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           FIRE
           AND
           BRIMSTONE
           From
           Heaven
           .
           From
           Earth
           .
           In
           Hell.
           
        
         
           OR
           ,
           Three
           Discourses
           
             
               I.
               Concerning
               the
               burning
               of
               Sodom
               and
               Gomorrah
               formerly
               ,
            
             
               II.
               Concerning
               the
               burning
               of
               Aetna
               ,
               or
               Mount
               Gibel
               more
               lately
               ,
            
             
               III.
               Concerning
               the
               burning
               of
               the
               Wicked
               Eternally
               ,
            
          
           with
           Fire
           and
           Brimstone
           .
        
         
           By
           
             Thomas
             Vincent
          
           ,
           sometime
           Minister
           of
           Maudlins
           Milk-street
           ,
           London
           .
        
         
           Rev.
           21.
           8.
           
        
         
           But
           the
           fearful
           and
           unbelieving
           ,
           and
           Abominable
           ,
           and
           Murderers
           ,
           and
           Whore-mongers
           ,
           and
           Sorcerers
           ,
           and
           Idolaters
           ,
           and
           all
           Lyars
           shall
           have
           their
           part
           in
           the
           Lake
           ,
           which
           burneth
           with
           Fire
           and
           Brimstone
           ;
           which
           is
           the
           second
           Death
           .
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             George
             Calvert
          
           ,
           and
           
             Samuel
             Sprint
          
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           the
           Golden
           Ball
           in
           Duck-Lane
           .
           1670.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           THe
           occasion
           of
           my
           Writting
           these
           few
           Sheets
           concerning
           these
           three
           great
           Burnings
           ,
           was
           the
           breaking
           forth
           of
           such
           Flames
           and
           Streams
           of
           Fire
           the
           last
           Year
           at
           the
           Mouth
           and
           sides
           of
           Aetna
           ,
           or
           Mount
           Gibel
           ;
           being
           willing
           to
           take
           hold
           of
           any
           occasion
           ,
           especially
           so
           sutable
           as
           this
           ,
           to
           awaken
           Sinners
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           endeavour
           their
           escape
           from
           the
           future
           and
           everlasting
           burnings
           of
           Hell
           ;
           and
           this
           I
           thought
           the
           rather
           to
           do
           ,
           because
           in
           the
           Relation
           given
           us
           of
           those
           stupendous
           burnings
           of
           Aetna
           ,
           the
           hand
           of
           the
           Lord
           was
           not
           in
           the
           least
           minded
           ,
           his
           Name
           not
           once
           mentioned
           ,
           and
           no
           improvement
           thereof
           at
           all
           attempted
           by
           him
           ,
           or
           them
           that
           drew
           up
           the
           Narrative
           ;
           which
           to
           me
           seemed
           a
           shame
           ,
           and
           quickned
           me
           (
           when
           others
           who
           might
           have
           done
           it
           better
           were
           silent
           )
           in
           my
           endeavours
           to
           make
           some
           advantage
           of
           this
           Providence
           for
           the
           good
           of
           Souls
           .
           The
           chief
           of
           what
           I
           had
           drawn
           up
           was
           several
           Months
           since
           ,
           which
           I
           purposed
           to
           Preach
           upon
           in
           the
           course
           of
           my
           Ministry
           ,
           as
           an
           Appendix
           unto
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Contrition
           ;
           but
           being
           diverted
           from
           that
           Subject
           by
           some
           sevearer
           and
           threatning
           Providences
           ,
           I
           looked
           upon
           my self
           as
           called
           at
           that
           time
           rather
           to
           Preach
           upon
           such
           Subjects
           might
           tend
           to
           the
           support
           of
           Gods
           people
           under
           those
           sufferings
           which
           they
           were
           like
           to
           undergo
           ,
           if
           they
           would
           perseveer
           in
           his
           ways
           .
           Thus
           my
           Papers
           were
           laid
           aside
           and
           laid
           asleep
           ,
           and
           I
           did
           think
           to
           bury
           them
           in
           my
           Closet
           ,
           and
           
           never
           to
           suffer
           them
           to
           come
           forth
           into
           the
           light
           ;
           But
           since
           the
           Fires
           which
           have
           broken
           forth
           of
           late
           in
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           Suburbs
           ,
           and
           Southwark
           ;
           and
           the
           general
           impression
           of
           fear
           of
           Fire
           upon
           the
           Sptrits
           of
           London's
           Inhabitants
           ,
           I
           thought
           it
           might
           be
           seasonable
           at
           this
           time
           to
           treat
           of
           Burnings
           ;
           that
           so
           I
           might
           prevail
           with
           all
           in
           danger
           ,
           especially
           the
           Inhabitants
           in
           and
           about
           London
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           should
           not
           escape
           the
           burnings
           of
           their
           Houses
           here
           (
           for
           the
           preventing
           of
           which
           all
           diligence
           should
           be
           used
           )
           yet
           that
           they
           would
           above
           all
           things
           endeavour
           to
           escape
           the
           burning
           of
           their
           Persons
           in
           the
           everlasting
           flames
           of
           Hell
           ;
           If
           this
           little
           Book
           be
           made
           use
           of
           ,
           by
           the
           Lord
           to
           keep
           any
           of
           you
           out
           of
           Hell
           give
           God
           all
           the
           praise
           ,
           and
           be
           mindful
           at
           the
           Throne
           of
           Grace
           of
           him
           who
           prayeth
           for
           the
           Salvation
           of
           all
           your
           Souls
           .
        
         
           
             Thomas
             Vincent
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Fire
           and
           Brimstone
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           in
           the
           burning
           of
           Sodom
           and
           Gomorrah
           .
        
         
           
             Psalm
             11.
             6.
             
          
           
             Upon
             the
             wicked
             he
             shall
             rain
             Snare
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             ,
             and
             an
             horrible
             Tempest
             ;
             this
             shall
             be
             the
             portion
             of
             their
             Cup.
             
          
        
         
           
             
               CHAP.
               I.
            
             The
             Text
             opened
             ,
             and
             a
             general
             Doctrine
             observed
             .
          
           
             THe
             Lord
             is
             known
             by
             the
             judgements
             which
             He
             executeth
             ,
             whereby
             he
             giveth
             Sinners
             to
             understand
             even
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             that
             ,
             as
             he
             is
             patient
             and
             long-suffering
             ,
             merciful
             and
             gracious
             ,
             and
             ready
             to
             be
             reconciled
             :
             so
             that
             he
             is
             Holy
             and
             jealous
             ,
             just
             and
             righteous
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             can
             be
             angry
             ,
             and
             expresse
             his
             anger
             in
             furious
             rebukes
             ,
             when
             by
             sin
             he
             is
             exceedingly
             provoked
             hereunto
             .
             And
             as
             the
             anger
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             in
             the
             height
             and
             feirenesse
             of
             it
             ,
             is
             compared
             unto
             Fire
             ,
             unto
             a
             flaming
             Fire
             ,
             which
             devoureth
             round
             about
             ,
             Lam.
             2.
             3.
             
             So
             his
             
             most
             dreadful
             judgements
             ,
             the
             expressions
             of
             his
             anger
             are
             by
             Fire
             ,
             especially
             by
             Fire
             mingled
             with
             Brimstone
             .
             Such
             showers
             of
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             God
             doth
             threaten
             to
             rain
             upon
             the
             wicked
             in
             the
             Text
             :
             
               Upon
               the
               wicked
               he
               shall
               rain
               Snares
               ,
               Fire
               ,
               and
               Brimstone
               and
               an
               horrible
               Tempest
               ,
               this
               shall
               be
               the
               portion
               of
               their
               Cup.
               
            
          
           
             In
             this
             Psalm
             is
             set
             forth
             first
             (
             the
             ●…hatred
             and
             indignation
             of
             the
             wicked
             towards
             the
             righteous
             ,
             which
             is
             expressed
             both
             in
             their
             scoffing
             at
             them
             ,
             and
             their
             preparing
             the
             bow
             ,
             and
             arrow
             to
             shoot
             and
             destroy
             them
             .
             Ver.
             1.
             2.
             2.
             the
             hatred
             and
             indignation
             of
             God
             towards
             the
             wicked
             ,
             which
             is
             expressed
             in
             his
             threatning
             to
             rain
             Snares
             ,
             Fire
             ,
             and
             ●…mstone
             ,
             and
             an
             horrible
             Tempest
             upon
             them
             to
             devour
             them
             .
             Ver.
             5.
             6.
             
             
               Upon
               the
               wicked
            
             ,
             )
             that
             is
             ,
             upon
             all
             the
             wicked
             who
             go
             on
             still
             in
             their
             trespasses
             ,
             especially
             such
             as
             are
             haters
             and
             persecutors
             of
             the
             righteous
             .
             
               He
               shall
               rain
               Snares
            
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             God
             will
             entangle
             and
             hold
             them
             so
             fast
             ,
             even
             like
             Birds
             under
             the
             snares
             and
             nets
             of
             the
             Fowler
             ,
             that
             they
             shall
             not
             be
             able
             to
             fie
             from
             and
             escape
             the
             destruction
             which
             he
             will
             bring
             upon
             them
             .
             
               Fire
               and
               Brimstone
               ,
               and
               an
               horrible
               Tempest
               .
            
             No
             Tempest
             is
             more
             horrible
             ,
             than
             a
             tempest
             of
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             ,
             which
             God
             will
             rain
             on
             the
             wicked
             ;
             this
             hath
             an
             allusion
             unto
             the
             real
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             ,
             miraculously
             Created
             by
             God
             ,
             and
             rained
             down
             from
             Heaven
             upon
             the
             wicked
             Cities
             of
             Sodom
             and
             Gemorrah
             :
             something
             like
             unto
             this
             God
             threatneth
             in
             his
             destructions
             of
             other
             places
             .
             Isa.
             13.
             19.
             
             And
             Babylon
             ,
             
               the
               glory
               of
               Kingdoms
               ,
               the
               beauty
               of
               the
            
             Caldees
             
               excellency
               ,
               shall
               be
               ,
               as
               when
               God
               overthrew
            
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             .
             Amos
             4.
             11.
             
             
               I
               have
            
             
             
               overthrown
               some
               of
               you
               ,
               as
               God
               overthrew
            
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             .
             And
             if
             the
             wicked
             do
             escape
             real
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             ,
             and
             any
             temporal
             judgement
             ,
             like
             it
             ,
             on
             Earth
             ;
             be
             sure
             the
             Lord
             will
             rain
             an
             horrible
             Tempest
             of
             fire
             and
             brimstone
             upon
             them
             in
             Hell.
             
               This
               shall
               be
               the
               portion
               of
               their
               Cup.
            
             The
             Lord
             hath
             received
             a
             portion
             ,
             and
             prepared
             a
             Cup
             for
             all
             the
             children
             of
             Men
             ;
             he
             hath
             a
             portion
             of
             good
             things
             for
             the
             righteous
             ,
             and
             he
             will
             give
             them
             the
             Cup
             of
             blessing
             and
             Salvation
             ;
             but
             he
             hath
             laid
             up
             a
             portion
             of
             evil
             things
             for
             the
             wicked
             ,
             and
             will
             put
             into
             their
             hands
             the
             Cup
             of
             his
             Wrath
             and
             Curse
             ,
             he
             hath
             reserved
             ruine
             and
             destruction
             for
             them
             by
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             .
          
           
             Hence
             observe
             :
          
           
             Doct.
             
               That
               an
               horrible
               Tempest
               of
               Fire
               and
               Brimstone
               God
               threatneth
               to
               rain
               on
               the
               wicked
               ,
               as
               their
               deserved
               portion
               .
            
          
           
             I
             shall
             not
             here
             speak
             concerning
             all
             the
             dreadfull
             temporal
             judgements
             of
             God
             upon
             the
             wicked
             ,
             which
             may
             have
             some
             similitude
             unto
             destruction
             by
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             .
             But
             treat
             concerning
             fire
             and
             brimstone
             it self
             ,
             and
             the
             destructions
             of
             it
             ,
             both
             what
             hath
             been
             ,
             and
             what
             shall
             be
             .
          
