For Explication. We must distinguish; how that God performs two parts herein. 1. Of a Judg, to give forth the Sentence by his Authority. 2. Of an Avenger, a party injured and provoked, and, as such, the Inflicter. My scope in this distinction, is, that we may in reading the Scriptures that speak of this Punishment, know how to put a difference, and not transfer the whole of God's Agency in this matter, unto that of sentencing it as a Judg only. And besides that many Scriptures do apart show this distinction, there are some that still carry along with them both these Agencies, or Hand of God, in it together, and yet as distinct; the one under the term of Wrath and Vengeance, the other under the Notion of its being a Judgment, [the Judgment of God, and the Judgment of Hell-Fire] *as Mat. 23. 33. Thus first the Text, Heb. 10. terms it some while [Vengeance and fiery Indignation, ver. 30. 27.] then again—Judgment, as ver. 27. a [fearful looking for of Judgment, and ver. 30. The Lord will ⟨p. 7⟩judge, &c.] The like, Rom. 2. 5, 8, 9. where all is reduced in like manner to these two, God's righteous Judgment, and his Wrath and Indignation treasured up. Also, 2 Thess. 1. [The righteous Judgment of God] ver. 5, 6. there is the Sentence, and [destroyed from the glory of his Power] as the inflicting cause, ver. 9. likewise Rom. 9. as Sovereign Lord he shows, [Greek or Hebrew] Authority in this Punishment, ver. 21. and then as the immediate Inflicter, Wrath and [Greek or Hebrew], the Power of his Wrath. And ver. 22. that speech of our Saviour, about this matter. One Evangelist, Luke 12. 5. records it, Who is able to cast into Hell: *namely, as a Judg who casts a Malefactor into Prison. The other, Mat. 10. 28. Who is †able to kill the Soul, and to destroy Body and Soul in Hell. Noting thereby that he useth his Intrinsic Power and Force as the Inflicter.
For Explication. We must distinguish; how that God performs two parts herein. 1. Of a Judg, to give forth the Sentence by his Authority. 2. Of an Avenger, a party injur'd and provoked, and, as such, the Inflicter. My scope in this distinction, is, that we may in reading the Scriptures that speak of this Punishment, know how to put a difference, and not transfer the whole of God's Agency in this matter, unto that of sentencing it as a Judg only. And besides that many Scriptures do apart shew this distinction, there are some that still carry along with them both these Agencies, or Hand of God, in it together, and yet as distinct; the one under the term of Wrath and Vengeance, the other under the Notion of its being a Judgment, [the Judgment of God, and the Judgment of Hell-Fire] *as Mat. 23. 33. Thus first the Text, Heb. 10. terms it some while [Vengeance and fiery Indignation, ver. 30. 27.] then again—Judgment, as ver. 27. a [fearful looking for of Judgment, and ver. 30. The Lord will ⟨p. 7⟩judge, &c.] The like, Rom. 2. 5, 8, 9. where all is reduced in like manner to these two, God's righteous Judgment, and his Wrath and Indignation treasured up. Also, 2 Thess. 1. [The righteous Judgment of God] ver. 5, 6. there is the Sentence, and [destroyed from the glory of his Power] as the inflicting cause, ver. 9. likewise Rom. 9. as Soveraign Lord he shews, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Authority in this Punishment, ver. 21. and then as the immediate Inflicter, Wrath and 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, the Power of his Wrath. And ver. 22. that speech of our Saviour, about this matter. One Evangelist, Luke 12. 5. records it, Who is able to cast into Hell: *namely, as a Judg who casts a Malefactor into Prison. The other, Mat. 10. 28. Who is
- *Quid à justo Dei infligitur. Gerard de inferno. Sect. 30.
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