this phrase, a son of perdition.

2. When the Genitive case signifieth a punishment or reward; thus it useth the word sonne, and signifieth some desert or fitness for that thing. Thus 1 Sam. 20.31. a sonne of death, is one that deserveth to die, Deut. 25.2. a son of percussions, is one that deserveth to be scourged, and Ephes. 2.3. Children of wrath, are such as deserve it; and thus it is here, Judas is called a sonne of perdition, both because he did wilfully give himself up to such sinnes, as did destroy him, and because he did deserve it, by his perfidiousnesse. Some indeed take the word perdition actively, as if he were called the sonne of perdition, because he did seek to destroy Christ, as the Devil is called Apollyon, because of his endeavour to damn men; but that seemeth not so proper. Three things therefore are implied in this phrase, a son of perdition.