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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 2 › Part 1
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In order to the Proofs, from hence, observe the occasion of the Apostle's mention ⟨p. 9⟩of this Punishment, here, to be his having treated of the highest Sin and kind of Sinners, the Sin against the Holy Ghost. By the occasion of which he gives us to understand what for the Substance is indeed the recompense of all manner of other actual Sins small and great: the Punishment being in solido, one and the same to all; though with a vast difference of Degrees. And therefore it is said unto all that are found wicked at that day, whether of greater or lesser Proportions and Sizes of Wickedness, Go into Fire prepared for the Devil and his Angels. The Devil is the greatest of Sinners, yet all go with him into the same Torment, that is, for Substance the same. And upon the like ground, what is here spoken by way of eminency concerning the Punishment of these the highest sort of Sinners of the Sons of Men, is true of all others; there being but one common Fire or Punishment, in the Substance of it, for all.
In order to the Proofs, from hence, observe the occasion of the Apostle's mention ⟨p. 9⟩of this Punishment, here, to be his having treated of the highest Sin and kind of Sinners, the Sin against the Holy Ghost. By the occasion of which he gives us to understand what for the Substance is indeed the recompence of all manner of other actual Sins small and great: the Punishment being in solido, one and the same to all; though with a vast difference of Degrees. And therefore it is said unto all that are found wicked at that day, whether of greater or lesser Proportions and Sizes of Wickedness, Go into Fire prepared for the Devil and his Angels. The Devil is the greatest of Sinners, yet all go with him into the same Torment, that is, for Substance the same. And upon the like ground, what is here spoken by way of eminency concerning the Punishment of these the highest sort of Sinners of the Sons of Men, is true of all others; there being but one common Fire or Punishment, in the Substance of it, for all.