Spirits in Prison
A discourse delivered at Upton. By Joseph Goffe, A.M., Pastor of the Second Church of Christ in Sutton, Massachusetts. Printed in 1803.
“SINNERS presume upon the patience of GOD while they go on in their evil courses. Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily; therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evils. They abuse the goodness and long suffering of GOD which should lead them to repentance, and take occasion from it to become more vile.--They misimprove their opportunity--despise the infinite riches of mercy, and treasure up to themselves wrath against the day of wrath. But GOD will not always wait upon them. When their term of probation is expired, long suffering ceases, and they are cut down, and sent to the infernal prison. There they are reserved in chains unto the day of judgment....”