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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.
2. To Jesus Christ, for that hand which he had in this our Deliverance from Wrath: thus expressly, 1 Thess. 1. ult. Ye wait for his Son from Heaven, even Jesus, who delivered us from the Wrath to come. Here again you have these two parts of Salvation set together. 1. His coming from Heaven, which they waited for, with hopes of his carrying them thither, as he tells them chap. 4. ver. 17. We shall be caught up to meet the Lord in the Air; and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Then 2. (which the Apostle adds with an Emphasis) even Jesus, who delivered us from the Wrath to come. Take in that too, says he, and forget it not, to endear your Jesus to you: and for ever know him by this Character, [It is that Jesus who delivered you from the Wrath to come.] It was the Fathers work indeed to appoint and ordain this Deliverance, and us unto the benefit of it through Faith; but it was our Jesus, his Son's work, to effect and accomplish it; 'twas his Soul that paid for all.
2. To Jesus Christ, for that hand which he had in this our Deliverance from Wrath: thus expresly, 1 Thess. 1. ult. Ye wait for his Son from Heaven, even Jesus, who delivered us from the Wrath to come. Here again you have these two parts of Salvation set together. 1. His coming from Heaven, which they waited for, with hopes of his carrying them thither, as he tells them chap. 4. ver. 17. We shall be caught up to meet the Lord in the Air; and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Then 2. (which the Apostle adds with an Emphasis) even Jesus, who delivered us from the Wrath to come. Take in that too, says he, and forget it not, to endear your Jesus to you: and for ever know him by this Character, [It is that Jesus who delivered you from the VVrath to come.] It was the Fathers work indeed to appoint and ordain this Deliverance, and us unto the benefit of it through Faith; but it was our Jesus, his Son's work, to effect and accomplish it; 'twas his Soul that paid for all.
And the manner or way how he delivered us from this Wrath, heightens this his Love yet more; for he delivered us from it by being made himself a Curse for us,