           
             My
             chief
             design
             is
             as
             the
             Lord
             shall
             enable
             ,
             to
             set
             forth
             Gods
             vengeance
             on
             the
             wicked
             ,
             which
             shall
             be
             hereafter
             by
             Eternal
             fire
             and
             brimstone
             in
             Hell
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             the
             awakening
             of
             sleepy
             sinners
             out
             of
             their
             carnal
             security
             ,
             there
             being
             no
             greater
             awakening
             consideration
             in
             the
             whole
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             than
             this
             of
             the
             certain
             danger
             ,
             which
             all
             unbelieving
             sinners
             are
             in
             of
             Hell
             Fire
             ;
             and
             because
             such
             as
             are
             most
             concern'd
             in
             the
             danger
             are
             
             hardly
             brought
             to
             conceive
             ,
             but
             most
             hardly
             induc'd
             to
             consider
             this
             Fire
             ,
             it
             being
             so
             far
             remov'd
             at
             present
             from
             sense
             ;
             therefore
             by
             way
             of
             introduction
             unto
             the
             discourse
             concerning
             the
             burning
             of
             Hell
             ;
             I
             shall
             treat
             first
             of
             the
             fire
             and
             brimstone
             which
             formerly
             was
             rained
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             upon
             the
             wicked
             Cities
             of
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             ;
             Secondly
             ,
             of
             the
             fire
             and
             brimstone
             ,
             which
             more
             lately
             issued
             forth
             of
             the
             bowels
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             in
             the
             last
             years
             eruption
             of
             Mount
             Aetna
             ;
             that
             hereby
             I
             may
             both
             facilitate
             the
             conception
             ,
             and
             entice
             unto
             the
             consideration
             of
             the
             fire
             and
             brimstone
             in
             Hell●…
             ,
             which
             eternally
             shall
             burn
             the
             wicked
             ,
             whose
             portion
             that
             dreadful
             place
             is
             appointed
             to
             be
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               CHAP.
               II.
            
             The
             Historical
             Introduction
             unto
             the
             Iudgement
             of
             Sodom
             .
          
           
             DReadful
             were
             the
             showers
             of
             fire
             and
             brimstone
             ,
             which
             came
             down
             from
             Heaven
             upon
             the
             wicked
             Cities
             of
             Sodom
             and
             
               Gomorrah
               ,
               Admah
            
             and
             Zeboim
             ,
             the
             History
             whereof
             we
             have
             recorded
             in
             the
             Scriptures
             (
             the
             most
             ancient
             ,
             and
             most
             certain
             of
             all
             Histories
             ,
             )
             where
             only
             this
             record
             is
             originally
             to
             be
             found
             .
             But
             before
             I
             speak
             of
             this
             judgement
             ,
             I
             shall
             give
             the
             Historical
             Introduction
             to
             it
             ,
             shewing
             what
             the
             Scripture
             relateth
             concerning
             the
             places
             ,
             and
             people
             ,
             and
             some
             transactions
             before
             it's
             last
             ruine
             and
             desolation
             by
             Fire
             from
             Heaven
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             notice
             we
             have
             of
             Sodom
             is
             in
             the
             13th
             .
             Chapter
             of
             Genesis
             .
             It
             was
             in
             the
             early
             yeers
             of
             
             the
             World
             that
             Sodom
             flourished
             ;
             the
             sinners
             of
             Sodom
             were
             co●…emporary
             with
             Abraham
             the
             Father
             〈◊〉
             the
             Faithful
             ;
             none
             was
             like
             Abraham
             upon
             the
             Earth
             for
             goodness
             ,
             and
             none
             were
             like
             the
             
             Sodomites
             ●…on
             the
             Earth
             for
             wickedness
             ,
             the
             Text
             saith
             ▪
             they
             ●…re
             sinners
             before
             the
             Lord
             exceedingly
             ,
             〈◊〉
             .
             〈◊〉
             .
             We
             read
             that
             Abraham
             (
             had
             upon
             the
             〈◊〉
             of
             〈◊〉
             ,
             ●…r
             saken
             his
             Fathers
             House
             and
             Kindred
             ,
             ●…d
             cam●…
             i●…
             Canaan
             with
             L●…t
             ,
             his
             Brother
             〈◊〉
             Son
             ,
             who
             so
             journed
             together
             for
             a
             while
             in
             〈◊〉
             Land
             ,
             which
             God
             promised
             to
             give
             unto
             t●…
             P●…sterity
             of
             Abraham
             for
             a
             possession
             ;
             here
             the
             wealth
             and
             substance
             ,
             the
             Flocks
             and
             Herds
             ●…th
             of
             Abraham
             and
             Lot
             through
             God's
             blessings
             w●…re
             encreased
             greatly
             ,
             insomuch
             as
             they
             could
             not
             longer
             live
             well
             together
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             abundance
             of
             their
             Cattel
             ,
             and
             some
             strife
             which
             did
             arise
             between
             their
             Herdmen
             ;
             therefore
             Abraham
             ,
             that
             all
             occasions
             of
             contention
             might
             be
             avoided
             ,
             desires
             Lot
             to
             devide
             and
             separate
             himself
             with
             his
             Cattel
             ,
             and
             chuse
             either
             the
             right
             hand
             or
             the
             left
             ,
             and
             himself
             would
             take
             that
             way
             which
             he
             should
             refuse
             :
             Lot
             complyeth
             with
             this
             motion
             and
             reasonable
             proposition
             ;
             and
             ▪
             lifting
             up
             his
             eyes
             ,
             beholdeth
             the
             Plains
             of
             Iordan
             that
             they
             were
             well
             watered
             ,
             even
             as
             the
             Garden
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             therefore
             ,
             making
             choice
             of
             these
             Plains
             for
             his
             Cattel
             ,
             he
             journeyeth
             East-ward
             towards
             Sodom
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             Cities
             of
             the
             Plains
             ,
             where
             himself
             did
             take
             up
             his
             habitation
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             not
             long
             after
             
             Lot's
             sojourning
             in
             the
             wicked
             City
             of
             Sodom
             ,
             that
             Wars
             break
             forth
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             invaded
             by
             four
             great
             Kings
             :
             namely
             ,
             
               Amraphel
               ,
               Arioch
               ,
               Chedarlaomer
            
             ,
             and
             Tidal
             ,
             because
             
             of
             their
             Rebellion
             against
             Chedarlaomer
             ,
             whom
             they
             had
             served
             twelve
             yeers
             before
             .
             The
             history
             of
             which
             Wars
             with
             the
             event
             thereof
             ,
             we
             have
             in
             the
             14th
             .
             Chapter
             of
             Genesis
             .
             Against
             which
             Army
             of
             the
             four
             Kings
             were
             gathered
             together
             the
             five
             Kings
             of
             the
             Cities
             of
             the
             Plain
             and
             their
             people
             ,
             who
             joyned
             together
             in
             battel
             with
             their
             enemies
             in
             the
             Vale
             of
             Siddim
             :
             But
             the
             four
             Kings
             were
             too
             mighty
             for
             the
             five
             ,
             and
             smiting
             them
             ,
             obtained
             Victory
             over
             them
             :
             Whether
             the
             Army
             of
             the
             four
             Kings
             were
             too
             numerous
             ,
             or
             more
             Warlike
             and
             expert
             in
             battel
             ;
             or
             whether
             the
             guilt
             of
             the
             people
             under
             the
             five
             Kings
             weakened
             their
             hands
             ,
             and
             enfeebled
             their
             Spirits
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             said
             :
             but
             this
             we
             may
             reasonably
             judge
             that
             their
             sins
             were
             the
             cause
             of
             their
             overthrow
             ,
             and
             that
             God
             did
             hereby
             warn
             them
             to
             repent
             and
             turn
             from
             the
             evil
             of
             their
             doings
             ,
             lest
             a
             worse
             evil
             should
             overtake
             and
             utterly
             destroy
             them
             .
          
           
             The
             four
             Kings
             having
             conquered
             and
             dispersed
             the
             Army
             of
             the
             five
             Kings
             ,
             they
             sack
             the
             Cities
             of
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             ,
             and
             amongst
             other
             captives
             they
             take
             Lot
             with
             his
             goods
             and
             depart
             .
          
           
             Abraham
             hath
             notice
             quickly
             by
             one
             that
             had
             escaped
             of
             these
             sad
             tidings
             ,
             and
             what
             had
             befallen
             Lot
             ;
             and
             though
             he
             could
             not
             muster
             up
             so
             great
             force
             as
             to
             match
             these
             four
             great
             Kings
             in
             number
             ;
             yet
             because
             of
             the
             great
             love
             which
             he
             did
             bare
             unto
             Lot
             ,
             who
             for
             his
             sake
             had
             come
             forth
             from
             amongst
             their
             own
             Kindred
             into
             Canaan
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             being
             filled
             with
             courage
             ,
             having
             as
             little
             black
             guilt
             within
             to
             appale
             his
             spirit
             ,
             as
             any
             man
             alive
             ,
             he
             armeth
             his
             three
             hundred
             and
             eighteen
             trained
             servants
             ,
             and
             without
             any
             other
             help
             ,
             only
             
               Aner
               ,
               Escol
            
             ,
             
             and
             Mamre
             ,
             which
             were
             confederate
             with
             him
             ,
             he
             pursueth
             these
             Kings
             laden
             with
             their
             rich
             booty
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             night
             when
             they
             were
             drowned
             (
             it
             may
             be
             )
             with
             sleep
             and
             security
             ,
             he
             devideth
             his
             little
             company
             and
             assaulteth
             them
             ;
             which
             being
             so
             sudden
             and
             unexpected
             ,
             and
             at
             such
             time
             ,
             when
             the
             Host
             of
             these
             Kings
             were
             unready
             and
             unprepared
             ,
             they
             are
             struck
             with
             dread
             and
             amazement
             ,
             and
             without
             any
             great
             resistance
             which
             we
             read
             of
             ,
             they
             confusedly
             flee
             before
             Abraham
             ,
             who
             maketh
             a
             great
             slaughter
             amongst
             them
             ,
             and
             pursueth
             them
             to
             Hoba
             .
             Thus
             Abraham
             rescueth
             Lot
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             captives
             out
             of
             their
             Enemies
             hand
             ,
             and
             recovereth
             all
             the
             goods
             which
             they
             had
             taken
             away
             .
          
           
             In
             
             Abraham's
             return
             with
             the
             spoils
             of
             these
             great
             Kings
             ,
             the
             King
             of
             Sodom
             ,
             who
             had
             escaped
             in
             the
             battel
             ,
             cometh
             forth
             to
             meet
             him
             ,
             who
             maketh
             proffer
             unto
             him
             of
             all
             the
             goods
             which
             he
             had
             recovered
             ,
             the
             persons
             only
             excepted
             ;
             but
             Abraham
             ,
             what
             ever
             he
             had
             deserved
             ,
             yet
             would
             not
             accept
             of
             so
             much
             as
             the
             worth
             of
             a
             thred
             or
             shoe-latchet
             ,
             of
             what
             had
             before
             belonged
             unto
             so
             wicked
             a
             people
             as
             the
             Sodomits
             were
             ;
             fearing
             possibly
             that
             such
             goods
             mingled
             with
             his
             own
             might
             prove
             like
             a
             Moth
             unto
             them
             ;
             however
             ,
             he
             would
             not
             give
             the
             King
             occasion
             to
             say
             ,
             or
             any
             to
             think
             that
             
             Sodom's
             goods
             had
             made
             Abraham
             rich
             .
          
           
             This
             bringing
             back
             of
             the
             Sodomits
             from
             captivity
             and
             reinstalling
             the
             King
             of
             Sodom
             beyond
             what
             he
             could
             have
             lookt
             for
             ,
             by
             such
             unlikely
             means
             ,
             was
             a
             wonderful
             work
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             laid
             a
             great
             obligation
             upon
             the
             Sodomites
             ,
             not
             only
             to
             respect
             Lot
             ,
             upon
             whose
             account
             Abraham
             had
             thus
             ventured
             
             himself
             ,
             but
             〈…〉
             of
             ●…heir
             sins
             against
             God
             ,
             who
             〈…〉
             Abraham
             for
             this
             work
             ,
             and
             delivere●…
             〈…〉
             ●…
             their
             enemies
             into
             his
             hands
             ,
             as
             〈◊〉
             King
             of
             Salem
             ,
             and
             Priest
             of
             the
             High
             God
             ,
             who
             came
             forth
             to
             meet
             Abraham
             ,
             acknowledgeth
             with
             praise
             and
             thanksgiving
             :
             how
             little
             the
             Sodomites
             did
             answer
             their
             obligation
             either
             unto
             God
             or
             Man
             ,
             will
             appear
             in
             the
             19th
             .
             Chapter
             of
             Genesis
             ;
             where
             their
             sin
             and
             punishment
             is
             set
             forth
             .
          
