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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 4
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CHAP. IV.
That this immediate Wrath of God is in Scripture set forth unto us under the Similitude of Fire, and fiery Indignation. The Examples of Persons devoured by Fire in the Old Testament, Shadows of this Punishment by the immediate Wrath of God. This the Fire wherein the Devil and his Angels are tormented.
There hath been nothing more divertive of the Thoughts of Men from apprehending, or so much as imagining God's immediate Wrath to be a cause of that Punishment in Hell; then that the Scriptures do so often make mention of Fire, &c. as the Instrument thereof, and so Mens conceptions do terminate therein, and go no further.
THere hath been nothing more divertive of the Thoughts of Men from apprehending, or so much as imagining God's immediate Wrath to be a cause of that Punishment in Hell; then that the Scriptures do so often make mention of Fire, &c. as the Instrument thereof, and so Mens conceptions do terminate therein, and go no further.
But I shall rather on the other hand, make an Argument of it. Namely, that indeed the Scriptures do set out this immediate Wrath of God under the Similitude, Resemblance, and Representation ⟨p. 37⟩