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Two discourses I. of the punishment of sin in hell, demonstrating the wrath of…
Two discourses I. of the punishment of sin in hell, demonstrating the wrath of God to be the immediate cause thereof : II. proving a state of glory for just men upon their dissolution / by Tho. Goodwin ...
London: printed by J.D. for Jonathan Robinson, 1693
A DISCOURSE OF THE Punishment of Sin in HELL: DEMONSTRATING That th… › Chapter 6
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2. In this case, that which justice will require unto any tolerable equitable satisfaction in this Punishment, is, that as exact a proportion be observed, as possibly there may be, and as the Subject is capable of. The Justice of God as it is according to Truth, so exactness and equity: and the work of God is perfect in every kind; and performed in due Weight, Number and Measure, but above all else, where Justice is professed. You may hear Justice speak in Isaiah, Chap. 59. [According] to their Deeds, [Accordingly] he will repay recompense to his Enemies. There is an [According] and an [Accordingly] to that: So as all due Measures and Rules of Proportion every way shall be observed. Which Measures being set out in this matter, will evidently demonstrate that God's immediate Hand is necessarily required thereto.
2. In this case, that which justice will require unto any tolerable equitable satisfaction in this Punishment, is, that as exact a proportion be observed, as possibly there may be, and as the Subject is capable of. The Justice of God as it is according to Truth, so exactness and equity: and the work of God is perfect in every kind; and performed in due Weight, Number and Measure, but above all else, where Justice is professed. You may hear Justice speak in Isaiah, Chap. 59. [According] to their Deeds, [Accordingly] he will repay recompence to his Enemies. There is an [According] and an [Accordingly] to that: So as all due Measures and Rules of Proportion every way shall be observed. Which Measures being set out in this matter, will evidently demonstrate that God's immediate Hand is necessarily required thereto.
1. Let the demerit of Sin be weighed: And for that in the General, I refer unto the first of these Treatises of the heinousness of Sin. And we shall find, that although the crasser part of Sin is an inordinate lusting after, or enjoyment of things created, or sinful Comforts in Creatures; yet that the great and Foundation evil of it lieth in an aversion or turning off from God, and therein and ⟨p. 82⟩