           
             But
             before
             this
             in
             the
             18th
             .
             Chapter
             we
             read
             that
             Abraham
             having
             entertained
             three
             Angels
             ,
             he
             afterwards
             bringeth
             them
             forward
             on
             their
             way
             which
             lay
             towards
             Sodom
             :
             the
             Chief
             and
             most
             honourable
             of
             these
             Angels
             ,
             being
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             Angel
             of
             the
             New-Covenant
             ,
             staying
             behind
             the
             other
             two
             Angels
             who
             went
             onwards
             towards
             Sodom
             ,
             revealeth
             unto
             Abraham
             what
             he
             was
             about
             to
             do
             unto
             Sodom
             ,
             giving
             him
             to
             understand
             that
             the
             cry
             of
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             was
             great
             ,
             and
             their
             sins
             exceeding
             grievous
             ,
             and
             that
             now
             he
             was
             going
             down
             to
             visit
             them
             for
             their
             sins
             :
             whether
             he
             revealed
             to
             him
             what
             manner
             of
             destruction
             he
             intended
             to
             bring
             upon
             them
             we
             have
             no
             mention
             ;
             but
             whatever
             it
             were
             Abraham
             is
             full
             of
             fears
             because
             of
             Lot
             ,
             and
             therefore
             interceeds
             with
             the
             Lord
             in
             the
             behalf
             of
             the
             place
             ,
             as
             wicked
             as
             it
             was
             ,
             to
             prevent
             (
             if
             possible
             )
             the
             ruine
             and
             destruction
             thereof
             ,
             which
             was
             threatned
             .
          
           
             Abraham
             knew
             of
             one
             righteous
             person
             ,
             namely
             Lot
             ,
             which
             was
             there
             ,
             and
             he
             hoped
             that
             there
             might
             have
             been
             others
             besides
             him
             ,
             if
             not
             of
             the
             City
             yet
             in
             
             Lot's
             Family
             ;
             and
             therefore
             he
             maketh
             bold
             to
             plead
             with
             the
             Lord
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             not
             
             destroy
             the
             righteous
             with
             the
             wicked
             ,
             because
             this
             would
             〈◊〉
             ●…eem
             just
             and
             right
             for
             the
             Judge
             of
             all
             the
             Earth
             to
             do
             ;
             and
             first
             he
             prayeth
             ,
             that
             if
             fifty
             righteous
             persons
             were
             found
             in
             Sodom
             ,
             the
             place
             might
             be
             spared
             for
             their
             sakes
             ,
             the
             Lord
             being
             very
             gracious
             ,
             readily
             promiseth
             it
             should
             be
             according
             to
             his
             request
             ;
             Abraham
             having
             enco●…ragement
             from
             one
             grant
             ,
             and
             fearing
             what
             the
             number
             of
             righteous
             persons
             in
             Sodom
             might
             be
             ,
             entreateth
             further
             ,
             that
             if
             five
             were
             wanting
             of
             the
             fifty
             the
             place
             might
             not
             be
             destroyed
             ;
             and
             having
             obtained
             his
             request
             herein
             ,
             he
             doth
             not
             rest
             but
             proceeds
             to
             beg
             with
             expressions
             of
             low
             humility
             ,
             that
             if
             but
             forty
             ,
             and
             then
             if
             but
             thirty
             ,
             and
             then
             if
             but
             twenty
             ,
             and
             last
             of
             all
             if
             but
             ten
             righteous
             persons
             were
             found
             there
             ,
             that
             the
             Lord
             would
             spare
             the
             place
             for
             their
             sakes
             .
             Abraham
             speeds
             in
             his
             whole
             desire
             ,
             the
             Lord
             assuring
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             not
             destroy
             the
             place
             ,
             if
             he
             found
             so
             many
             as
             ten
             righteous
             persons
             therein
             ;
             and
             Abraham
             leaves
             off
             asking
             ,
             before
             the
             Lord
             giveth
             any
             denial
             unto
             his
             suit
             ;
             and
             though
             Abraham
             did
             not
             request
             it
             ,
             yet
             the
             Lord
             himself
             did
             resolve
             it
             ,
             that
             not
             one
             righteous
             person
             should
             be
             consumed
             in
             the
             iniquity
             of
             the
             City
             ,
             and
             therefore
             as
             he
             sent
             Angels
             thither
             to
             destroy
             the
             place
             :
             so
             they
             had
             a
             commission
             to
             save
             righteous
             Lot
             and
             his
             Family
             ,
             as
             we
             may
             see
             in
             the
             19th
             .
             Chapter
             .
          
           
             The
             two
             Angels
             were
             now
             come
             in
             the
             evening
             unto
             Sodom
             ,
             whilst
             Lot
             providentially
             was
             sitting
             in
             the
             gate
             ,
             who
             seeing
             them
             enter
             ,
             riseth
             up
             from
             his
             seat
             and
             meeteth
             them
             ,
             and
             bowing
             himself
             toward
             the
             ground
             ,
             entreateth
             the
             favour
             of
             them
             that
             they
             would
             be
             his
             guests
             that
             night
             ,
             through
             his
             
             importunate
             request
             (
             they
             refusing
             at
             first
             )
             he
             prevaileth
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             so
             bringeth
             them
             home
             to
             his
             house
             ,
             where
             he
             entertaineth
             them
             with
             a
             feast
             .
             They
             had
             not
             been
             long
             in
             
             Lot's
             House
             ,
             before
             the
             House
             was
             beset
             by
             the
             Men
             of
             the
             City
             ,
             upon
             notice
             of
             two
             extraordinary
             persons
             that
             were
             there
             ;
             possibly
             the
             bodies
             which
             those
             Angels
             had
             assumed
             were
             very
             beautiful
             to
             the
             eye
             ,
             and
             full
             of
             sparkling
             lustre
             ,
             being
             inform'd
             by
             such
             glorious
             spirits
             ;
             and
             this
             might
             entice
             the
             beastly
             ,
             or
             rather
             worse
             than
             beastly
             lusts
             of
             the
             Sodomits
             ,
             and
             enflame
             them
             with
             burning
             desires
             of
             committing
             that
             filthy
             sin
             with
             them
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             fit
             to
             be
             nam'd
             ;
             these
             desires
             bring
             the
             chief
             part
             of
             the
             City
             ,
             old
             and
             young
             from
             every
             quarter
             unto
             
             Lot's
             house
             ,
             who
             when
             they
             were
             come
             ,
             they
             require
             him
             to
             bring
             forth
             those
             Men
             (
             as
             they
             supposed
             them
             to
             be
             )
             that
             they
             might
             satisfie
             their
             lusts
             upon
             them
             .
             Lot
             looking
             upon
             this
             as
             a
             piece
             of
             inhumanity
             and
             abominable
             wickednesse
             ,
             to
             offer
             such
             injury
             unto
             strangers
             ,
             that
             he
             got
             forth
             of
             his
             door
             ,
             and
             with
             fair
             words
             endeavoureth
             to
             perswade
             them
             the
             forbearance
             of
             this
             wickedness
             ;
             yea
             ,
             he
             is
             so
             far
             transported
             with
             desire
             of
             saving
             his
             guests
             from
             the
             filthy
             lusts
             of
             the
             Sodomits
             ,
             that
             inconsiderately
             he
             endeavours
             to
             divert
             them
             ,
             by
             making
             proffer
             of
             both
             his
             Virgin-daughters
             to
             them
             to
             be
             used
             ,
             or
             mis-used
             by
             them
             as
             they
             pleased
             ,
             so
             that
             his
             guests
             might
             be
             spared
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             Sodomits
             are
             fully
             bent
             upon
             their
             wickedness
             ,
             and
             deafning
             their
             ears
             against
             his
             proposal
             ,
             they
             press
             in
             upon
             Lot
             ;
             and
             threatning
             to
             deal
             worse
             with
             him
             than
             with
             them
             ,
             they
             attempt
             to
             break
             open
             his
             door
             .
             The
             Angels
             seeing
             what
             danger
             
             Lot
             was
             in
             amongst
             the
             furious
             and
             lustful
             multitude
             ,
             put
             forth
             their
             hands
             and
             pull
             Lot
             into
             his
             house
             ;
             and
             withall
             ,
             putting
             forth
             the
             power
             the
             Lord
             had
             given
             them
             ,
             they
             smite
             the
             Sodomits
             with
             blindness
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             could
             not
             find
             the
             door
             ,
             which
             notwithstanding
             that
             judgement
             of
             blindness
             upon
             their
             bodies
             ,
             being
             pricked
             forward
             by
             their
             blind
             and
             impetuous
             lusts
             ,
             they
             still
             seek
             after
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             the
             ruine
             of
             Sodom
             is
             not
             far
             off
             ,
             the
             Angels
             reveal
             unto
             Lot
             who
             they
             were
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             were
             sent
             by
             the
             Lord
             to
             destroy
             Sodom
             ,
             and
             the
             Neighbouring
             Cities
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             crying
             wickedness
             which
             was
             in
             them
             :
             therefore
             inquiring
             concerning
             his
             relations
             in
             that
             City
             ,
             they
             bid
             him
             bring
             forth
             all
             that
             belonged
             to
             him
             ;
             accordingly
             Lot
             goeth
             forth
             and
             calleth
             upon
             his
             Sons
             in
             Law
             ,
             and
             giveth
             them
             to
             understand
             what
             he
             had
             heard
             of
             the
             Angels
             ,
             concerning
             the
             near
             destruction
             of
             the
             City
             ,
             and
             therefore
             warneth
             them
             with
             all
             expedition
             to
             hasten
             out
             of
             the
             place
             ;
             but
             Lot
             seemeth
             unto
             his
             Sons
             in
             Law
             as
             if
             he
             had
             mocked
             ,
             and
             they
             give
             heed
             to
             none
             of
             his
             words
             .
          
           
             The
             day
             being
             come
             that
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             must
             be
             destroy'd
             ,
             the
             Angels
             in
             the
             top
             of
             the
             morning
             hasten
             Lot
             to
             come
             forth
             ,
             and
             whilst
             he
             lingereth
             they
             lay
             hold
             on
             his
             hands
             ,
             and
             the
             hands
             of
             his
             Wife
             and
             Daughters
             ,
             and
             (
             the
             Lord
             being
             merciful
             unto
             them
             )
             bring
             them
             forth
             ,
             bidding
             him
             flee
             to
             the
             Mountain
             ,
             and
             escape
             for
             his
             life
             ,
             and
             not
             look
             back
             ,
             lest
             he
             should
             be
             destroyed
             ,
             which
             his
             Wife
             offering
             (
             notwithstanding
             the
             warning
             )
             to
             do
             ,
             was
             turned
             into
             a
             Pillar
             of
             Salt
             ;
             Lot
             being
             full
             of
             fears
             entreateth
             for
             Zoar
             ,
             and
             for
             
             his
             sake
             the
             Lord
             spared
             that
             City
             that
             Lot
             might
             retire
             unto
             it
             ,
             whilst
             he
             brought
             destruction
             upon
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             Cities
             of
             the
             Plain
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               CHAP.
               III.
            
             A
             general
             description
             of
             Sodoms
             Iudgement
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             efficient
             cause
             which
             was
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             meritorious
             cause
             ,
             Sodoms
             sins
             .
          
           
             BEing
             thus
             led
             by
             the
             clew
             or
             〈…〉
             story
             ,
             we
             are
             at
             length
             come
             to
             〈…〉
             most
             tremendous
             and
             dreadful
             Judg●…ment
             ,
             〈◊〉
             God
             executed
             upon
             
               Sodom
               &
               Gomorrah
            
             ;
             namely
             ,
             that
             horrible
             tempest
             of
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             ,
             which
             the
             Lord
             rained
             upon
             those
             wicked
             Cities
             for
             their
             sins
             ,
             the
             relation
             and
             description
             whereof
             we
             have
             Gen.
             19.
             from
             the
             23d
             .
             Ver.
             to
             the
             30th
             .
             
               The
               Sun
               was
               risen
               upon
               the
               Earth
               ,
               when
            
             Lot
             
               entered
               into
            
             Zoar.
             
               Then
               the
               Lord
               rained
               upon
            
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             
               Brimstone
               and
               Fire
               from
               the
               Lord
               out
               of
               Heaven
               :
               And
               he
               overthrew
               those
               Cities
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Plain
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Inhabitants
               of
               the
               Cities
               ,
               and
               that
               which
               grew
               upon
               the
               ground
               .
               And
            
             Abraham
             
               gat
               up
               early
               in
               the
               morning
               to
               the
               place
               where
               he
               stood
               before
               the
               Lord
               ;
               and
               he
               looked
               toward
            
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             ,
             
               and
               toward
               all
               the
               Land
               of
               the
               Plain
               ,
               and
               beheld
               ,
               and
               lo
               the
               ●…ke
               of
               the
               Countrey
               went
               up
               ,
               as
               the
               smoke
               of
               a
               ●…urnace
               .
               And
               it
               came
               to
               passe
               when
               God
               destroyed
               the
               Cities
               of
               the
               Plain
               ,
               that
               God
               remembred
            
             Abraham
             ,
             
               and
               sent
            
             Lot
             
               out
               of
               the
               midst
               of
               the
               overthrow
               ,
               when
               he
               overthrew
               the
               Cities
               wherein
            
             Lot
             dwelled
             .
          
           
             In
             treating
             of
             this
             subject
             concerning
             the
             burning
             
             of
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             with
             fire
             and
             brimstone
             ,
             I
             shall
             speak
             :
          
           
             
               First
               ,
               Of
               the
               cause
               of
               this
               Judgement
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               Of
               the
               Judgement
               it self
               .
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               Of
               persons
               on
               whom
               it
               was
               inflicted
               ,
               and
               how
               they
               were
               aff●…cted
               .
            
