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put_v together_o 1._o justice_n concern_v that_o the_o assertion_n be_v that_o if_o there_o be_v a_o satisfaction_n make_v for_o man_n sin_n unto_o god_n justice_n but_o so_o far_o as_o it_o may_v be_v attain_v upon_o the_o creature_n to_o be_v punish_v in_o hell_n god_n himself_o will_v set_v his_o immediate_a hand_n to_o it_o and_o justice_n require_v this_o the_o explication_n 1._o i_o say_v a_o satisfaction_n so_o far_o as_o may_v be_v attain_v upon_o the_o creature_n that_o have_v sin_v and_o which_o be_v to_o be_v the_o subject_a of_o this_o punishment_n i_o put_v this_o in_o because_o otherwise_o it_o must_v be_v affirm_v of_o christ_n alone_o that_o he_o give_v full_a satisfaction_n unto_o god_n justice_n in_o who_o there_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o manifestation_n or_o 25_o rom._n 3._o 25_o demonstration_n of_o god_n justice_n for_o sin_n that_o be_v pass_v yet_o still_o as_o although_o a_o full_a satisfaction_n can_v never_o be_v have_v from_o or_o upon_o the_o creature_n therefore_o in_o hell_n they_o always_o suffer_v yet_o god_n do_v recover_v what_o can_v be_v have_v and_o pay_v himself_o out_o of_o they_o as_o far_o as_o it_o will_v go_v as_o those_o phrase_n pay_v the_o utmost_a farthing_n mat._n 5._o 26._o and_o sell_v they_o and_o all_o they_o have_v to_o make_v money_n thereof_o mat._n 18._o 25._o do_v show_n 2._o in_o this_o case_n that_o which_o justice_n will_v require_v unto_o any_o tolerable_a equitable_a satisfaction_n in_o this_o punishment_n be_v that_o as_o exact_v a_o proportion_n be_v observe_v as_o possible_o there_o may_v be_v and_o as_o the_o subject_n be_v capable_a of_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n as_o it_o be_v according_a to_o truth_n so_o exactness_n and_o equity_n and_o the_o work_n of_o god_n be_v perfect_a in_o every_o kind_n and_o perform_v in_o due_a weight_n number_n and_o measure_n but_o above_o all_o else_o where_o justice_n be_v profess_v you_o may_v hear_v justice_n speak_v in_o isaiah_n chap._n 59_o according_o to_o their_o deed_n according_o he_o will_v repay_v recompense_n to_o his_o enemy_n there_o be_v a_o according_a and_o a_o according_o to_o that_o so_o as_o all_o due_a measure_n and_o rule_n of_o proportion_n every_o way_n shall_v be_v observe_v which_o measure_v be_v set_v out_o in_o this_o matter_n will_v evident_o demonstrate_v that_o god_n immediate_a hand_n be_v necessary_o require_v thereto_o 1._o let_v the_o demerit_n of_o sin_n be_v weigh_v and_o for_o that_o in_o the_o general_n i_o refer_v unto_o the_o first_o of_o these_o treatise_n of_o the_o heinousness_n of_o sin_n and_o we_o shall_v find_v that_o although_o the_o crasser_n part_n of_o sin_n be_v a_o inordinate_a
job_n thou_o write_v bitter_a thing_n against_o i_o and_o cause_v i_o to_o possess_v the_o sin_n of_o my_o youth_n job_n 13._o 26._o let_v no_o man_n therefore_o imagine_v that_o devil_n be_v the_o great_a tormentor_n of_o man_n or_o of_o their_o conscience_n in_o hell_n or_o if_o any_o will_v affirm_v it_o i_o will_v demand_v who_o it_o be_v that_o torment_v the_o conscience_n of_o devil_n themselves_o certain_o none_n but_o god_n they_o now_o believe_v there_o be_v a_o god_n do_v tremble_v but_o in_o hell_n they_o fear_v he_o and_o for_o ever_o have_v to_o do_v with_o he_o and_o it_o be_v as_o sure_a that_o the_o same_o god_n with_o who_o those_o spirit_n and_o their_o conscience_n have_v for_o ever_o to_o do_v the_o conscience_n of_o man_n shall_v also_o and_o as_o for_o all_o other_o mediate_a or_o outward_a way_n of_o judgement_n execute_v in_o