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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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Unto which I yet Preface this: That I must not, nor dare I say that there is no material Fire in Hell ordained for Punishment to Mens Bodies: but that it is Rational, that the Body having sinned as well as the Soul, it should have a meet recompense of Reward suited thereto, as well as that the Soul should. But yet so, as either of them have this meted out to them, according to their vastly differing share, and hand, and acting which they had in sinning; in which the Soul is always the principal Actor, and in some Sins the sole Agent and Subject. To be sure in Heaven there is a confluence of created Excellencies, suited to the Bodies of Saints, made Spiritual, as well as God Himself, the Happiness of their Souls; and sure I am that on the contrary, it is distinctly said of each and apart, That God destroys [both Body and Soul] in Hell, Mat. 10. 28. And accordingly, each of them, with a Punishment suited unto each.
Unto which I yet Preface this: That I must not, nor dare I say that there is no material Fire in Hell ordained for Punishment to Mens Bodies: but that it is Rational, that the Body having sinned as well as the Soul, it should have a meet recompence of Reward suited thereto, as well as that the Soul should. But yet so, as either of them have this meeted out to them, according to their vastly differing share, and hand, and acting which they had in sinning; in which the Soul is always the principal Actor, and in some Sins the sole Agent and Subject. To be sure in Heaven there is a confluence of created Excellencies, suited to the Bodies of Saints, made Spiritual, as well as God Himself, the Happiness of their Souls; and sure I am that on the contrary, it is distinctly said of each and apart, That God destroys [both Body and Soul] in Hell, Mat. 10. 28. And accordingly, each of them, with a Punishment suited unto each.
The Passage of Scripture, unto which the gathering will be of several others, for the proof of this my present Assertion, (which is the subject of this Chapter,) ⟨p. 38⟩