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these shall be cast, which in the general you have heard already, namely, "the fire prepared for the devil and his angels." But, in particular, it is thus described:

1. It is called Tophet. "For Tophet is ordained of old, yea, for the king (Lucifer) it is prepared: he hath made it deep and large, the pile thereof is fire and much wood: the breath of the Lord like a stream of brimstone doth kindle it." Isa. xxx. 33.

2. It is called Hell.

"It is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell." Mark ix. 45.

3. It is called the "wine-press of the wrath of God." "And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth" (that is, them that did not come to Christ), "and cast it out into the great wine-press of the wrath of God." Rev. xiv. 19.

4. It is called "a lake of fire." "And whosoever was not found written in the book of life, was cast into the lake of fire." Rev. xx. 15.

5. It is called "a pit."

"Thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, and in the sides of the north." "Yet thou shalt be

brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit." Isa. xiv.

6. It is called "a bottomless pit;" out of which the smoke and the locusts came, and into which the great dragon was cast; and it is called "bottomless," to show the endlessness of the fall that they will have into it, that came not in the acceptable time to Jesus Christ. Rev. ix. 1, 2; xx. 3.

7. It is called "outer darkness." "Bind him hand and foot, and cast him into outer darkness:" "and cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth." Matt. xxii. 13; xxv. 30.

8. It is called "a furnace of fire." "As therefore the

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tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of the world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them that do iniquity, and shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth." And again, "So shall it be at the end of the world; the angels shall come forth and sever the wicked from among the just, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth." Matt. xiii. 40-50.

Luke iii. 17. 6. It is "The Lord Jesus shall

Lastly, It may not be amiss, if in the conclusion of this, I show in a few words to what the things that torment them in this state are compared. Indeed some of them have been occasionally mentioned already; as that they are compared, 1. To wood that burneth. 2. To fire. 3. To fire and brimstone. But, 4. Their woe is compared to a worm, a gnawing worm, a never-dying gnawing worm: they are cast into hell, "where their worm dieth not." Mark ix. 44. 5. It is called "unquenchable fire.” "He will gather his wheat into his garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire." Matt. iii. 12; called "everlasting destruction." be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power." 2 Thes. i. 7,8, 9. 7. It is called "wrath without mixture," and is given them in the cup of his indignation. "If any man worship the beast, and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture, into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone, in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb." Rev. xiv. 9, 10.

"And death and hell This is the second death."

8. It is called "the second death." were cast into the lake of fire. "Blessed and holy is he that hath a part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power." Rev. xx. 6, 14. 9. It is called "eternal damnation." "But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost, hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation."

Oh! these three words! "Everlasting punishment!" "Eternal damnation!" And "For ever and ever!" How will they gnaw and eat up all the expectation of the end of the misery of the cast-away sinners. "And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night." Rev. xiv. 11.

Their behavior in hell is set forth by four things, as we know: 1. By calling for help and relief in vain; 2. By weeping; 3. By wailing; 4. By gnashing of teeth.

And now we come to the second thing that is to be inquired into; namely, how it appears that Christ hath power to save, or to cast out: for by these words "I will in no wise cast out," he declareth that he hath power to do both.

Now this inquiry admits us to search into two things; I. How it appears that he hath power to save; II. How it appears that he hath power to cast out.

I. That he hath power to SAVE, appears by that which follows.

1. To speak only of him as he is Mediator: he was authorized to this blessed work by his Father, before the world began. Hence the apostle said, "He hath chosen us in him, before the foundation of the world" (Eph. i. 4.); with all those things that effectually will produce our salvation. Read the same chapter, with 2 Tim. i. 9.

2. He was promised to our first parents, that he should, in the fulness of time, bruise the serpent's head; and, as Paul expounds it, redeem them that were under the law. Hence, since that time, he hath been reckoned as slain for

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our sins by which means all the fathers under the first testament were secured from the wrath to come. Hence he is called, "The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world." Rev. xiii. 8; Gen. iii. 15; Gal. iv. 4, 5.

3. Moses gave testimony of him by the types and shadows, and bloody sacrifices, that he commanded from the mouth of God, to be in use to the support of his people's faith, until the time of reformation; which was the time of this Jesus's death. Heb. ix. and x. chapters.

4. At the time of his birth it was testified of him by the angel, that he should "save his people from their sins." Matt. i. 20, 21.

5. It is testified of him in the days of his flesh, that he had "power on earth to forgive sins." Mark ii. 5-11.

6. It is testified also of him by the apostle Peter, that God hath exalted him with his own right hand, "to be a prince and a Saviour, to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins." Acts v. 31.

In a word, this is every where testified of him, both in the Old Testament and the New.

And there is good reason that he should be acknowledged and trusted in as a Saviour.

For

1. He came down from heaven to be a Saviour. John vi. 30-40.

2. He was anointed when on earth to be a Saviour. Luke iii. 22.

3. He did the works of a Saviour. As, (1.) He fulfilled the law, and became the end of it for righteousness, for them that believe in him. Rom. x. 3, 4. (2.) He laid down his life as a Saviour; he gave his life a ransom for many. Matt. xx. 28; Mark x. 45; 1 Tim. ii. 6. 3. He hath abolished death, destroyed the devil, put away sin, got the keys of hell and death, ascended into heaven; is there accepted of God, and doth sit at the right hand as a Saviour; and that because his sacrifice for sins pleased God.

2 Tim. i. 10; Heb. ii. 14, 15; Eph. iv. 7, 8; John'xvi. 11; Acts v. 30, 31; Heb. x. 21, 23.

4. God hath sent out and proclaimed him as a Saviour, and tells the world that we have redemption through his blood, that he will justify us, if we believe in his blood, and that he can faithfully and justly do it. Yea, God doth beseech us to be reconciled to him by his Son; which could not be, if he were not anointed by him to this very end, and also if his works and undertakings were not accepted of him considered as a Saviour. Rom. iii. 24, 25; 2 Cor. v. 18–21.

5. God hath already received millions of souls into his paradise, because they have received this Jesus for a Saviour; and is resolved to cut them off, and to cast them out of his presence, that will not take him for a Saviour. Heb. xii. 22-26.

I intend brevity here; therefore a word to the second.
II. How it appears that he hath power TO CAST out.
This appears also by what follows:

1. The Father (for the service that he hath done as a Mediator) hath made him Lord of all, even Lord of quick and dead. "For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living." Rom. xiv. 9.

2. The Father hath left it with him to quicken whom he will, namely, with saving grace, and to cast out whom he will, for their rebellion against him. John v. 21.

3. The Father hath made him judge of quick and dead, hath committed all judgment unto the Son, and appointed that all should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. John v. 22. God will judge the world by him: the day is appointed for judgment, and he is appointed for judge. "He hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness, by that man whom he hath ordained."

Acts xvii.

Therefore 66 we must all

appear

before the judgment-seat

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