which_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n be_v reveal_v from_o heaven_n but_o as_o at_o the_o second_o hand_n take_v the_o sore_a and_o severe_a of_o they_o that_o ever_o god_n execute_v by_o creature_n yea_o suppose_v all_o of_o the_o several_a kind_n of_o providential_a judgement_n i_o call_v they_o such_o which_o be_v execute_v upon_o man_n in_o this_o world_n aforehand_o which_o god_n have_v as_o judge_n of_o all_o the_o world_n in_o his_o ride_a circuit_n through_o all_o age_n since_o the_o fall_n reveal_v his_o wrath_n from_o heaven_n by_o against_o all_o sort_n of_o unrighteousness_n of_o man_n as_o the_o apostle_n speak_v of_o these_o judgement_n say_v in_o rom._n 1._o 18._o suppose_v i_o say_v they_o be_v let_v fly_v upon_o any_o one_o sinner_n all_o at_o once_o yet_o will_v they_o not_o reach_v or_o touch_v that_o man_n conscience_n further_o than_o as_o god_n shall_v over_o and_o above_o the_o efficacy_n of_o they_o strike_v the_o conscience_n itself_o with_o his_o anger_n and_o displeasure_n reveal_v more_o or_o less_o by_o himself_o therewith_o and_o although_o in_o all_o such_o judgement_n his_o go_n forth_o be_v as_o of_o a_o judge_n and_o he_o accompany_v such_o judgement_n more_o or_o less_o but_o as_o with_o some_o ordinary_a light_n and_o glimmering_n of_o a_o angry_a deity_n yet_o his_o come_n as_o a_o judge_n upon_o man_n conscience_n at_o the_o day_n of_o wrath_n and_o revelation_n of_o the_o righteous_a judgement_n of_o god_n as_o if_o he_o have_v never_o reveal_v his_o wrath_n before_o this_o be_v another_o manner_n of_o come_v and_o show_v himself_o a_o judge_n indeed_o render_v indignation_n and_o wrath_n upon_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n and_o of_o that_o judgement_n it_o be_v the_o same_o apostle_n in_o the_o second_o chapter_n treat_v as_o of_o that_o other_o in_o the_o former_a and_o i_o may_v say_v of_o all_o the_o former_a in_o comparison_n to_o this_o latter_a that_o they_o all_o be_v but_o as_o the_o battery_n of_o the_o outwork_n and_o as_o bullet_n shoot_v against_o the_o wall_n in_o a_o siege_n which_o may_v indeed_o terrify_v the_o inhabitant_n and_o make_v they_o tremble_v 2._o deut._n 32._o rom._n 2._o and_o so_o these_o the_o soul_n as_o by_o remote_a effect_n in_o the_o suburb_n of_o it_o but_o the_o latter_a be_v as_o shoot_v in_o of_o granade_n which_o have_v be_v lay_v up_o with_o he_o in_o his_o treasury_n carry_v fire_n from_o thence_o in_o they_o the_o fire_n of_o his_o fierce_a and_o sore_a indignation_n and_o these_o himself_n alone_o can_v shoot_v into_o the_o inward_o of_o man_n soul_n and_o this_o be_v as_o shoot_v fire_n into_o the_o the_o very_a magazine_n into_o that_o which_o be_v the_o most_o inward_a in_o the_o soul_n and_o fortify_v against_o the_o entrance_n of_o all_o create_a power_n the_o magazine_n where_o all_o the_o gunpowder_n lie_v that_o be_v the_o guilt_n of_o a_o man_n sin_n so_o as_o there_o need_v nothing_o else_o to_o blow_v up_o all_o if_o his_o wrath_n do_v but_o touch_n it_o take_v and_o set_v all_o on_o fire_n yea_o give_v i_o leave_v upon_o the_o same_o ground_n and_o by_o the_o like_a reason_n further_o to_o say_v that_o all_o the_o material_a fire_n in_o hell_n by_o which_o the_o soul_n shall_v and_o will_v suffer_v by_o way_n of_o a_o compatibility_n as_o it_o be_v term_v or_o suffer_v by_o and_o with_o the_o body_n a_o unspeakable_a torment_n and_o this_o for_o the_o sin_n a_o man_n be_v guilty_a of_o yet_o these_o flame_n nor_o these_o punishment_n take_v material_o and_o abstract_v from_o this_o revelation_n of_o god_n wrath_n will_v not_o break_v into_o conscience_n not_o until_o god_n do_v therewithal_o