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  DESPAIR
  by Thomas Brooks
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Summary: Despair is an unavoidable companion that attends the pains of
the second death, experienced by all reprobates in hell.

Topics: "Despair", "Eternal Judgment"
Scripture References: Psalm 9:17, Isaiah 66:24, Matthew 13:50, Matthew 25:46, Mark 9:48, Luke 16:26, Romans 6:23, 2 Thessalonians 1:9, Hebrews 10:27, Revelation 20:10

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Thomas Brooks preaches about the despair that accompanies eternal
damnation, emphasizing that the wicked are imprisoned in hell due to
their inability to pay the price for their sins. He describes despair as
an inevitable companion of the damned, who face hopelessness and the
certainty of their eternal punishment. The sermon highlights the
irreversible nature of God's justice, leaving the sinner in a state of
utter misery with no hope of escape from hell. Brooks illustrates the
profound anguish of those who realize their fate and the great gulf that
separates them from salvation.

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Continual imprisonment in hell, arises from man's not

being able to pay the price. The wicked go to hell as

their prison, because they can never pay their debts.

The damned must bear the wrath of God to all eternity,

because they can never satisfy the justice of God for sin.

Therefore they must lie in hell, world without end.

Despair is an unavoidable companion, attending the pains

of the second death--as all reprobates do experience.

Desperation is an utter hopelessness of any good, and

a certain expectation and waiting on the worst that can

befall; and this is the lot and portion of the damned in

hell. The wretched sinner in hell, seeing the sentence

passed against him; God's purpose fulfilled, never to be

reversed; the gates of hell made fast upon him; and a

great gulf fixed between hell and heaven, which renders

his escape impossible--he now gives up all, and reckons

on nothing but uttermost misery in his remediless,

woeful condition.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/thomas-brooks/despair/
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