Anf-03 v.iv.v.xxx Pg 15
Luke xiii. 25.
but in what sense except that in which Isaiah said, “When He ariseth to shake terribly the earth?”4722 4722
Anf-03 v.iv.v.xxx Pg 17
Luke xiii. 25–28.
But where? Outside, no doubt, when they shall have been excluded with the door shut on them by Him. There will therefore be punishment inflicted by Him who excludes for punishment, when they shall behold the righteous entering the kingdom of God, but themselves detained without. By whom detained outside? If by the Creator, who shall be within receiving the righteous into the kingdom? The good God. What, therefore, is the Creator about,4724 4724 Quid ergo illuc Creatori.
that He should detain outside for punishment those whom His adversary shut out, when He ought rather to have kindly received them, if they must come into His hands,4725 4725 Si stique.
for the greater irritation of His rival? But when about to exclude the wicked, he must, of course, either be aware that the Creator would detain them for punishment, or not be aware. Consequently either the wicked will be detained by the Creator against the will of the excluder, in which case he will be inferior to the Creator, submitting to Him unwillingly; or else, if the process is carried out with his will, then he himself has judicially determined its execution; and then he who is the very originator of the Creator’s infamy, will not prove to be one whit better than the Creator. Now, if these ideas be incompatible with reason—of one being supposed to punish, and the other to liberate—then to one only power will appertain both the judgment and the kingdom and while they both belong to one, He who executeth judgment can be none else than the Christ of the Creator.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 13
VERSE (25) - Ps 32:6 Isa 55:6 2Co 6:2 Heb 3:7,8; 12:17