break_v in_o with_o the_o fire_n of_o his_o wrath_n and_o make_v the_o conscience_n and_o intellectual_a spirit_n of_o the_o mind_n a_o fiery_a oven_n within_o itself_o as_o the_o psalmist_n express_v it_o in_o psal_n 21._o 9_o almost_o in_o these_o very_a word_n this_o be_v the_o state_n of_o matter_n between_o god_n the_o judge_n of_o all_o and_o the_o soul_n and_o conscience_n of_o sinner_n as_o touch_v that_o due_a and_o equitable_a punishment_n for_o sin_n and_o the_o execution_n thereof_o which_o man_n soul_n be_v capable_a of_o i_o shall_v now_o complete_a the_o reason_n why_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n shall_v move_v he_o to_o be_v willing_a yea_o and_o that_o there_o be_v in_o respect_n unto_o divine_a justice_n a_o kind_n of_o requisiteness_n if_o not_o necessity_n for_o the_o great_a god_n to_o take_v this_o course_n to_o punish_v the_o sinner_n by_o the_o revelation_n of_o his_o own_o immediate_a wrath._n and_o this_o i_o shall_v do_v by_o gather_v together_o what_o have_v be_v say_v from_o which_o the_o argument_n for_o both_o these_o two_o assertion_n that_o follow_v lie_v fair_a 1._o that_o god_n for_o his_o justice_n sake_n shall_v be_v willing_a for_o conscience_n be_v the_o principal_a engagee_n oblige_v unto_o god_n as_o a_o judge_n and_o the_o understand_a power_n in_o man_n the_o eminent_a transgressor_n and_o both_o lie_v so_o naked_a and_o immediate_o expose_v unto_o god_n wrath_n and_o capable_a to_o receive_v the_o revelation_n of_o it_o a_o anguish_n make_v thereby_o in_o the_o soul_n be_v the_o most_o proper_a natural_a suitable_a reward_n unto_o sin_n to_o pay_v the_o sinner_n home_o in_o his_o own_o coin_n as_o also_o the_o most_o ready_a direct_a and_o short_a way_n for_o god_n to_o take_v if_o therefore_o we_o suppose_v justice_n be_v leave_v to_o have_v but_o its_o free_a and_o full_a course_n if_o justice_n according_a to_o the_o prophet_n language_n and_o god_n own_o rule_n and_o direction_n give_v unto_o we_o run_v down_o as_o water_n and_o righteousness_n as_o a_o mighty_a stream_n in_o its_o proper_a natural_a channel_n and_o so_o as_o to_o fall_v into_o that_o most_o capacious_a vessel_n or_o receptacle_n that_o be_v in_o man_n to_o receive_v it_o again_o if_o divine_a justice_n have_v a_o will_n to_o put_v and_o lay_v its_o charge_n and_o execution_n where_o principal_o it_o be_v to_o be_v lay_v even_o against_o the_o principal_a whether_o in_o the_o obligation_n for_o sin_n or_o in_o the_o guilt_n of_o the_o act_n of_o sin_v or_o if_o it_o be_v deem_v that_o divine_a justice_n will_v take_v a_o recovery_n where_o the_o full_a and_o fair_a advantage_n lie_v and_o recover_v his_o principal_a debt_n of_o that_o which_o be_v the_o principal_a debtor_n and_o from_o that_o in_o man_n which_o be_v capable_a to_o afford_v the_o most_o due_a satisfaction_n and_o punishment_n as_o be_v that_o which_o be_v the_o treasury_n of_o all_o the_o gild_n of_o sin_n and_o most_o exquisite_o capable_a to_o suffer_v and_o thereby_o to_o make_v full_a payment_n for_o all_o then_o we_o may_v conclude_v that_o assure_o god_n be_v willing_a to_o wreck_v his_o just_a anger_n and_o in_o his_o wrath_n to_o break_v forth_o upon_o the_o conscience_n and_o intellectual_a faculty_n of_o the_o sinner_n in_o hell_n by_o the_o immediate_a revelation_n of_o his_o wrath_n and_o that_o upon_o all_o the_o account_n forementioned_a thereby_o to_o punish_v it_o and_o we_o may_v well_o suppose_v that_o his_o justice_n be_v willing_a to_o do_v this_o because_o god_n be_v as_o the_o psalmist_n with_o a_o emphasis_n judge_v himself_o psal_n 50._o 6._o and_o judge_v for_o himself_o prov._n 