Question 84

What is meant by Gods wrath and curse, which every sin doth deserve?

By Gods wrath and curse which every sin doth deserve, is meant all those punishments which God in his wrath hath threatned to inflict upon sinners for their sins.

What are those punishments which God hath in his wrath threatned to inflict upon sinners for their sins?

The punishments which God in his wrath hath threatned to inflict upon sinners for their sins are either in this life, such as all Temporal and Spiritual judgements here, or in the life which is to come, such is the punishment of Hell: of both which see before in the explication of the 19th. Answer.

Doth every sin deserve Gods wrath and curse, both in this life and that which is to come?

Every sin doth deserve Gods wrath and curse, both in this life and that which is to come, because every Sin is committed against an infinitely holy and righteous God, and his justice doth require infinite satisfaction, and if some sinners do escape some temporal punishments, they cannot escape the eternal punishment of Hell, which is the only satisfying punishment, unless they have an interest in the satisfaction made by Christ, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things that are written in the Book of the Law to do them.^a Then shall he say unto them on the left hand, Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting Fire, prepared for the Devil and his Angels.^b