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The sinners last sentence to eternal punishment, for sins of omission
The sinners last sentence to eternal punishment, for sins of omission wherein is discovered, the nature, causes, and cure of those sins / by Geo. Swinnock.
London: printed for Geo. Swinnock, 1675
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CHAP. X. The positive part of the Sinners misery, expressed by Fire; and why.
CHAP. X. The positive part of the Sinners misery, exprest by Fire; and why.
I Come now to the second part of the Punishment of the Wicked, and that is Poena sensus, the positive part of their misery, or that anguish which God will inflict on their Souls and Bodies. Which punishment is set forth: 1. By its extremity. 2. Eternity.
1I shall speak first to its extremity, Fire. The Greek word [Greek or Hebrew] comes from the Hebrew Ur, and so the Latin Uro, to burn. From the Greek [Greek or Hebrew] comes Pyrausta, a fly that lives in the fire, and dies out of it. Fire is used to describe the pains of Hell, because of the violent pain, and extreme torture which it causeth. Whether it be a material fire, as Austin and Bullinger think; Or Metaphorical, as Gregory and Calvin, i. e. a pain equivalent thereunto; nay, much more grievous, as others imagine. But this is certain, no Racks or Engines of pain ⟨p. 69⟩or misery here below are sufficient to set forth those Instruments of eternal death, which God hath prepared for the wicked in the other world. The wrath of God, which is the very dregs of the Cup that the damned shall drink, is called Fire, Psal. 18.8. Nay, God himself in this respect is called a consuming Fire, Heb. 12. ult. For our God is a consuming fire.