             
               Fourthly
               ,
               Of
               the
               persons
               that
               escaped
               .
            
             
               Fifthly
               ,
               Of
               the
               Spectators
               .
            
             
               Lastly
               ,
               Of
               the
               use
               and
               improvement
               which
               we
               may
               make
               of
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Concerning
               the
               cause
               of
               this
               Iudgement
               ;
               The
               efficient
               cause
               was
               God
               ;
               The
               meritorious
               cause
               was
               Sodoms
               sins
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               The
               efficient
               cause
               of
               the
               judgement
               of
               Sodom
               and
               Gomorrah
               was
               the
               Lord.
               
                 Then
                 the
                 Lord
                 rained
                 upon
              
               Sodom
               and
               Gomorrah
               
                 Brimstone
                 and
                 Fire
                 from
                 the
                 Lord
                 out
                 of
                 Heaven
                 .
              
               Every
               judgement
               ,
               whereof
               there
               are
               second
               causes
               in
               nature
               ,
               is
               from
               the
               Lord
               ;
               but
               this
               judgement
               was
               miraculous
               and
               therefore
               the
               hand
               of
               the
               Lord
               was
               in
               it
               more
               immediately
               ;
               It
               was
               beyond
               the
               power
               of
               any
               second
               causes
               to
               effect
               this
               great
               thing
               ,
               and
               therefore
               the
               Lord
               doth
               put
               forth
               his
               own
               great
               power
               ,
               and
               stretcheth
               forth
               his
               mighty
               arm
               ,
               that
               he
               might
               take
               vengeance
               on
               the
               wicked
               Sodomits
               ,
               who
               had
               so
               highly
               provoked
               him
               by
               their
               sins
               .
               It
               is
               said
               Deut.
               29.
               23.
               
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 overthrew
              
               Sodom
               and
               Gomorrah
               ,
               Admah
               and
               Zeboim
               
                 in
                 his
                 anger
                 and
                 in
                 his
                 wrath
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               Lord
               heard
               the
               cry
               of
               
               Sodom's
               sins
               ,
               and
               was
               wrath
               ;
               a
               fire
               of
               anger
               was
               kindled
               in
               his
               breast
               ,
               and
               fury
               came
               up
               into
               his
               face
               ,
               therefore
               girding
               himself
               with
               his
               irresistible
               power
               ,
               and
               clothing
               
               himself
               with
               flaming
               vengeance
               ,
               as
               with
               a
               garment
               he
               came
               done
               ,
               to
               plead
               with
               this
               ungodly
               and
               wicked
               people
               for
               their
               sins
               ,
               rendering
               his
               rebukes
               in
               such
               a
               way
               as
               never
               before
               was
               heard
               of
               .
               It
               was
               the
               day
               of
               the
               Lords
               recompence
               ,
               the
               day
               of
               his
               wrath
               and
               fierce
               anger
               ,
               a
               day
               of
               trouble
               and
               distresse
               ,
               of
               wasting
               and
               desolation
               :
               It
               was
               a
               day
               in
               which
               the
               Lord
               was
               revealed
               from
               Heaven
               in
               flaming
               Fire
               ,
               to
               take
               vengeance
               upon
               the
               Sodomits
               ,
               whom
               he
               punished
               with
               a
               most
               fearful
               destruction
               ,
               devouring
               those
               wicked
               Cities
               by
               the
               fire
               of
               his
               jealousie
               ,
               that
               he
               might
               make
               a
               speedy
               riddance
               of
               all
               the
               sinners
               which
               dwelled
               in
               them
               .
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 rained
                 upon
              
               Sodom
               and
               Gomorrah
               
                 Brimstone
                 and
                 Fire
                 from
                 the
                 Lord
                 out
                 of
                 Heaven
                 .
              
               By
               the
               Lord
               on
               Earth
               we
               are
               to
               understand
               the
               Son
               of
               God
               ,
               the
               second
               most
               glorious
               Person
               in
               the
               Trinity
               ;
               by
               the
               Lord
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               we
               are
               to
               understand
               the
               Father
               ,
               the
               first
               Person
               ,
               who
               hath
               committed
               all
               Judgement
               unto
               the
               Son
               ,
               Ioh.
               5.
               22.
               
               From
               whom
               he
               received
               power
               to
               execute
               the
               appointed
               vengeance
               on
               wicked
               Sodom
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               The
               miritorious
               cause
               of
               the
               Judgement
               upon
               Sodom
               and
               Gomorrah
               was
               the
               sins
               of
               those
               wicked
               Cities
               ,
               when
               the
               Lord
               ariseth
               from
               his
               place
               to
               take
               vengeance
               upon
               a
               Nation
               ,
               especially
               in
               some
               notable
               and
               remarkable
               judgement
               ,
               he
               is
               first
               exceedingly
               provoked
               hereunto
               by
               the
               sins
               of
               that
               people
               .
               It
               is
               said
               Gen.
               13.
               13.
               
                 that
                 the
                 men
                 of
              
               Sodom
               
                 were
                 wicked
                 ,
                 and
                 sinners
                 before
                 the
                 Lord
                 exceedingly
                 .
              
               They
               exceeded
               all
               other
               Nations
               in
               their
               sins
               ,
               and
               therefore
               they
               exceeded
               all
               other
               Nations
               in
               their
               punishment
               .
               And
               Chap.
               18.
               20.
               
               We
               read
               
                 the
                 cry
                 of
              
               Sodom
               and
               Gomorrah
               
                 was
                 great
              
               ,
               
               
                 and
                 their
                 sin
                 was
                 very
                 grievous
                 .
              
               It
               was
               not
               their
               prayers
               which
               sent
               up
               such
               a
               cry
               unto
               Heaven
               ,
               no
               they
               were
               wholly
               irreligious
               and
               Ungodly
               :
               but
               it
               was
               their
               sins
               ,
               like
               the
               blood
               of
               Abel
               which
               cryed
               from
               the
               ground
               for
               vengeance
               on
               him
               that
               shed
               it
               ;
               the
               cry
               of
               Sodoms
               sins
               was
               so
               loud
               ,
               that
               it
               came
               up
               into
               Gods
               ears
               ,
               and
               would
               give
               him
               no
               rest
               until
               he
               came
               down
               to
               punish
               :
               Their
               sin
               was
               very
               grievous
               ;
               not
               only
               grievous
               unto
               righteous
               Lot
               ,
               who
               was
               vexed
               with
               the
               filthy
               conversation
               of
               the
               wicked
               ,
               2
               Pet.
               2.
               7.
               
               But
               it
               was
               most
               grievous
               unto
               the
               most
               Holy
               and
               Righteous
               God
               ,
               it
               was
               as
               a
               heavy
               load
               upon
               him
               grievous
               and
               hard
               to
               be
               boarn
               ;
               it
               grieved
               God
               as
               it
               were
               to
               the
               heart
               ,
               and
               therefore
               he
               doth
               ease
               himself
               of
               the
               burden
               of
               their
               Sin
               ,
               by
               suffering
               it
               to
               fall
               down
               with
               a
               heavy
               weight
               upon
               themselves
               ,
               so
               as
               to
               crush
               and
               destroy
               them
               together
               .
            
             
               There
               are
               five
               sins
               of
               Sodom
               spoken
               of
               together
               ,
               Ezek.
               16.
               49
               ,
               50.
               
               
                 Behold
                 this
                 was
                 the
                 iniquity
                 of
                 thy
                 sister
              
               Sodom
               ,
               
                 Pride
                 ,
                 fullness
                 of
                 Bread
                 ,
                 and
                 abundance
                 of
                 Idleness
                 was
                 in
                 her
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 her
                 Daughters
              
               ;
               that
               is
               her
               neighbour
               inferiour
               Cities
               ,
               
                 neither
                 did
                 she
                 strengthen
                 the
                 hand
                 of
                 the
                 poor
                 and
                 needy
                 .
                 And
                 they
                 were
                 haughty
                 ,
                 and
                 committed
                 abomination
                 before
                 me
                 ,
                 therefore
                 I
                 took
                 them
                 away
                 as
                 I
                 saw
                 good
                 .
              
               The
               Sins
               were
               :
            
             
               
                 First
                 ,
                 Pride
                 and
                 Haughtiness
                 .
              
               
                 Secondly
                 ,
                 Fulness
                 of
                 Bread.
                 
              
               
                 Thirdly
                 ,
                 Abundance
                 of
                 Idelness
                 .
              
               
                 Fourthly
                 ,
                 Unmercifulness
                 to
                 the
                 Poor
                 .
              
               
                 Fifthly
                 ,
                 Abomination
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               first
               Sin
               of
               Sodom
               was
               
                 Pride
                 and
                 Haughtiness
                 ,
                 Prov.
              
               16.
               18.
               
               
                 Pride
                 goeth
                 before
                 destruction
                 ,
                 and
                 a
              
               
               
                 haughty
                 spirit
                 before
                 a
                 fall
              
               .
               The
               Pride
               and
               haughtiness
               of
               the
               Sodomits
               did
               discover
               it self
               in
               their
               carriage
               towards
               
                 Lot
                 ,
                 Gen.
              
               19.
               7
               ,
               9.
               
               Lot
               is
               meek
               and
               humble
               ,
               he
               speaketh
               fairly
               and
               kindly
               :
               
                 I
                 pray
                 you
                 Brethren
                 do
                 not
                 so
                 wickedly
                 :
              
               But
               they
               are
               high
               rough
               and
               very
               haughty
               in
               their
               answer
               .
               
                 And
                 they
                 said
                 stand
                 back
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 said
                 again
                 ,
                 this
                 one
                 fellow
                 came
                 in
                 to
                 sojourn
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 will
                 needs
                 be
                 a
                 Iudge
                 .
              
               As
               if
               they
               should
               have
               said
               :
               
                 Pray
                 who
                 are
                 you
                 that
                 take
                 upon
                 you
                 to
                 speak
                 thus
                 unto
                 us
                 ?
                 do
                 you
                 know
                 whom
                 you
                 speak
                 to
                 ?
                 you
                 are
                 a
                 bold
                 and
                 saucy
                 fellow
                 to
                 tell
                 us
                 of
                 wickedness
                 ;
                 Will
                 you
                 needs
                 be
                 our
                 Iudge
                 ?
                 shall
                 we
                 indeed
                 be
                 judg'd
                 by
                 such
                 a
                 fellow
                 as
                 you
                 ?
                 pray
                 stay
                 untill
                 we
                 make
                 choice
                 of
                 you
                 and
                 place
                 you
                 in
                 that
                 office
                 :
                 shall
                 we
                 submit
                 our selves
                 to
                 be
                 judged
                 by
                 one
                 so
                 contemptible
                 ?
                 No
                 ,
                 no
                 ,
                 we
                 will
                 never
                 endure
                 it
                 ;
                 it
                 is
                 below
                 our
                 birth
                 and
                 breeding
                 to
                 be
                 curb'd
                 by
                 any
                 one
                 ,
                 especially
                 by
                 you
                 ,
                 who
                 are
                 a
                 stranger
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 such
                 a
                 low
                 spirit
                 as
                 dare
                 not
                 join
                 with
                 us
                 in
                 the
                 way
                 and
                 practice
                 of
                 our
                 City
                 :
              
               We
               will
               deal
               worse
               with
               you
               than
               with
               them
               ,
               
                 we
                 will
                 make
                 you
                 know
                 that
                 we
                 are
                 your
                 betters
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 we
                 have
                 power
                 in
                 our
                 bands
                 to
                 bring
                 you
                 to
                 your
                 knees
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 tread
                 you
                 under
                 our
                 feet
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 can
                 do
                 both
                 with
                 you
                 and
                 yours
                 what
                 we
                 please
                 :
                 we
                 have
                 been
                 often
                 provoked
                 by
                 you
                 before
                 ,
                 now
                 we
                 will
                 forbear
                 no
                 longer
                 ,
                 but
                 make
                 you
                 to
                 feel
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 to
                 see
                 in
                 what
                 disdain
                 we
                 have
                 taken
                 all
                 your
                 reproofs
                 of
                 our
                 conversation
                 .
              
               Pride
               was
               grown
               to
               a
               great
               heigth
               in
               Sodom
               ,
               it
               was
               monstrously
               great
               and
               big-bellied
               ,
               conceiving
               and
               bringing
               forth
               many
               Daughters
               ,
               such
               as
               Hatred
               ,
               Malice
               ,
               Envie
               ,
               Revenge
               ,
               Wrath
               ,
               Strife
               ,
               Contention
               ,
               Bitterness
               ,
               evil
               speaking
               ,
               Slanders
               ,
               Backbiting
               ,
               Whisperings
               ,
               Tumults
               ,
               Brawls
               ,
               Blood
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               ;
               these
               and
               many
               other
               ●…ins
               are
               the
               product
               of
               Pride
               
               and
               haughtiness
               ,
               all
               which
               we
               have
               reason
               to
               think
               did
               exceedingly
               abound
               in
               these
               exceeding
               wicked
               Cities
               of
               Sodom
               and
               Gomorrah
               .
            
