Two discourses I. of the punishment of sin in hell, demonstrating the wrath of…

1. Because, when all had been done, that could have been, by his powerful arming and setting on of Creatures to punish the Sinner; yet still himself being able to give a greater Demonstration of Power this way, if Himself would take it in Hand; and the Soul of Man being fully capable of his immediate workings upon it; and Sin also deserving it: and the Wrath of God being first or last to come upon impenitent Sinners to the uttermost: ¹Therefore until this Demonstration were given, he had not made a full proof of his Power: Which the Apostle here professeth to be his aim.

1. 11 Thes. 2. 16.

And, 2. In that after all other Instances and Demonstrations of Power given in Creation, Miracles, in Conversion of Souls, that is, Take his creating part in it, &c. All which He hath done, immediately Himself, without the intervention of created Influences, that he should, last of all, be willing to give forth anew, or ⟨p. 28⟩show forth his Power afresh in this Work also; and yet should not then give a Demonstration of like immediate Power, but execute it only at second Hand by Creatures alone: this would fall short, and hold no Proportion with that Power already shown forth in those fore-past Works; and then this being the last, or one of the last, after all his other Works ended, purposely to show forth his Power in, it had not been such a Demonstration of Power, as in his last Work (wherein he professeth to show forth any Attribute) he useth comparatively to give: For still his manner is, in the showing forth of any Attribute, to give greater Demonstrations thereof in his latter Works then in the former: Of which more afterwards.

And, 2. In that after all other Instances and Demonstrations of Power given in Creation, Miracles, in Conversion of Souls, that is, Take his creating part in it, &c. All which He hath done, immediately Himself, without the intervention of created Influences, that he should, last of all, be willing to give forth anew, or