The divine will considered in its eternal decrees, and holy execution of them. By…

2. The next thing in the Captivity is the Prison, and that is the Wrath of God: But here we must distinguish the Walls from the Dungeon, the Walls are very strong and dreadful, infinite Justice and Holiness are the flaming Cherubims that guard them; and the Hand-writing upon them is, A curse to the sinner and woe to ⟨p. 184⟩the worker of iniquity. The poor Captive (as long as his Chains are unbroken) lies within these Walls [Greek or Hebrew], under the judgment of God, Rom. 3. 19. Wrath abides upon him, Joh. 3. 36. a sad State. Nevertheless, whilst but here, he is a Prisoner of Hope, a Captive capable of Redemption. The Dungeon is Hell it self, a place of Darkness, a gulf of unquenchable Fire, a bottomless Pit of Perdition, into which impenitent Sinners are still a sinking deeper and deeper, without any hope of ascending out of it; when the Captive is once here, the utmost farthing will be exacted of him.

2. The next thing in the Captivity is the Prison, and that is the Wrath of God: But here we must distinguish the Walls from the Dungeon, the Walls are very strong and dreadful, infinite Justice and Holiness are the flaming Cherubims that guard them; and the Hand-writing upon them is, A curse to the sinner and woe to ⟨p. 184⟩the worker of iniquity. The poor Captive (as long as his Chains are unbroken) lies within these Walls 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, under the judgment of God, Rom. 3. 19. Wrath abides upon him, Joh. 3. 36. a sad State. Nevertheless, whilest but here, he is a Prisoner of Hope, a Captive capable of Redemption. The Dungeon is Hell it self, a place of Darkness, a gulf of unquenchable Fire, a bottomless Pit of Perdition, into which impenitent Sinners are still a sinking deeper and deeper, without any hope of ascending out of it; when the Captive is once here, the utmost farthing will be exacted of him.