             
               The
               second
               sin
               of
               Sodom
               was
               
                 Fulness
                 of
                 Bread.
              
               By
               Bread
               we
               are
               to
               understand
               all
               sort
               of
               food
               ,
               and
               not
               only
               meat
               ,
               but
               drink
               too
               ,
               as
               Math.
               6.
               11.
               
               
                 Give
                 us
                 this
                 day
                 our
                 dayly
                 Bread
                 :
              
               By
               fulness
               of
               bread
               is
               not
               meant
               plenty
               of
               food
               ,
               this
               being
               Gods
               gift
               ,
               and
               none
               of
               mans
               sin
               to
               have
               it
               ,
               and
               to
               make
               use
               of
               it
               moderately
               ;
               but
               hereby
               we
               are
               to
               understand
               the
               Sodomits
               excessive
               filling
               themselves
               ,
               their
               excessive
               eating
               unto
               gluttony
               ,
               and
               excessive
               drinking
               unto
               drunkenness
               :
               They
               pampered
               the
               flesh
               ,
               and
               nourished
               themselves
               as
               the
               Ox
               is
               nourished
               against
               the
               day
               of
               slaughter
               ,
               some
               resemblance
               of
               their
               Sin
               was
               in
               the
               Israelites
               spoken
               of
               ,
               ●…m
               ,
               6.
               4
               ,
               5
               ,
               6.
               
               
                 That
                 lay
                 upon
                 Beds
                 of
                 Ivory
                 ,
                 and
                 stretched
                 themselves
                 on
                 their
                 Couches
                 ,
                 and
                 eat
                 the
                 Lambs
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Flock
                 ,
                 and
                 Calves
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 midst
                 of
                 the
                 Stall
                 :
                 That
                 chanted
                 to
                 the
                 sound
                 of
                 the
                 Viol
                 ,
                 that
                 drank
                 Wine
                 in
                 Bowls
                 ,
                 and
                 Anointed
                 themselves
                 with
                 the
                 chief
                 Ointments
                 ,
              
            
             
               They
               were
               such
               as
               those
               against
               whom
               the
               wo
               is
               pronounced
               ,
               Isa.
               5.
               11
               ,
               12.
               
               
                 Wo
                 unto
                 them
                 that
                 rise
                 up
                 early
                 in
                 the
                 morning
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 follow
                 strong
                 drink
                 ,
                 and
                 continue
                 untill
                 night
                 ,
                 till
                 Wine
                 enflame
                 them
                 :
                 And
                 the
                 Harp
                 and
                 the
                 Viol
                 ,
                 the
                 Tabret
                 and
                 Pipe
                 are
                 in
                 their
                 Feasts
                 ;
                 but
                 they
                 regard
                 not
                 the
                 work
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 neither
                 consider
                 the
                 operation
                 of
                 his
                 hands
                 .
              
               It
               is
               likely
               the
               Sodomits
               had
               been
               Feasting
               and
               Revelling
               ,
               drinking
               and
               carowsing
               that
               day
               which
               the
               Angels
               came
               into
               their
               City
               ,
               and
               their
               lusts
               being
               enflamed
               with
               their
               excesses
               ,
               they
               gather
               in
               troops
               unto
               the
               House
               of
               Lot
               ,
               to
               commit
               their
               intended
               
               outrage
               .
               But
               God
               is
               provoked
               ,
               to
               cut
               off
               all
               provisions
               for
               their
               flesh
               ,
               which
               they
               had
               so
               much
               abused
               ,
               and
               to
               cut
               them
               off
               too
               for
               their
               intemperance
               .
            
             
               The
               third
               Sin
               of
               Sodom
               was
               
                 Abundance
                 of
                 Idleness
              
               .
               Idle
               persons
               did
               abound
               in
               that
               City
               ,
               and
               there
               was
               abundance
               of
               idleness
               in
               those
               persons
               :
               they
               sat
               down
               to
               eat
               and
               drink
               ,
               and
               rose
               up
               to
               play
               ;
               they
               were
               busie
               and
               active
               indeed
               in
               the
               service
               of
               the
               Devil
               ,
               but
               either
               they
               lived
               without
               any
               particular
               Calling
               many
               of
               them
               ,
               or
               were
               very
               slothful
               and
               negligent
               therein
               .
               Had
               they
               been
               diligently
               employed
               in
               their
               Callings
               that
               day
               as
               the
               Angels
               visited
               Lot
               ,
               they
               would
               have
               had
               more
               minde
               to
               rest
               themselves
               in
               their
               own
               houses
               ,
               than
               to
               disturb
               strangers
               in
               anothers
               House
               ;
               but
               they
               being
               so
               generally
               idle
               ,
               and
               an
               idle
               crew
               of
               them
               got
               together
               ,
               upon
               notice
               of
               the
               strangers
               entertainment
               in
               
               Lot's
               house
               ,
               for
               want
               of
               better
               emploiment
               ,
               they
               attempt
               this
               wickedness
               .
               The
               Sodomits
               did
               not
               only
               wast
               their
               wealth
               and
               strength
               ,
               but
               also
               their
               precious
               time
               in
               Luxury
               ,
               and
               this
               provoked
               the
               Lord
               to
               put
               an
               end
               to
               their
               time
               ,
               which
               they
               made
               so
               little
               account
               of
               .
            
             
               The
               fourth
               Sin
               of
               Sodom
               was
               
                 Unmercifulness
                 to
                 the
                 Poor
              
               .
               They
               strengthned
               not
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               poor
               and
               needy
               ;
               they
               had
               poor
               and
               needy
               persons
               amongst
               them
               ,
               but
               they
               did
               neither
               strengthen
               their
               hands
               ,
               nor
               comfort
               their
               hearts
               by
               distributing
               relief
               unto
               them
               ;
               they
               consumed
               so
               much
               upon
               their
               lust
               ,
               that
               they
               had
               nothing
               to
               spare
               for
               the
               poor
               ,
               at
               least
               they
               had
               no
               heart
               to
               give
               anything
               for
               the
               supply
               of
               their
               necessities
               ;
               the
               cry
               of
               the
               poor
               ,
               it
               is
               likely
               ,
               with
               their
               other
               sins
               came
               up
               into
               
               Gods
               ears
               ,
               and
               the
               Lord
               hath
               threatned
               ,
               Iam.
               2.
               13.
               
               
                 He
                 shall
                 have
                 judgement
                 without
                 mercy
                 ,
                 that
                 hath
                 shewed
                 no
                 mercy
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               fifth
               and
               chief
               Sin
               of
               Sodom
               was
               Abomination
               .
               And
               they
               committed
               Abomination
               before
               me
               ,
               therefore
               I
               took
               them
               away
               as
               I
               saw
               good
               .
               This
               word
               Abomination
               is
               a
               general
               word
               ,
               and
               may
               be
               attributed
               to
               the
               fore
               mentioned
               Sins
               ,
               which
               are
               an
               abomination
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               God
               ;
               but
               ordinarily
               it
               is
               attributed
               in
               Scripture
               unto
               the
               greatest
               and
               most
               hainous
               Sins
               ,
               and
               amongst
               others
               ,
               yea
               above
               others
               to
               the
               sin
               of
               Idolatry
               :
               this
               Sin
               no
               doubt
               the
               Sodomits
               were
               guilty
               of
               ,
               however
               it
               is
               not
               made
               mention
               of
               ,
               neither
               do
               I
               think
               that
               Sin
               is
               implyed
               in
               the
               word
               Abomination
               here
               ,
               insomuch
               as
               then
               the
               Earth
               was
               full
               of
               Idolatry
               ,
               and
               the
               Sodomits
               were
               not
               worse
               herein
               (
               as
               we
               read
               of
               )
               than
               other
               Nations
               ,
               but
               (
               I
               conceive
               )
               by
               Abomination
               we
               are
               to
               understand
               the
               abominable
               Filthiness
               of
               the
               Sodomits
               ,
               for
               which
               they
               are
               branded
               by
               the
               Apostle
               
                 Iud.
                 ver
              
               ,
               7.
               
               
                 Even
                 as
              
               Sodom
               and
               Gomorrah
               ,
               
                 and
                 the
                 Cities
                 about
                 them
                 ,
                 in
                 like
                 manner
                 giving
                 themselves
                 over
                 to
                 fornication
                 ,
                 and
                 going
                 after
                 strange
                 flesh
                 ,
                 are
                 set
                 forth
                 for
                 an
                 example
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               They
               gave
               themselves
               over
               unto
               fornication
               ,
               even
               as
               the
               Gentiles
               are
               said
               to
               do
               .
               Eph.
               4.
               19.
               
               
                 Who
                 being
                 past
                 feeling
                 ,
                 have
                 given
                 themselves
                 over
                 unto
                 Lasciviousness
                 ,
                 to
                 work
                 all
                 uncleanness
                 with
                 greediness
                 .
              
               God
               had
               given
               them
               up
               ,
               and
               they
               had
               given
               up
               themselves
               unto
               the
               service
               of
               their
               Lusts
               ,
               they
               were
               generally
               addicted
               unto
               uncleanness
               ,
               and
               that
               not
               only
               to
               Fornication
               and
               Adultry
               ,
               but
               it
               is
               said
               ,
               they
               lusted
               after
               strange
               Flesh
               ,
               such
               was
               their
               lust
               and
               uncleanness
               as
               we
               have
               described
               ,
               Rom.
               1.
               24
               ,
               26
               ,
               27.
               
               Wherein
               
               they
               did
               dishonour
               their
               own
               bodies
               between
               themselves
               ,
               the
               men
               through
               vile
               affections
               ,
               leaving
               the
               natural
               use
               of
               the
               Woman
               ,
               burned
               in
               their
               lusts
               one
               towards
               another
               ,
               men
               with
               men
               working
               that
               which
               is
               not
               only
               unseemly
               to
               be
               practised
               ,
               but
               also
               unseemly
               to
               be
               named
               ,
               or
               more
               particularly
               described
               .
               The
               Sin
               since
               that
               time
               hath
               obtained
               the
               name
               of
               
                 Sodomy
                 ▪
              
               it
               being
               so
               general
               in
               that
               place
               ,
               insomuch
               as
               when
               the
               Angels
               came
               to
               Sodom
               ,
               they
               would
               have
               been
               uncleen
               with
               the
               very
               Angels
               ,
               this
               provoked
               the
               Lord
               to
               render
               to
               them
               the
               recompence
               for
               such
               abominable
               Filthiness
               as
               was
               meet
               .
            
             
               Besides
               these
               Sins
               of
               the
               Sodomits
               ,
               we
               may
               collect
               from
               the
               History
               several
               aggrevations
               of
               their
               Sins
               ,
               which
               did
               exceedingly
               ripen
               them
               for
               ruine
               .
            
             
               The
               first
               aggravation
               of
               the
               Sodomits
               Sins
               ,
               was
               their
               Impenitency
               .
               Although
               Nineveh
               was
               threatned
               with
               ruine
               ,
               and
               that
               within
               forty
               days
               ,
               yet
               upon
               their
               repentance
               at
               the
               Preaching
               of
               Ionah
               ,
               God
               repented
               of
               the
               evil
               threatned
               ,
               and
               destroyed
               them
               not
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               Book
               of
               Ionah
               .
               And
               if
               Sodom
               had
               repented
               of
               their
               Sins
               ,
               and
               turned
               from
               their
               evil
               ways
               ,
               if
               they
               had
               washed
               and
               made
               themselves
               clean
               ,
               and
               put
               away
               the
               evil
               of
               their
               doings
               from
               before
               Gods
               eyes
               ,
               God
               would
               have
               turned
               from
               the
               feirceness
               of
               his
               displeasure
               ,
               and
               though
               their
               Sins
               were
               of
               a
               Scarlet
               and
               Crimson
               dy
               ,
               yet
               they
               should
               have
               been
               blotted
               out
               and
               washed
               away
               ,
               and
               made
               like
               Snow
               or
               Wooll
               :
               but
               this
               was
               the
               aggravation
               of
               all
               their
               other
               wickedness
               ,
               that
               they
               were
               insensible
               and
               hard-hearted
               ,
               their
               consciences
               were
               seared
               as
               with
               a
               hot
               Iron
               ,
               so
               that
               they
               had
               no
               feeling
               nor
               remorse
               .
               There
               was
               a
               Preacher
               of
               righteousness
               amongst
               them
               ,
               namely
               righteous
               Lot
               ,
               who
               
               reproved
               them
               so
               plainly
               and
               roundly
               for
               their
               Ungodly
               practices
               ,
               and
               filthy
               conversation
               ,
               that
               they
               tell
               him
               he
               would
               needs
               make
               himself
               a
               Judge
               ;
               unto
               which
               he
               added
               his
               own
               blameless
               conversation
               ,
               and
               forbearance
               from
               such
               intemperance
               and
               riot
               as
               they
               did
               run
               into
               ;
               But
               the
               Sodomits
               slight
               all
               
               Lot's
               sayings
               ,
               they
               deafen
               their
               ears
               against
               his
               reproofs
               ,
               and
               will
               be
               led
               by
               none
               of
               his
               example
               ;
               nothing
               prevails
               with
               them
               to
               repent
               .
            
