MATT. XXV. 46. And these shall go away into everlaft ing Punishment. IFE everlafting, in its general Notion, implies both the Life which the Juft fhall enjoy in Heaven, and that which Sinners fhall have in Hell for ever, John v. 29. Here is as to Sinners, I. The Pana damni. Kai dmxévoyTM TOI. And these shall go away from Chrift, ver. 41. and by Confequence from whatsoever is or can be good for them. Deprived, 1. Of all Light over-whelmed with Darkness, Matt. viii. 12. 2 Pet. ii. 4. 17. Jude 13. 2. Of all Honour and Refpect, fo as to live continually in Reproach and Ignominy, Rev. xxii. 15. Matt. XXV. 30. Matt. iii. 12. Dan. xii. 2. 3. Of all Wealth and Riches. No fuch Thing there, Luke xvi. 23, 24. 4. Of all Pleasure and Delight. 1. Real, Luke xvi. 23, 24. 2. Imaginary, Matt. viii. 12. 5. Of all Peace and Quietnefs of Mind, being in continual Horrour and Amazement, Ifa. lvii. 20, 21. Hence, Ὁ βρυγμός . ὀδόντων, Matt. viii. r2. gnafhing and grinding their Teeth for Grief and Vexation for what they have done. I So So that they will have an inteftine War in their own Breafts. 6. Of all Love and Favour, 1. From their Fellow-Creatures. 2. From their Creator himself, Pfal.xxx. 7: Luke xiii. 27. Prov. i. 26. 7. Of all their Hopes and Expectations of ever bettering their Condition, fo that they will not only be miferable to Eternity, but they will know too that they fhall be fo as never to look for good Days more, nor for any thing in World that is good for them. II. Pana fenfus. Εἰς κόλασιν αιώνιον. Everlasting Punishment. 1. Punishment; both in Soul and Body, Matt. X. 28. 1. The Soul. 1. The Thoughts tormented. I. With the Remembrance of their former 2. With the Apprehenfion of God's Wrath 2. The Affections all in a Combustion. No Defires ever fatisfied, Luke xvi. 25. 3. The Confcience racking them for neglecting the golden Opportunities they once had, Mark ix. 44. 2. The Body. In a continual high Fever always burning, Mark ix. 45. Luk. xvi. 23. Revel. xx. 15. c. xxi. 8. The The Eyes tormented with frightful Sights, The Ears with Screechings, Wailing and Continual Hunger and Thirft, but no Re 2. Everlafting. That it will be fo, is plain; for it is exprefly faid, Dan. xii. 2. Matt. xxi. 41. Mark ix. 44. 2 Theff. i. 9: 1. Because tho' Sin be but Temporal; yet God, against whom it is committed, is Eternal. 2. If finful Men fhould live eternally, they would Sin eternally, their immortal Souls being habituated to it. 3. They have their Choice or Option, eter nal Life or eternal Death, Deut. XXX, 15, 19. US E: 1. Often think of Hell, Deut. xxxii. 29. 2. Let the Confideration of it deter you from finning, Rom. vi. 21. MATT. XXV. 46. But the Righteous into Life Eternal. OBSERV. UR Saviour mentions only Two OUR and Life Eternal: No Purgatory. By By Purgatory, they mean a Place betwixt Hea ven and Hell, where the Faithful, that have not fully fatisfied for their Sins in this World, are kept in Torment till they have fatisfied Divine Juftice, and are purged from all their Sins, fo as to be fit for Heaven. Limbus Patrum, They call a Place where the Faithful before Chrift were kept in the Dark. Limbus Infantum, For Infants that die without Baptifin, deprived only of heavenly Joys, but in no Pain. That there is no fuch Place, appears, 1. In that the Scripture mentions only Two Places for the Receptacle of Souls after Death, as in my Text; so Matti viii. 11, 12. Luke xvi. 22, 23. 2. In that the fame Scriptures plainly affert, That the Faithful go directly from Earth to Heaven, without ever touching at any fuch Place as Purgatory, John v. 24. Phil. i. 23. 2 Cor. v. 1, 8. So the Thief on the Crofs, Luke xxiii. 43. 3. There is no more Work to be done after Death, but to be received into Glory, Rev.xiv. 13. 2 Tim. iv. 8. 4. The Saints that are alive when our Saviour. comes again fhall go immediately to Heaven, therefore all others, Theff. iv. 17. Matt.xxv. 34. 5. The Blood' of Chrift purgeth us from all Sin, and therefore we need not be purged afterwards in Purgatory, 1 John i 7. Rev. 1. §. Quando iftine exceffum fuerit, mullus jam locus pœnitentiæ eft, nullus fatisfactionis effectus. Cyprian. Μετατίθενται γ', ἐν τῇ κόσμο τότε εἰς τὴν αἰώνιον vámavow. Chryf.. ναπαυ Nullus eft ullibi medius locus, ut poffit effe nifi cum Diabolo, qui non eft cum Chrifto. Aug. USE. Hence we must be fure to be ready for Hea ven whilft we are here, for after Death there is nothing to be done, Ecclef. ix. 1o. c. ix. 5, 6. Who are thofe who are here called the Righteous ? They who live Righteously, John iii. 7. ή δε δικαιοσυνη συλλήβδην πᾶς ἀρετὸς ὅξί. Faftitia eft conftans & perpetua voluntas jus fuum tuique tribuendi. II. He that is Righteous, gives to every one his due. i. To Men, Rom. xiii. 7. 1. In General. To all Men we owe 1. Honour and Refpect, 1 Pet. ii. 17. Phil. ii. 37 2. Love and Favour, 1 Job. iv. 20, 21. Matt. V. 44 3. Juft and equitable Dealings, 1 Theff. Iv. 6: Matt. vii. 12. 4. Our Prayers and Thanksgiving, 1 Tim. il. I, 2. 2. To our Superiours, we owe, i. Reverence and good Opinion, Eccl. k. 2ơ. 2. Pet. ii. 16. 2. Subjection and Obedience, Rom. xiii. 1. 1 Pet. ii. 13. Wherefore Rebels and Tray tors are not Righteous. צרין 3. To our Inferiours, efpecially to the Poor, we owe Alms and Affiftance, Dan. iv. 27. 1 Tim. vi. 17, 18. Matt. XXV. 345 35° 2. To God, he performs his Duty, in 1. Believing what he hath faid upon his Te ftimony, because he hath said it, Heb. vi. 18. 2. Obey P 2 |