Behold, all souls are mine
By creation; they being the immediate produce of his power; hence
he is called "the Father of spirits", ( Hebrews 12:9
) , or the souls of men; these he has an apparent right unto; a
property in; a dominion over; they are accountable to him, and
will be judged impartially by him: as the soul of the
father, so also the soul of the son is mine;
and therefore must be thought to have as great a respect and
affection for the one as for the other; for the soul of a son as
for the soul of a father; and not deal partially in favour of the
one, and cruelly and unrighteously with the other: the soul
that sinneth, it shall die;
the soul that continues in sin, without repentance towards God,
and faith in Christ, shall die the second death; shall be
separated from the presence of God, and endure his wrath to all
eternity: or the meaning is, that a person that is guilty of
gross sins, and continues in them, shall personally suffer; he
shall endure one calamity or another, as the famine, sword,
pestilence, or be carried into captivity, which is the death all
along spoken of in this chapter; the Lord will exercise no
patience towards him, or defer punishment to a future generation,
his offspring; but shall immediately execute it upon himself.