             
               The
               second
               aggravation
               of
               the
               Sodomits
               Sins
               was
               th●…ir
               Incorrigibleness
               ;
               As
               it
               was
               said
               of
               the
               Jews
               aft●…rward
               ,
               Ier.
               5.
               3.
               
               So
               it
               might
               have
               been
               said
               of
               the
               Sodomits
               then
               ,
               
                 Though
                 God
                 had
                 stricken
                 them
                 ,
                 yet
                 they
                 did
                 not
                 grieve
                 ,
                 though
                 God
                 had
                 consumed
                 them
                 ,
                 yet
                 they
                 refused
                 to
                 receive
                 correction
                 .
              
               They
               did
               not
               take
               warning
               by
               lesser
               judgements
               ,
               so
               as
               to
               be
               corrected
               and
               amended
               thereby
               ;
               They
               were
               smitten
               before
               their
               enemies
               ,
               their
               City
               not
               long
               before
               had
               been
               sackt
               ,
               their
               goods
               taken
               away
               ,
               and
               themselves
               were
               led
               into
               Captivity
               ,
               with
               their
               Wives
               and
               Children
               ;
               and
               yet
               they
               were
               insensible
               of
               their
               Sins
               ,
               the
               cause
               of
               all
               this
               evil
               that
               came
               upon
               them
               ,
               and
               were
               so
               far
               from
               being
               bettered
               hereby
               ,
               that
               they
               grew
               worse
               than
               they
               were
               before
               .
            
             
               The
               third
               aggravation
               of
               the
               Sodomits
               Sins
               was
               their
               Ingratitude
               .
               They
               were
               not
               only
               ungrateful
               unto
               Lot
               ,
               upon
               whose
               account
               Abraham
               did
               deliver
               them
               out
               of
               the
               hands
               of
               their
               enemies
               ,
               which
               not
               only
               laid
               an
               obligation
               of
               respect
               to
               Lot
               upon
               them
               as
               long
               as
               they
               liv'd
               :
               but
               chiefly
               they
               were
               ungrateful
               unto
               God
               ,
               the
               Author
               of
               this
               deliverance
               by
               Abraham
               ,
               and
               who
               moreover
               had
               been
               very
               bountiful
               unto
               them
               ,
               in
               giving
               them
               such
               a
               place
               of
               plenty
               and
               
               pleasure
               for
               their
               habitation
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               like
               unto
               the
               Garden
               of
               the
               Lord
               for
               fruitfulness
               ,
               the
               greater
               Gods
               Mercy
               and
               Bounty
               to
               them
               ,
               the
               greater
               was
               their
               ingratitude
               ,
               and
               the
               more
               highly
               aggravated
               were
               their
               Sins
               .
            
             
               The
               fourth
               aggravation
               of
               the
               Sodomits
               Sins
               was
               the
               
                 Universality
                 of
                 their
                 Sins
              
               .
               There
               were
               no
               righteous
               persons
               amongst
               them
               ,
               except
               it
               were
               Lot
               and
               his
               Family
               ;
               they
               were
               generally
               corrupt
               ,
               they
               were
               all
               dross
               and
               no
               Gold
               ,
               all
               Water
               and
               no
               Wine
               ▪
               all
               wicked
               when
               Lot
               was
               departed
               ;
               As
               the
               Earth
               of
               old
               was
               filled
               with
               violence
               ;
               so
               Sodom
               then
               was
               filled
               with
               Filthiness
               ,
               which
               was
               very
               offensive
               unto
               the
               pure
               and
               Holy
               Eyes
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               provoked
               him
               to
               destroy
               them
               .
            
             
               The
               fifth
               aggravation
               of
               the
               Sodomits
               Sins
               ,
               was
               their
               Shamlesness
               .
               What
               was
               spoken
               of
               
                 Israel
                 ,
                 Ier.
              
               6.
               5.
               
               Might
               have
               been
               said
               of
               
                 Sodom
                 ,
                 were
                 they
                 ashamed
                 ,
                 when
                 they
                 had
                 committed
                 abomination
                 !
                 nay
                 they
                 were
                 not
                 at
                 all
                 ashamed
                 ,
                 neither
                 could
                 they
                 blush
                 .
              
               When
               the
               Prophet
               would
               set
               forth
               the
               shamlesness
               of
               
               Iudah's
               Sins
               ,
               he
               compareth
               them
               unto
               
                 Sodom
                 ,
                 Isa.
              
               3.
               9.
               
               
                 The
                 shew
                 of
                 their
                 countenance
                 doth
                 witnesse
                 against
                 them
                 ,
                 they
                 declare
                 their
                 Sin
                 like
              
               Sodom
               
                 they
                 hide
                 it
                 not
              
               .
               None
               had
               more
               reason
               to
               blush
               and
               be
               ashamed
               than
               such
               filthy
               Sinners
               as
               they
               ,
               and
               yet
               none
               were
               so
               little
               ashamed
               :
               instead
               of
               being
               ashamed
               of
               their
               Sins
               ,
               they
               gloried
               in
               their
               shame
               .
            
             
               The
               sixth
               aggravation
               of
               the
               Sodomits
               Sins
               was
               their
               Security
               .
               They
               eat
               ,
               they
               drank
               ,
               they
               bought
               ,
               they
               solde
               ,
               they
               planted
               ,
               they
               builded
               ,
               until
               the
               the
               judgement
               did
               overtake
               them
               ,
               Luke
               17.
               28.
               
               They
               were
               generally
               secure
               ,
               though
               they
               had
               so
               greatly
               sinned
               ,
               and
               by
               their
               Sins
               so
               highly
               provoked
               
               the
               Lord
               to
               take
               vengeance
               upon
               them
               .
               They
               put
               the
               evil
               day
               far
               from
               them
               ;
               
               Lot's
               Sons
               in
               Law
               although
               foretold
               and
               forewarn'd
               by
               their
               Father
               ,
               would
               not
               believe
               it
               was
               so
               near
               ,
               much
               lesse
               did
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Sodomits
               believe
               any
               such
               thing
               ,
               who
               had
               no
               intimation
               thereof
               given
               unto
               them
               ;
               they
               little
               thought
               what
               a
               day
               would
               bring
               forth
               ;
               their
               impunity
               for
               a
               while
               did
               encrease
               their
               security
               ,
               and
               their
               security
               under
               the
               guilt
               of
               such
               Heaven-dareing
               Sins
               ,
               did
               aggravate
               their
               Sins
               exceedingly
               .
            
             
               And
               now
               the
               lusts
               of
               the
               Sodomits
               having
               conceived
               and
               brought
               forth
               such
               Sins
               ,
               and
               their
               Sins
               so
               aggravated
               ,
               do
               arrive
               unto
               perfection
               ,
               and
               they
               bring
               forth
               death
               ;
               Their
               iniquities
               now
               are
               full
               ,
               and
               the
               Viols
               of
               Gods
               wrath
               also
               are
               full
               ,
               and
               he
               poureth
               them
               down
               upon
               their
               heads
               ▪
               which
               leadeth
               unto
               the
               next
               particular
               ,
               to
               speak
               of
               the
               judgement
               it self
               inflicted
               upon
               Sodom
               and
               Gomorrah
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               CHAP.
               IV.
            
             A
             particular
             description
             of
             Sodom
             and
             
             Gomorrah's
             burning
             by
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             from
             Heaven
             .
          
           
             COncerning
             the
             judgement
             it self
             which
             was
             inflicted
             on
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             .
             It
             was
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             which
             was
             rained
             down
             from
             Heaven
             upon
             those
             Cities
             .
             The
             morning
             was
             clear
             when
             Lot
             went
             forth
             of
             Sodom
             ,
             and
             the
             Sun
             was
             risen
             upon
             the
             Earth
             when
             he
             entered
             into
             Zoar
             :
             But
             then
             a
             strange
             darkness
             did
             quickly
             fill
             the
             face
             of
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             and
             hide
             the
             Sun
             from
             the
             view
             we
             may
             conceive
             that
             the
             fashion
             of
             the
             Heaven
             :
             
             was
             altered
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             clouds
             ,
             which
             carried
             this
             horrible
             Tempest
             of
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             in
             their
             Bowels
             ,
             were
             of
             another
             shape
             ,
             than
             those
             which
             carry
             in
             them
             ordinary
             storms
             of
             Rain
             or
             Hail
             ,
             of
             Thunder
             and
             Lightning
             .
             It
             was
             over
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             that
             these
             dreadful
             clouds
             were
             gathered
             ,
             which
             upon
             the
             command
             of
             the
             Lord
             brake
             asunder
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             likely
             with
             fearful
             lightening
             ,
             accompained
             with
             great
             cracks
             and
             amazing
             noise
             ,
             as
             if
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             ,
             and
             Hell
             had
             been
             coming
             together
             ,
             let
             down
             these
             flaming
             showers
             ,
             which
             strangely
             turned
             the
             Air
             into
             Fire
             ,
             and
             with
             such
             irresistible
             violence
             beat
             upon
             the
             Houses
             of
             the
             Sodomits
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             foreed
             to
             yield
             unto
             the
             fury
             of
             these
             devouring
             flames
             .
          
           
             This
             Rain
             probably
             was
             not
             in
             small
             drops
             ,
             like
             that
             which
             falling
             upon
             the
             tender
             Grass
             ,
             causeth
             it
             to
             spring
             forth
             and
             flourish
             ;
             but
             in
             great
             flakes
             of
             of
             scalding
             Sulphurious
             matter
             enkindled
             by
             the
             breath
             of
             God
             :
             great
             sheets
             of
             Fire
             ,
             it
             is
             likely
             ,
             came
             down
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             like
             the
             
               Flying
               Roll
            
             spoken
             of
             Zach.
             5.
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4.
             
               the
               length
               whereof
               was
               twenty
               Cubits
               ,
               and
               the
               bredth
               thereof
               ten
               Cubits
               ,
               which
               entered
               into
               the
               House
               of
               the
               Thief
               and
               False-swearer
               ,
               and
               consumed
               the
               Timber
               thereof
               ,
               and
               the
               stones
               thereof
               .
            
             So
             did
             these
             sheets
             and
             rolls
             of
             fire
             fly
             about
             the
             Cities
             of
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             ,
             and
             entered
             into
             the
             houses
             of
             the
             unjust
             and
             profane
             ,
             the
             filthy
             and
             unclean
             ,
             smiting
             and
             consuming
             Inhabitants
             with
             their
             Habitations
             .
             This
             storm
             of
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             ,
             coming
             down
             with
             a
             commission
             from
             God
             ,
             to
             destroy
             the
             whole
             Place
             ,
             doth
             arm
             it self
             with
             unexpressible
             rage
             and
             fury
             ,
             and
             first
             smiting
             the
             heads
             and
             tops
             of
             all
             the
             houses
             in
             the
             
             City
             ,
             setteth
             them
             on
             fire
             together
             ,
             which
             mounting
             a
             great
             flame
             upward
             ,
             and
             that
             mingling
             with
             the
             sulphurious
             fire
             which
             came
             downward
             was
             exceedingly
             the
             more
             enraged
             ,
             and
             we
             may
             conceive
             that
             from
             thence
             came
             such
             horrid
             blazes
             to
             the
             eye
             ,
             and
             such
             dreadful
             roarings
             to
             the
             ear
             ,
             as
             awakened
             all
             the
             wicked
             Inhabitans
             of
             the
             City
             out
             of
             their
             sleep
             and
             security
             ,
             and
             filled
             them
             with
             unconceiveable
             horrour
             and
             perplexity
             ,
             when
             they
             saw
             inevitable
             ruine
             so
             near
             unto
             them
             .
          
