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The valley of Hinnom. The terrors of hell demonstrated and the methods of escaping…The valley of Hinnom. The terrours of hell demonstrated and the methods of escaping…
The valley of Hinnom. The terrors of hell demonstrated and the methods of escaping the terrible miseries of the punishments on the wicked there, declared. In a sermon preached in the hearing, and at the request, of a man under a sentence of death for a murder; just before the execution of the sentence; and upon a text by himself assigned for the sermon to insist upon. At Boston, 13.d. IV.m. 1717, : [Two lines of quotation in Latin]The valley of Hinnom. The terrours of hell demonstrated and the methods of escaping the terrible miseries of the punishments on the wicked there, declared. In a sermon preached in the hearing, and at the request, of a man under a sentence of death for a murder; just before the execution of the sentence; and upon a text by himself assigned for the sermon to insist upon. At Boston, 13.d. IV.m. 1717, : [Two lines of quotation in Latin]
Boston: printed by J. Allen for Robert Starke, 1717
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I. It is most certain, That SIN must be Punished in Destructive Miseries upon the Sinner; a Destruction proceeding from the Just Revenges of GOD The Holy GOD has given us a Law, which requires our Homage unto Him, and our Kindness unto our Neighbour. And a Just Law it is! While the great GOD is what He is, and His Creature Man, is what He is, there will be such Things due, as His Law has thus required. We must for ever own, Psal. CXIX. 142. Thy Righteousness is an everlasting Righteousness, and thy Law is the Truth. 'Tis a Law Originally written on the Tables of our Hearts; and upon the Defacing of those Writings in our Fall from GOD, we have it more fully Explained in the Sacred Scriptures which the Prophetic Spirit has provided for us. In this Law there is a Punishment assigned for the Transgression of it. Indeed, it were not a Law, if it were not armed with a Penalty. And still there is Justice ⟨p. 6⟩in all of this. It is Just, That the Displeasure of the Holy GOD against the Transgression of His Law, should be declared in the Punishment of the Transgressor. It is Just, That when the Law of the Holy GOD has been Transgressed, the Crime should be punished in those Destructive Miseries, which according to it belong unto the Sinner. The Destructive Miseries of the Sinner, are the Just Revenges of GOD upon him, demanding a Satisfaction, and a Reparation, for the Violations of His Law. The Justice of GOD herein Vindicates His Violated Law; Magnifies it and makes it Honourable. And herein He asserts and exerts those His Excellencies, which have been Denied, been Defied, been Reproached in our Sin; For every Sin does deny the GOD that is Above. Wherefore, from the Justice of GOD it now comes to pass, That no Sin can be committed, but it must be Punished. Either the Sinner must himself be ⟨p. 7⟩miserable; or else, One must be found, that may be a Surety for the Sinner, and shall Smart for it. That word, Rom. VI. 23. The Wages of Sin is Death: and that word, Prov. XIII. 21. Evil pursueth Sinners;—'Tis a word that must be Executed. The Truth of a GOD that cannot lye, stands engaged for the Execution of it. Upon a Sin, the Justice of GOD will demand a Sacrifice; The Object is Destroyed, that is made a Sacrifice.