Chapter 57. Of the Estate of the Reprobates in Hell.
WILLIAM PERKINS
Chapter 57. Of the Estate of the Reprobates in Hell.
After that sentence of condemnation is pronounced, then follows everlasting death — of which this is the estate:
I. The Reprobates are separated from the presence and glory of God.
II. They are punished with eternal confusion, and most bitter reproaches, because all their secret wickednesses and sins are revealed. 2Th 1.9, These shall be punished with everlasting perdition, from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of His power.
Mat 5.8, Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. 1Joh 2.28, And now little children, abide in Him, that when he appears, we may be bold and not be ashamed before Him at his coming.
III. They have fellowship with the devil and his angels. Mat 25.41 [above].
IV. They are wholly, in body and soul, tormented with an incredible horror, and exceeding great anguish, through the sense and feeling of God's wrath poured out upon them forever. Isa 66.24, And they shall go forth and look upon the carcasses of men who have transgressed against Me. For their worm shall not die, nor shall their fire be quenched. And they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.
For this reason, the punishment of those who are condemned is called Hellfire, a worm, weeping and gnashing of teeth, utter darkness, etc. Reve 21.8, But the fearful and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. Mat
13.42, And shall cast them into a furnace of fire; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
A GOLDEN CHAIN
A Corollary.
And this is the full execution of God's decree of reprobation, by which appears the great justice of God in punishing sin. From this also comes God's glory, which He propounds to Himself as the last and highest end in all these things. Therefore, let every Christian propound the same end to himself. Rom 19.14-17, What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God?
God forbid! For He said to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will show mercy; and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. So then, it is not in the one who wills, nor in the one who runs, but in God who shows mercy. 1Cor 10.31, Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.