           
             Then
             the
             streets
             of
             the
             City
             were
             filled
             with
             flames
             ,
             and
             the
             Rain
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             likely
             did
             raise
             Floods
             and
             Streams
             of
             burning
             Brimstone
             ,
             which
             poured
             into
             the
             houses
             on
             every
             side
             such
             fire
             as
             no
             Water
             could
             quench
             ,
             no
             Stone
             Walls
             ,
             nor
             Iron
             Bars
             or
             Gates
             could
             resist
             or
             defend
             any
             of
             the
             Inhabitans
             from
             being
             devoured
             thereby
             ;
             thus
             Gods
             hand
             did
             find
             out
             all
             his
             enemies
             in
             these
             wicked
             Cities
             together
             ,
             his
             right
             hand
             did
             lay
             hold
             on
             them
             that
             hated
             him
             ,
             and
             took
             no
             heed
             to
             his
             Laws
             ;
             and
             making
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             as
             a
             fiery
             Oven
             in
             the
             time
             of
             his
             anger
             ,
             he
             swallowed
             up
             all
             the
             Sinners
             of
             those
             Places
             in
             his
             Wrath
             ,
             and
             devoured
             them
             with
             this
             unquenchable
             fire
             ;
             the
             Place
             now
             is
             like
             a
             fiery
             Oven
             ,
             or
             like
             a
             great
             fiery
             Furnace
             ,
             the
             smoke
             of
             whofe
             flame
             was
             so
             great
             ,
             that
             far
             and
             near
             it
             might
             be
             seen
             ;
             concerning
             the
             horror
             of
             the
             Sodomits
             when
             compassed
             about
             with
             Flames
             ,
             I
             shall
             speak
             more
             under
             the
             third
             particular
             ,
             only
             here
             add
             these
             things
             ,
             which
             were
             remarkable
             in
             in
             this
             judgement
             .
          
           
             
               First
               ,
               The
               strangeness
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               The
               suddenness
               and
               unexpectedness
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               
               Thirdly
               ,
               The
               dreadfulness
               of
               it
               .
            
          
           
             First
             ,
             This
             Judgement
             was
             very
             Strange
             .
             It
             is
             the
             nature
             of
             Fire
             to
             ascend
             towards
             Heaven
             ,
             but
             here
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             together
             do
             descend
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             this
             is
             very
             strange
             ;
             the
             Sodomits
             had
             an
             unnatural
             Fire
             within
             them
             ,
             and
             they
             have
             an
             unnatural
             Fire
             sent
             upon
             them
             ;
             they
             lust
             after
             strange
             Flesh
             ,
             Iud.
             7.
             
             And
             God
             punished
             them
             with
             strange
             Fire
             ,
             Iob
             31.
             3.
             
             
               Is
               not
               destruction
               to
               the
               wicked
               ,
               and
               a
               strange
               punishment
               unto
               the
               workers
               of
               Iniquity
               ?
            
             But
             of
             all
             strange
             punishments
             ,
             this
             is
             one
             of
             the
             most
             strange
             ,
             never
             such
             a
             thing
             was
             heard
             of
             before
             ,
             or
             hath
             been
             known
             since
             ;
             as
             I
             may
             apply
             what
             Moses
             speaketh
             on
             another
             occasion
             ,
             Deut.
             4.
             32.
             
             
               Aske
               now
               of
               the
               days
               which
               are
               past
               which
               were
               before
               ,
               since
               God
               Created
               Man
               upon
               the
               Earth
               ,
               and
               ask
               from
               one
               side
               of
               Heaven
               unto
               the
               other
               ,
               whether
               there
               hath
               been
               such
               a
               thing
               as
               this
               great
               thing
               ,
               or
               hath
               been
               like
               it
               ,
            
             that
             God
             should
             Rain
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             to
             punish
             wicked
             Cities
             .
             We
             read
             of
             Fire
             sent
             down
             from
             Heaven
             by
             the
             Lord
             ,
             upon
             the
             request
             of
             Elijah
             ,
             which
             consumed
             his
             Sacrifice
             ;
             although
             he
             had
             drenched
             it
             often
             ,
             and
             surrounded
             it
             with
             Water
             ,
             all
             which
             was
             licked
             up
             by
             the
             fire
             ,
             unto
             the
             wonder
             and
             astonishment
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             whereby
             the
             Lord
             discovered
             his
             power
             beyond
             Baal
             ,
             whose
             Priests
             could
             not
             by
             all
             their
             prayers
             and
             cutting
             themselves
             prevail
             with
             their
             God
             to
             effect
             any
             such
             thing
             ,
             1
             Kings
             18.
             26
             ,
             28
             ,
             37
             ,
             38.
             
             And
             we
             read
             of
             Fire
             sent
             down
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             which
             destroyed
             two
             Captains
             and
             their
             fifty's
             ,
             upon
             the
             request
             of
             the
             same
             Prophet
             :
             these
             things
             were
             exceeding
             strange
             ;
             but
             the
             rain
             of
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             from
             
             Heaven
             ,
             which
             consumed
             several
             Cities
             ,
             and
             all
             their
             Inbitants
             together
             was
             far
             more
             strange
             :
             Fire
             hath
             come
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             but
             never
             so
             great
             Fire
             ;
             Fire
             hath
             come
             down
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             but
             never
             Fire
             mingled
             with
             Brimstone
             ;
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             hath
             come
             forth
             of
             the
             bowels
             of
             the
             Earth
             (
             of
             which
             in
             the
             second
             discourse
             )
             but
             never
             did
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             come
             down
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             either
             before
             or
             since
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             This
             judgement
             was
             
               sudden
               and
               unexpected
            
             :
             It
             was
             like
             the
             Flood
             to
             the
             old
             World
             ,
             which
             was
             drowned
             ,
             or
             like
             the
             coming
             of
             Christ
             to
             the
             Sinners
             on
             Earth
             ,
             which
             shall
             be
             damned
             :
             when
             the
             greatest
             judgements
             are
             most
             near
             ,
             the
             Sinners
             which
             shall
             be
             destroyed
             thereby
             are
             most
             secure
             ;
             and
             thus
             it
             was
             with
             the
             Sinners
             of
             Sodom
             :
             the
             day
             before
             there
             was
             no
             appearance
             of
             any
             such
             destruction
             near
             ,
             there
             was
             no
             sign
             in
             the
             Earth
             or
             in
             the
             Heavens
             of
             any
             such
             thing
             ;
             the
             night
             before
             also
             was
             like
             other
             nights
             ,
             no
             fire
             beginning
             in
             any
             place
             ,
             only
             the
             fire
             of
             lust
             which
             burned
             and
             raged
             in
             the
             hearts
             of
             that
             wicked
             people
             ,
             but
             they
             had
             no
             apprehension
             of
             danger
             from
             those
             flames
             :
             when
             the
             morning
             was
             come
             it
             was
             like
             other
             mornings
             ,
             there
             were
             no
             fiery
             dews
             ,
             or
             fore-drops
             ▪
             of
             the
             fiery
             rain
             ,
             to
             give
             them
             warning
             of
             what
             would
             follow
             .
             The
             shaddows
             of
             the
             night
             were
             chased
             away
             by
             the
             beams
             of
             the
             morning
             Sun
             ,
             there
             was
             no
             appearance
             of
             the
             shaddows
             of
             the
             night
             of
             Death
             ,
             ready
             to
             stretch
             forth
             themselves
             upon
             all
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             Sodom
             and
             Neighbour
             Cities
             together
             .
             But
             so
             soon
             as
             Lot
             was
             entered
             into
             Zear
             ,
             the
             Lord
             rained
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             on
             
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             ,
             and
             brought
             such
             a
             sudden
             destruction
             upon
             them
             as
             they
             could
             not
             escape
             .
             Even
             as
             it
             will
             be
             ere
             long
             with
             
               Babylon
               ,
               Rev.
            
             18.
             7
             ,
             8.
             
             So
             it
             was
             with
             
               Sodom
               ;
               she
               lived
               deliciously
               and
               securely
               ,
               and
               in
               one
               day
               death
               and
               mourning
               came
               upon
               her
               ,
               and
               she
               was
               utterly
               burnt
               with
               Fire
               .
            
             Could
             the
             Sodomits
             have
             foreseen
             ,
             and
             certainly
             foreknown
             ,
             what
             destruction
             would
             have
             befallen
             their
             City
             that
             day
             ,
             they
             would
             have
             hastened
             out
             of
             the
             place
             the
             day
             before
             ,
             at
             furthest
             they
             would
             have
             delayed
             no
             longer
             than
             that
             morning
             ;
             when
             Lot
             did
             depart
             ,
             they
             would
             have
             flocked
             about
             him
             old
             and
             young
             from
             every
             quarter
             ,
             and
             have
             departed
             with
             him
             ;
             they
             would
             not
             have
             vallued
             houses
             of
             goods
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             might
             have
             but
             sav'd
             their
             lives
             :
             But
             the
             Sodomits
             did
             not
             in
             the
             least
             apprehend
             their
             destruction
             to
             be
             so
             near
             .
             The
             Angels
             knew
             it
             ,
             but
             they
             discover
             the
             thing
             unto
             Lot
             only
             ;
             if
             they
             had
             made
             it
             know
             unto
             the
             Sodomits
             ,
             it
             is
             most
             likely
             they
             would
             not
             have
             believed
             it
             any
             more
             than
             
             Lot's
             Sons
             in
             Law
             did
             believe
             Lot
             ,
             when
             from
             their
             mouth
             he
             did
             declare
             it
             .
             The
             Sodomits
             are
             jovial
             and
             secure
             ,
             as
             if
             their
             life
             and
             mirth
             should
             continue
             many
             a
             year
             ,
             when
             neither
             of
             them
             were
             a
             days
             standing
             longer
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             This
             judgement
             was
             
               most
               dreadful
            
             ;
             we
             read
             in
             the
             Scriptures
             and
             have
             seen
             with
             our
             eyes
             very
             great
             judgements
             ,
             but
             none
             so
             dreadful
             ,
             all
             things
             considered
             ,
             as
             this
             of
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             from
             Heaven
             .
             Indeed
             the
             Flood
             which
             devoured
             the
             whole
             old
             World
             together
             ,
             Noah
             and
             his
             Family
             excepted
             did
             strike
             the
             most
             universal
             dread
             upon
             the
             children
             of
             men
             ,
             of
             any
             judgement
             that
             ever
             hath
             been
             since
             the
             Worlds
             Creation
             :
             yet
             the
             
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             which
             devoured
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             with
             all
             their
             Inhabitants
             ,
             Lot
             only
             and
             his
             Family
             excepted
             had
             more
             of
             particular
             dread
             in
             it
             ,
             in
             as
             much
             as
             death
             by
             Fire
             is
             more
             painful
             than
             death
             by
             Water
             ;
             especially
             such
             Fire
             as
             came
             down
             from
             Heaven
             .
             It
             was
             a
             terrible
             day
             to
             the
             old
             World
             ,
             when
             they
             saw
             the
             Windows
             of
             Heaven
             opened
             ,
             and
             Water
             to
             come
             forth
             from
             thence
             in
             such
             great
             abundance
             ,
             as
             to
             swell
             into
             a
             Flood
             ,
             and
             that
             so
             great
             a
             Flood
             as
             drowned
             all
             Man-kind
             which
             were
             not
             found
             in
             the
             Ark
             :
             But
             it
             was
             a
             more
             terrible
             day
             to
             the
             Sodomits
             ,
             when
             they
             saw
             the
             Windows
             of
             Heaven
             opened
             ,
             and
             Fire
             to
             come
             forth
             from
             thence
             ,
             Fire
             mingled
             with
             Brimstone
             ,
             and
             Gods
             fiery
             indignation
             ,
             which
             falling
             upon
             their
             Houses
             and
             heads
             ,
             put
             all
             into
             flames
             ;
             this
             last
             judgement
             as
             it
             had
             more
             strangeness
             in
             it
             ;
             so
             it
             did
             strike
             more
             terrour
             into
             the
             hearts
             of
             those
             which
             did
             endure
             it
             .
          
           
             When
             the
             ground
             clave
             asunder
             ,
             and
             the
             Earth
             opening
             her
             mouth
             swallowed
             up
             
               Corah
               ,
               Dathan
            
             ,
             and
             Abiram
             ,
             with
             all
             that
             appertained
             to
             them
             ,
             when
             they
             went
             thus
             down
             alive
             into
             the
             pit
             ,
             and
             the
             Earth
             closing
             upon
             them
             again
             ,
             they
             perished
             from
             the
             Congregation
             ,
             Num.
             16.
             vers
             .
             32.
             33.
             
             This
             was
             a
             very
             feaful
             judgement
             ;
             but
             the
             opening
             of
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             and
             it
             's
             showring
             down
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             ,
             which
             swallowed
             up
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             with
             all
             the
             Sinners
             therein
             ,
             this
             judgement
             was
             far
             more
             fearful
             .
             Death
             by
             the
             Sword
             ,
             and
             death
             by
             the
             Pestilence
             ,
             or
             by
             any
             other
             disease
             hath
             nothing
             of
             that
             dread
             in
             it
             ,
             as
             death
             by
             Fire
             ,
             especially
             by
             Fire
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             by
             Fire
             mingled
             with
             Brimstone
             .
          
