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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
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.
These things the Saints should consider chiefly unto two ends and purposes;
1. To be thankful to God and Christ. 2. To comfort their own Souls.
I. To be thankful both to God and Christ.
1. To God the Father. It was his part to contrive the whole design of our Salvation, to the end to set forth his Love to ⟨p. 254⟩us. And the Scripture spreads afore us the Love of the Father herein upon this double consideration; 1. That he appointed us not to Wrath, (which otherwise we should have in the issue and execution, by reason of Sin fallen under.) 2. That he ordained us to Salvation. You have an express Scripture for both these, setting forth the Love of God the Father hereby; 1 Thess. 5. 9. God hath not appointed us to Wrath, but to obtain Salvation. Here are first, two parts of the Mercy vouchsafed, 1. Deliverance from Wrath. 2. Salvation. Then the Love of the Father in his not appointing us to Wrath, (and so not to leave us under it) as well as appointing us to Salvation; and both as appointments of God, the one as well as the other.