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

¹For 1. We see amongst men, that Malefactors for a crime committed by them, which was acted in a very short time, do yet suffer death, which as to this world is their eternal destruction, they can never come back to live here again. 2. All sin being committed against God who is of infinite glory hath thereby an infinite guilt, and so deserveth eternal damnation. Hence it is that Divines say, Omne peccator punitur citra condignum, Even hell it self is not a punishment adequate to the nature of sin, for Gods honour is more worth then ever our sufferings can make up again: And lastly, There is no injustice because all those torments can never make any satisfaction; For hence it is that thy misery is eternal, because thou canst not pay the utmost farthing; Thou art never able to discharge the debt, therefore thou must for ever lie in prison: Thus there is justice in every mans damnation, and there is only mercy in every mans salvation.

¹For 1. We see amongst men, that Malefactors for a crime committed by them, which was acted in a very short time, do yet suffer death, which as to this world is their eternal destruction, they can never come back to live here again. 2. All sinne being committed against God who is of infinite glory hath thereby an infinite guilt, and so deserveth eternal damnation. Hence it is that D•vines say, Omne peccator punitur citra condignum, Even hell it self is not a punishment adequate to the nature of sinne, for Gods honour is more worth then ever our sufferings can make up again: And lastly, There is no injustice because all those torments can never make any satisfaction; For hence it is that thy misery is eternal, because thou canst not pay the utmost farthing; Thou art never able to discharge the debt, therefore thou must for ever lie in prison: Thus there is justice in every mans damnation, and there is only mercy in every mans salvation.

1. 1Why God for a transient sin will inflict eternal torments.