Twenty sermons preached at Oxford before His Majesty, and elsewhere

And thou wilt curse the time thou wert acquainted with this man, and that man, and others will curse thee for drawing them to sin: God curses thee, and man curses thee; and God curses not in vain, when he curses: Others will curse thee, and thou, thy self and others; and think then how cursed will be thy condition? All the curses, that cannot be thought on, shall rest on the head of an impenitent sinner, to show Gods terrible and just indignation against him. O beloved to deliver us from this curse, Christ the Son of God was made a curse for us: the curse is so great, nought else can free us from it. But now that I may rank these punishments of the damned, and bring them for memories sake into some order (although there be no order there, for it's a place of confusion Job. 11.22.) you may consider that the penalties of Gods enemies are penalties partly of loss, and partly of sense.

And thou wilt curse the time thou wert acquainted with this man, and that man, and others will curse thee for drawing them to sin: God curses thee, and man curses thee; and God curses not in vain, when he curses: Others will curse thee, and thou, thy self and others; and think then how cursed will be thy condition? All the curses, that cannot be thought on, shall rest on the head of an impenitent sinner, to shew Gods terrible and just indignation against him. O beloved to deliver us from this curse, Christ the Son of God was made a curse for us: the curse is so great, nought else can free us from it. But now that I may rank these punishments of the damned, and bring them for memories sake into some order (although there be no order there, for it's a place of confusion Job. 11.22.) you may consider that the penalties of Gods enemies are penalties partly of loss, and partly of sense.

1. Of loss. And that consists in the deprivation of every thing that might administer the least comfort to him; and for this cause Hell is termed utter darkness. Now darkness is a privation of all light, so is Hell of all comfort, to show that there is not the least thing that may give thee content, nor is ⟨p. 60⟩