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Edward Hitchcock sermon no. 166, "Future Punishment," 1823 April
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Creator: Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864
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1823-04
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1 volume (16 pages)
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Edward Hitchcock's sermon on God's punishment for impenitent sinners, based on Job 31:3 (Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?). Hitchcock noted on the first page the one time and place where he had delivered this sermon in 1823 as well as a Bible chapter and hymns related to the sermon. Hitchcock remarked that when the wrath of God is discussed, Christians, in order to ease their troubled consciences, often accuse the minister of Christ of exaggerating the terrors of damnation. In order both to avoid such ridicule and to preach those things required of anyone wishing to be saved, Hitchcock would use only the Bible's own words to describe the wrath of God against sinners, to describe the duration of future torments, and to describe the character of those who would suffer these punishments for eternity. No language could be more terrifying than scripture. Hitchcock called on his "hearers" to bring themselves and their children to repentance.
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English
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