Wesley Corpus

4. And knowest thou not that "the wages of sin is death" -- death, not only temporal, but eternal. "The soul that sinneth, it shall die;" for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it." It shall die the second death. This is the sentence, to "be punished" with never-ending death, "with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power." Knowest thou not that every sinner, enocos esti th geennh tou puros, not properly, "is in danger of hell-fire" is far too weak; but rather, "is under the sentence of hell-fire;" doomed already, just dragging to execution. Thou art guilty of everlasting death. It is the just reward of thy inward and outward wickedness. It is just that the sentence should now take place. Dost thou see, dost thou feel this Art thou thoroughly convinced that thou deservest God's wrath, and everlasting damnation Would God do thee no wrong, if he now commanded the earth to open, and swallow thee up if thou wert now to go down quick into the pit, into the fire that never shall be quenched If God hath given thee truly to repent, thou hast a deep sense that these things are so; and that it is of his mere mercy thou art not consumed, swept away from the face of the earth.