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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
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II. Subjoin hereunto the consideration of what is the eminent Subject of this Punishment, the Soul of Man; and that the Issue of this Punishment is no less than the Destruction of that Soul. And these two (which I join together) will afford further Reflections, to help us to conceive of the fearfulness of this Punishment. And the Consideration hereof cometh in most pertinently next unto the foregoing, wherein the Power of the Agent was spoken to; but now in this the Capacity of the Subject or Patient, and the Receptivity thereof of Impressions from this Worker.
II. SUbjoin hereunto the consideration of what is the eminent Subject of this Punishment, the Soul of Man; and that the Issue of this Punishment is no less than the Destruction of that Soul. And these two (which I join together) will afford further Reflections, to help us to conceive of the fearfulness of this Punishment. And the Consideration hereof cometh in most pertinently next unto the foregoing, wherein the Power of the Agent was spoken to; but now in this the Capacity of the Subject or Patient, and the Receptivity thereof of Impressions from this Worker.
That the Soul is the immediate Vessel of this Wrath, that I spake to afore, Mat. 10. 28. Fear not them that kill the Body, but are not able to kill the Soul: but rather ⟨p. 133⟩fear him which is able to destroy both Soul and Body in Hell. The former part of which words evidently import: 1. That the Soul alone, and immediately in it self, and not only in respect of what it suffers with or from the Bodies suffering, is the Subject of this Punishment, tho the Body also is: And 2. Christ concludes, that it is the Destruction of both Body and Soul.