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An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it…
An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it was carried on in the Lords Days exercises in Dartmouth, in the first year of liberty, 1688 / by John Flavell.
London: printed for Tho. Cockerill, 1692
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.
A. Though some sins are more heinous than others, yet no Sinner should absolutely despair of Mercy; for the vilest have been pardoned, 1 Cor. 6.11. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified, &c.
Q. 12. What's the second inference hence?
A. That there are different degrees of torments in Hell, proportioned to the different degrees of sins on earth, Matth. 11.21, 22. Woe unto thee Chorazin, woe unto thee Bethsaida; for if the mighty works which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment than for you.
A. That there are different degrees of torments in Hell, proportioned to the different degrees of sins on earth, Matth. 11.21, 22. Wo unto thee Chorazin, wo unto thee Bethsaida; for if the mighty works which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I say unto you, it shall be more tollerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment than for you.