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The folly of sinning, opened & applied, in two sermons, occasioned by the condemnation…The folly of sinning, opened & applyed, in two sermons, occasioned by the condemnation…
The folly of sinning, opened & applied, in two sermons, occasioned by the condemnation of one that was executed at Boston in New-England, on November 17th. 1698. / By Increase Mather, president of Harvard College, in Cambridge, and preacher of the Gospel at Boston in N.E. ; [Two lines from Romans]The folly of sinning, opened & applyed, in two sermons, occasioned by the condemnation of one that was executed at Boston in New-England, on November 17th. 1698. / By Increase Mather, praesident of Harvard Colledge, in Cambridge, and preacher of the Gospel at Boston in N.E. ; [Two lines from Romans]
Boston: printed by B Green for Michael Perry over against the Town House, 1699
THE FOLLY OF Sinning. › Sermon 1 › Proposition 1: PROPOSITION I.
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3. Sin is the procuring cause of Eternal Judgment. Mat. 25.46. The Wicked shall go away into Everlasting Punishment. Sin brings upon men not only the first, but that which is infinitely more terrible, The Second Death. The first death is soon over, but the pains and pangs of the Second Death will never be over. The first death is of the Body only, but the […] Death is of the Body and Soul ⟨p. 30⟩too. Fear not them that can kill the Body, but fear him that can kill both Body and Soul. How can the Soul which is Immortal be killed? The Soul that's damned is killed. After the Resurrection and the Last Judgment the Sinner must Body and Soul be cast into the Ever burning Lake. Murderers and Whoremongers, and all Liars shall have their part in that Lake which burns with fire and brimstone which is the Second Death. Rev. 21.8. In those Everlasting Burnings must they be world without end. This comes of sinning against God. If it had not been for Sin, there would have been no death, no hell. It is sin that has kindled the Fire that never shall be quenched. Sin has filled the bottomless pit with all the fire and brimstone that is there. It is sin that has filled it with all those Treasures of Wrath that can never be consumed. Shall we then make a light matter of Sin? Shall we be such Fools as to mock at it? But thus for the fourth demonstration of the Truth before us.
3. Sin is the procuring cause of Eternal Iudgment. Mat. 25.46. The Wicked shall go away into Everlasting Punishment. Sin brings upon men not only the first, but that which is infinitely more terrible, The Second Death. The first death is soon over, but the pains and pangs of the Second Death will never be over. The first death is of the Body only, but the 〈…〉 Death is of the Body and Soul ⟨p. 30⟩too. Fear not them that can kill the Body, but fear him that can kill both Body and Soul. How can the Soul which is Immortal be killed? The Soul that's damned is killed. After the Resurrection and the Last Judgment the Sinner must Body and Soul be cast into the Ever burning Lake. Murderers and Whoremongers, and all Liars shall have their part in that Lake which burns with fire and brimstone which is the Second Death.