H . E A D VI. H E L L. MATTH. XXV, 4 r. T/ieh jha/J he fay unio them on tbe left hand; De,hart frorw ·me, ye curftd, into e""eriajiing fire 1 preparedfir the devil';' . and hi! angdr. WERE there no other pl ace of eternal lodging hut heaven;~) fhould here have clofed my dijcourfe of man's eternal fiate i but feeing in the other work1, there: is a prifon for the wicked, as well as a palace for the faintsp, we mull al[o enquire into thacfitb/e of everlajling mifcry; the which the worfi: of men, may well bear with, without ~rying, Art thou come to torment uJ before tl•e tiru? fince thet·e is yet accefs to fly from the wrath to come; and all that can be {aid of it. comes {hort of what the damned will feel; for who knowe.th the power of God's anger? The lafi thing our Lord did, before he left the earth,. was, he lift up hiJ handJ, and b/ejfed his di,kiples, Luke.– :xxiv. 50,51. But the lall thing he wi.Jl do, before he lc:ave· the throne, is to curfe and condemn his enemies ; as we learn frotn the text. '\vhich contains the dreadful Ientence,. wherein the t"v.erlailing :nifery of the wicked is wrapt up. In which three things may be taken notice of. Firft, T"he.: quality of_ the condemned, Je curfed. The Judge findc .. the curfe of the law upon them as tranfgr~ifors, and fends them away with it . {J-om his prefence, into heU , Lhere to be fully execute upon them. 2dl)' , The punifhment which they are adjudged to; and to which they were always bound over, by virtue of the curie And it is twotold: the p1,1nifhment of lois, in feparation fq)ln God and Chri!l:', Depart fro1J: me; and the punilliment of fenie ,_ in moll: exqui!ite ;md extreme torments, Depart f'rom me into fire. 3dly , The aggravation of ~heir torments. ( 1 ) They are · ready for t·heni, they are nor. to expect a moment's refpite.•. 'l'he fire is prepared and ready . to catch hold of thofe who arc t:hro_,nl into it . (2. ) They."i.>rillhave the fociety: .... .... , l ,. . •, ; ~~ : ..-l I' h/ :,. t"·''"''' i i ~·~ b ro in~· i}•J~' un witll them in helL . ~).... o..,~..._ \ ,,..t -l~o .... ..... ... ~'>-P· ·4 ,.,._ } .._ ·")""'"".i: 4 '- , ... . • ' '1-l< - JJ..t.yj"
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