It may possibly seem strange that the torments of the wicked should be so great, while they are only in prison in order to their judgment and punishment. But there is no other difference in God's dealing with sinners in this respect, from the treatment of malefactors by human judges and rulers, but what naturally arises from the difference of the nature and qualifications of the judges, and the difference of the ends of judgment. Men commit supposed malefactors to prison in order to a determination whether they are guilty or no, the matter not being yet sufficiently determined. But God, who imprisons wicked men, certainly and infallibly understands whether they are guilty or not; they are not imprisoned that it may be determined whether they are guilty, but because it is determined and known that they are. The end of human judgment is to find out whether a man be guilty or no; but the end of divine judgment is only to declare their guilt, and God's righteousness in their punishment. The guilt of wicked men is infallibly determined when they die: it is fit therefore, that they should be bound in chains of darkness and misery; it is fit that God's enemies, and rebels against him, and the objects of his eternal wrath should be imprisoned in dark and dismal recesses, while they are reserved for execution; 'tis fit that the prison of the objects of divine wrath, should be a doleful, horrid abode. - WJE 18:92-93
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A History of the Work of Redemption
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The "Miscellanies," a-500
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Sermons and Discourses, 1723-1729
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The "Miscellanies," 501-832
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Writings on the Trinity, Grace, and Faith
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The "Blank Bible"
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The "Blank Bible"
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A History of the Work of Redemption
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Sermons and Discourses, 1720-1723
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The "Miscellanies," a-500
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The "Miscellanies," a-500
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The "Miscellanies," 1153-1360
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