16._o 4._o and_o for_o the_o recovery_n of_o his_o own_o glory_n and_o revelation_n of_o his_o righteous_a judgement_n and_o this_o course_n of_o immediate_a wrath_n be_v a_o way_n above_o all_o other_o so_o natural_a so_o ready_a so_o direct_v so_o compendious_a and_o so_o suit_v to_o the_o demerit_n of_o sin_n as_o have_v be_v show_v we_o may_v well_o think_v that_o god_n will_v be_v rather_o willing_a to_o show_v his_o wrath_n as_o the_o apostle_n speak_v this_o way_n if_o we_o can_v suppose_v there_o may_v be_v another_o because_o this_o so_o fall_v in_o with_o and_o agree_v unto_o the_o rule_n and_o
proportion_n of_o justice_n forementioned_a which_o be_v most_o near_o and_o sacred_a to_o he_o 2._o the_o second_o assertion_n that_o it_o be_v also_o requisite_a yea_o necessary_a i_o speak_v it_o as_o in_o relation_n to_o justice_n attain_v its_o end_n for_o all_o mediate_a punishment_n execute_v by_o creature_n be_v deficient_a as_o unto_o that_o wherein_o the_o very_a essence_n of_o this_o punishment_n lie_v they_o all_o not_o reach_v the_o inward_o of_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o conscience_n and_o see_v that_o without_o god_n wrath_n reveal_v therewith_o by_o god_n himself_o all_o such_o punishment_n will_v not_o complete_a the_o justice_n of_o god_n in_o a_o punishment_n in_o any_o tolerable_a measure_n suitable_a then_o if_o justice_n will_v have_v its_o perfect_a work_n and_o bring_v its_o suit_n against_o the_o sinner_n unto_o the_o ultimate_a issue_n it_o be_v requisite_a god_n himself_o put_v his_o immediate_a hand_n to_o the_o execution_n for_o otherwise_o this_o work_n of_o justice_n will_v not_o be_v perfect_a as_o yet_o every_o of_o his_o work_n in_o their_o kind_n be_v say_v to_o be_v and_o so_o he_o shall_v not_o only_o fall_v short_a of_o satisfy_v his_o justice_n but_o also_o by_o not_o do_v that_o towards_o it_o which_o be_v in_o his_o power_n to_o do_v and_o which_o he_o be_v lord_n of_o he_o shall_v not_o in_o any_o tolerable_a measure_n content_v it_o especial_o if_o we_o further_o consider_v that_o when_o all_o be_v do_v that_o can_v be_v do_v this_o punishment_n will_v not_o arise_v to_o a_o perfect_a satisfaction_n for_o the_o creature_n be_v punishment_n will_v not_o afford_v it_o and_o therefore_o it_o do_v for_o ever_o suffer_v but_o only_o unto_o what_o may_v be_v have_v out_o of_o they_o towards_o it_o i_o shut_v this_o point_n up_o therefore_o with_o this_o that_o if_o god_n be_v judge_n himself_o he_o will_v do_v this_o work_n himself_o which_o none_o else_o can_v perform_v for_o he_o and_o without_o which_o all_o else_o will_v be_v utter_o imperfect_a and_o defective_a for_o upon_o what_o have_v be_v afore_o argue_v i_o may_v say_v of_o all_o other_o punishment_n and_o punisher_n although_o set_v by_o god_n upon_o a_o man_n what_o the_o apostle_n say_v of_o those_o legal_a ordinance_n though_o institute_v by_o god_n for_o his_o worship_n that_o they_o can_v not_o make_v the_o service_n perfect_a as_o pertain_v to_o the_o conscience_n so_o nor_o all_o outward_a torment_n take_v they_o alone_o without_o god_n wrath_n accompany_v they_o they_o can_v make_v a_o perfect_a or_o complete_a punishment_n as_o pertain_v to_o the_o conscience_n and_o all_o this_o also_o show_v one_o sufficient_a reason_n of_o difference_n why_o earthly_a king_n and_o judge_n leave_v the_o execution_n of_o traitor_n and_o offender_n whole_o unto_o other_o because_o they_o have_v no_o more_o power_n as_o in_o respect_n of_o execution_n to_o inflict_v a_o condign_a punishment_n than_o other_o man_n but_o other_o can_v do_v 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