everlasting, into light unspeakable, rejoicing in the fellowship
of the Angels, to enjoy bliss ineffable, standing in purity
before the Holy Trinity. But they that have done evil, and all
the ungodly and sinners, shall go into everlasting punishment,
which is called Gehenna, and outer darkness, and the worm that
dieth not, and the gnashing of teeth, and a thousand other names
of punishment; which meaneth rather -- bitterest of all, --
alienation from God, the being cast away from the sweetness of
his presence, the being deprived of that glory which baffleth
description, the being made a spectacle unto the whole creation,
and the being put to shame, and shame that hath no ending. For,
after the passing of that terrible sentence, all things shall
abide immutable and unchangeable. The blissful life of the
righteous shall have no close, neither shall the misery and
punishment of sinners find an end: because, after him, there is
no higher Judge, and no defence by after-works, no time for
amendment, no other way for them that are punished, their
vengeance being co-eternal with them.

"Seeing that this is so, what manner of persons ought we to be in
all holy conversation and godliness, that we may be counted
worthy to escape the wrath to come, and to be ranged on the right
hand of the Son of God? For this is the station of the
righteous: but to sinners is allotted the station of misery on
the left. Then shall the Lord call the righteous `Blessed,' and
shall lead them into his everlasting kingdom. But, as for
sinners, with anger and curse he will banish them from his serene
and gentle countenance the bitterest and hardest lot of all and
will send them away into everlasting punishment."