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most solemn declaration of a belief in its double 

 statement in favor of Eternal Punishment, as 

 already quoted. 



3. Heidelberg Catechism, (A. D. 1563). Ques- 

 tion 10: "Will God suffer such disobedience 

 •and apostasy to go unpunished ? Answer. By 

 no means : But he is terribly displeased with 

 our inborn as well as our actual sins, and will 

 punish them in just judgment in time and in 

 •eternity." (Schaffs' Creeds of Christendom). 



4. Symbola Roma (A. D. 1563). On the most 

 lioly Sacrament of Penance. Canon V: "The 

 loss of eternal blessedness (amissionem ceternce 

 beatitudinis) and the eternal damnation (ceternce 

 damnationis) which he has incurred." (Schaff's 

 Creeds) . 



5. Symbola Gra?ca et Russica, A D. 1643. 

 Quaestio CXXI. " All souls shall return to their 

 own bodies and receive in them the perfect and 

 eternal reward {aluviov fiic&dv) of their deeds and 

 -actions, but the bodies of the wicked also will be 

 imperishable because they are to be tormented 

 with eternal punishment (ceternis discrucianda 

 supplicus)" (Schaff's Creeds). 



6. Westminister Confession of Faith (1646) 

 *" For then shall the righteous go into everlasting 

 life, ****** but the wicked who know not 

 'God, and obey not the gospel of Jesus Christ, 

 shall be cast into eternal torments, and be pun- 



