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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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First, that it is the property of Revenge to vent it self upon that which is ⟨p. 107⟩principal in the Injury, and to make that the Vessel of its Wrath, it will never be satisfied else. Now that is the Soul of Man, which is the chief seat and subject of the Corruption of Sin, the chief Cause of the Act proceeding from thence, and that in which the Guilt arising from both doth principally abide. The Body is but instrumental in what the Soul doth; yea, and in some, and the greatest Sins, the Soul hath the sole and immediate Hand. This Soul therefore which is the chiefest Vessel of Sin, must be the chief Vessel of Wrath. Indignation and Wrath upon every [Soul] of Man that doth evil, Rom. 2. 8. whereof this undeniable Instance is given by God, that the Soul is it that suffers for the whole Man until the Resurrection, as the Instance of the Rich Man shows. And it must be no less an immediate Sufferer, although not the alone Sufferer; but much more, after the day of Judgment, unto Eternity.
First, that it is the property of Revenge to vent it self upon that which is ⟨p. 107⟩principal in the Injury, and to make that the Vessel of its Wrath, it will never be satisfied else. Now that is the Soul of Man, which is the chief seat and subject of the Corruption of Sin, the chief Cause of the Act proceeding from thence, and that in which the Guilt arising from both doth principally abide. The Body is but instrumental in what the Soul doth; yea, and in some, and the greatest Sins, the Soul hath the sole and immediate Hand. This Soul therefore which is the chiefest Vessel of Sin, must be the chief Vessel of Wrath. Indignation and Wrath upon every [Soul] of Man that doth evil, Rom. 2. 8. whereof this undeniable Instance is given by God, that the Soul is it that suffers for the whole Man until the Resurrrection, as the Instance of the Rich Man shews. And it must be no less an immediate Sufferer, although not the alone Sufferer; but much more, after the day of Judgment, unto Eternity.