           
           
             No
             Fire
             have
             we
             ever
             seen
             that
             carried
             so
             much
             dread
             in
             it
             ,
             as
             the
             Fire
             that
             burnt
             down
             our
             City
             of
             London
             ;
             but
             
             London's
             Fire
             was
             nothing
             in
             comparison
             with
             Sodoms
             Fire
             :
             this
             will
             appear
             if
             we
             compare
             them
             together
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             The
             Fire
             of
             London
             began
             only
             in
             one
             place
             ,
             which
             awakened
             all
             the
             Inhabitants
             about
             to
             prepare
             ,
             and
             secure
             themselves
             and
             their
             goods
             :
             but
             the
             Fire
             of
             Sodom
             began
             in
             all
             piaces
             together
             ;
             there
             was
             fire
             without
             the
             City
             ,
             and
             fire
             within
             ,
             fire
             in
             every
             street
             ,
             and
             in
             every
             house
             at
             the
             same
             time
             the
             Sodomits
             were
             compassed
             about
             with
             fire
             on
             all
             sides
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             The
             Fire
             of
             London
             consumed
             but
             a
             part
             ,
             although
             it
             were
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             City
             within
             the
             Walls
             :
             but
             the
             Fire
             of
             Sodom
             consumed
             the
             whole
             City
             ,
             turned
             all
             into
             ashes
             ,
             and
             not
             one
             house
             therein
             did
             escape
             the
             fury
             of
             the
             flames
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             The
             Fire
             of
             London
             ,
             though
             it
             devoured
             the
             houses
             ,
             yet
             much
             of
             the
             wealth
             and
             the
             best
             goods
             of
             the
             City
             were
             preserved
             ;
             but
             Sodoms
             fire
             consumed
             all
             their
             Wealth
             ,
             their
             Gold
             and
             Silver
             was
             melted
             ,
             all
             their
             apparel
             and
             rich
             houshold
             furniture
             was
             burnt
             ,
             and
             what
             ever
             provisions
             they
             had
             made
             for
             their
             flesh
             ,
             what
             ever
             fuel
             they
             had
             laid
             up
             for
             their
             lusts
             became
             fuel
             for
             this
             Fire
             .
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             The
             Fire
             of
             London
             ,
             though
             it
             burnt
             much
             of
             the
             goods
             as
             well
             as
             houses
             ,
             which
             could
             not
             so
             easily
             and
             quickly
             be
             removed
             ,
             yet
             few
             ,
             very
             few
             of
             the
             Inhabitants
             perished
             ;
             they
             had
             time
             and
             warning
             to
             withdraw
             themselves
             before
             the
             fire
             ,
             reached
             so
             far
             as
             their
             habitations
             :
             but
             
             Sodom's
             Fire
             burnt
             persons
             as
             well
             as
             houses
             ,
             and
             not
             one
             person
             in
             the
             whole
             City
             escaped
             after
             the
             Fire
             was
             
             begun
             ;
             such
             as
             went
             forth
             of
             doors
             were
             consumed
             by
             the
             Fire
             from
             Heaven
             ;
             such
             as
             remained
             within
             were
             consumed
             by
             the
             Fire
             of
             their
             houses
             .
          
           
             Fifthly
             ,
             The
             Fire
             of
             London
             ,
             was
             an
             Earthly
             fire
             ,
             although
             the
             contrivement
             of
             it
             might
             be
             first
             in
             Hell
             ,
             and
             hellish
             Instruments
             made
             use
             of
             in
             the
             beginning
             and
             carrying
             of
             it
             on
             :
             but
             the
             Fire
             of
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             was
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             if
             the
             one
             did
             expresse
             more
             of
             the
             wrath
             of
             the
             Devil
             and
             Devilish
             men
             ,
             the
             other
             did
             expresse
             more
             of
             the
             wrath
             of
             the
             Sin-revenging
             God
             ,
             which
             is
             ten
             thousand
             times
             more
             dreadful
             .
          
           
             Sixthly
             ,
             The
             Fire
             of
             London
             at
             length
             was
             extinguished
             ,
             since
             which
             time
             the
             City
             is
             like
             to
             be
             rebuilt
             ,
             and
             doth
             now
             lift
             up
             it's
             head
             with
             more
             beauty
             and
             lustre
             than
             before
             it
             was
             turned
             into
             ashes
             :
             but
             
             Sodom's
             Fire
             did
             make
             an
             desolation
             of
             that
             place
             ;
             and
             since
             the
             Conflagration
             of
             that
             City
             Sodom
             never
             was
             ,
             and
             never
             will
             be
             again
             rebuilt
             ;
             neither
             is
             the
             place
             capable
             now
             of
             having
             any
             building
             erected
             upon
             it
             ,
             inasmuch
             as
             the
             
               Mare
               mortuum
            
             ,
             the
             dead
             Sea
             doth
             now
             cover
             the
             place
             where
             once
             the
             Sodomits
             had
             their
             habitation
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               CHAP.
               V.
            
             Concerning
             the
             Persons
             that
             were
             consumed
             and
             how
             they
             were
             affected
             .
          
           
             3
             COncerning
             the
             Persons
             on
             which
             this
             judgement
             was
             inflicted
             ,
             and
             how
             they
             were
             affected
             .
             The
             persons
             were
             all
             the
             wicked
             Inhabitants
             of
             the
             Cities
             of
             
               Sodom
               ,
               Gomorrah
               ,
               Admah
            
             ,
             and
             Zeboim
             ,
             Great
             was
             the
             horrour
             (
             hinted
             
             before
             )
             which
             we
             may
             imagine
             these
             persons
             were
             in
             when
             the
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             came
             down
             from
             Heaven
             upon
             them
             ,
             and
             there
             was
             no
             way
             for
             them
             to
             escape
             .
          
           
             The
             noise
             and
             scorching
             heat
             of
             this
             dreadful
             Fire
             ,
             we
             may
             conclude
             did
             quickly
             awaken
             some
             out
             of
             their
             sleep
             of
             Intemperance
             ,
             and
             all
             out
             of
             their
             sleep
             of
             security
             .
             What
             tongue
             can
             utter
             the
             horrible
             perplexity
             of
             the
             Sodomits
             on
             this
             day
             !
             when
             they
             opened
             their
             doors
             and
             windows
             in
             the
             morning
             ,
             and
             looking
             up
             to
             Heaven
             saw
             them
             open
             ,
             and
             fire
             coming
             down
             thence
             to
             devour
             them
             ;
             when
             the
             Tempest
             of
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             beat
             upon
             them
             so
             sorely
             ,
             and
             suddenly
             ,
             when
             there
             was
             such
             a
             dreadful
             burning
             heat
             by
             the
             Fire
             ,
             and
             such
             a
             stinking
             noisom
             suffocating
             smoke
             by
             the
             Brimstone
             ;
             when
             there
             was
             a
             little
             kind
             of
             Hell
             in
             that
             place
             both
             for
             torment
             and
             Sin.
             O
             the
             dread
             of
             the
             Sodomits
             !
             O
             the
             confusion
             they
             were
             in
             !
             when
             such
             an
             unthought
             of
             ,
             such
             an
             unheard
             of
             ▪
             and
             such
             an
             unavoidable
             ruine
             was
             come
             upon
             them
             ;
             how
             were
             they
             amazed
             !
             how
             were
             they
             distressed
             !
             some
             it
             may
             be
             cursed
             the
             day
             of
             their
             birth
             ,
             wishing
             that
             they
             had
             been
             abortive
             issues
             ,
             that
             they
             had
             never
             liv'd
             to
             see
             the
             light
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             that
             so
             they
             might
             not
             have
             liv'd
             to
             see
             and
             feel
             the
             fire
             of
             this
             day
             :
             others
             it
             may
             be
             cursed
             themselves
             and
             the
             Sinners
             of
             the
             place
             ,
             who
             had
             provoked
             God
             to
             send
             this
             dreadful
             judgement
             upon
             them
             ;
             others
             it
             may
             be
             cursed
             God
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             Fire
             and
             great
             heat
             ,
             like
             those
             ,
             Rev.
             16.
             8
             ,
             9.
             
             Who
             being
             scorched
             with
             great
             heat
             blasphemed
             the
             name
             of
             God
             ,
             who
             had
             sent
             down
             the
             Fire
             upon
             them
             .
          
           
             O
             what
             a
             horrible
             out-cry
             was
             there
             in
             Sodo
             
             when
             the
             City
             began
             to
             be
             in
             flames
             :
             O
             what
             weeping
             and
             wailing
             ,
             and
             wringing
             of
             hands
             !
          
           
             The
             men
             roar
             ,
             the
             woman
             shreek
             ,
             the
             children
             weep
             and
             cry
             and
             cling
             about
             their
             Parents
             ,
             yea
             all
             of
             them
             weep
             and
             cry
             out
             most
             hideously
             .
             The
             Sodomits
             have
             tears
             now
             in
             abundance
             ;
             but
             none
             of
             their
             tears
             could
             quench
             the
             Flames
             about
             them
             ,
             or
             aswage
             the
             sorrow
             and
             anguish
             within
             them
             ;
             tears
             before
             for
             their
             Sins
             might
             have
             prevented
             these
             flames
             ,
             and
             their
             fruitless
             mourning
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             them
             :
             but
             none
             more
             impenitent
             than
             they
             in
             the
             time
             of
             their
             prosperity
             ,
             and
             therefore
             their
             cries
             and
             tears
             are
             to
             no
             purpose
             in
             the
             time
             of
             their
             adversity
             ;
             they
             weep
             and
             God
             laughs
             at
             their
             calamity
             ;
             they
             are
             grieved
             and
             afflicted
             ,
             and
             God
             is
             comforted
             in
             the
             execution
             of
             his
             vengeance
             upon
             them
             for
             their
             Sins
             .
             In
             this
             extremty
             ,
             the
             Sodomits
             know
             not
             what
             to
             do
             ,
             nor
             which
             way
             to
             turn
             ▪
             they
             dare
             not
             go
             forth
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             consult
             one
             another
             ,
             because
             the
             air
             is
             all
             in
             a
             light
             fire
             abroad
             ,
             and
             there
             are
             streams
             of
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             ,
             which
             overflow
             in
             the
             streets
             ;
             all
             the
             shelter
             they
             have
             is
             for
             a
             little
             while
             in
             their
             houses
             ,
             but
             the
             Fire
             invadeth
             them
             there
             ,
             and
             hemmeth
             them
             in
             on
             all
             sides
             ,
             and
             very
             quickly
             the
             Fire
             creepeth
             in
             at
             their
             windows
             ,
             and
             breaketh
             thorow
             their
             doors
             ,
             nothing
             being
             able
             to
             withstand
             it's
             force
             .
             We
             may
             conceive
             how
             the
             poor
             Sodomits
             ,
             when
             the
             Fire
             was
             coming
             into
             their
             houses
             ,
             did
             run
             from
             room
             to
             room
             ,
             being
             pursued
             where
             ever
             they
             went
             by
             the
             devouring
             flames
             ;
             and
             when
             the
             fire
             was
             come
             at
             their
             persons
             ,
             and
             the
             flames
             began
             to
             seise
             on
             them
             ,
             then
             they
             sweat
             and
             fry
             ,
             their
             hair
             is
             singed
             ,
             their
             cloths
             are
             set
             on
             fire
             about
             them
             ,
             their
             
             Sinneves
             shrink
             ,
             their
             hands
             and
             feet
             loose
             their
             use
             and
             they
             are
             in
             horrible
             pain
             all
             over
             without
             any
             help
             or
             relief
             ,
             refuge
             faileth
             them
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             no
             escaping
             ,
             no
             enduring
             of
             this
             pain
             ,
             and
             yet
             they
             must
             endure
             it
             until
             extremity
             of
             pain
             doth
             take
             away
             all
             sence
             of
             pain
             .
          
           
             The
             terrour
             of
             the
             Sodomits
             through
             apprehensions
             of
             their
             present
             and
             unavoidable
             death
             before
             them
             was
             great
             ,
             but
             surely
             the
             way
             and
             manner
             of
             it
             ,
             namely
             ▪
             by
             Fire
             from
             Heaven
             did
             cause
             greater
             terrour
             :
             If
             it
             had
             been
             an
             ordinary
             Fire
             ,
             of
             which
             some
             natural
             cause
             might
             have
             been
             assigned
             ,
             it
             had
             not
             been
             so
             much
             ;
             but
             when
             it
             was
             a
             miraculous
             fire
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             created
             on
             purpose
             by
             the
             Lord
             to
             destroy
             those
             Cities
             ,
             surely
             their
             dread
             was
             extraordinary
             :
             they
             could
             not
             chuse
             but
             see
             the
             more
             immediate
             hand
             of
             God
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             withall
             his
             frown
             and
             dreadful
             displeasure
             :
             with
             the
             Fire
             ●…
             Brimstone
             which
             fell
             down
             from
             Heaven
             upon
             their
             houses
             and
             bodies
             ,
             they
             had
             scalding
             drops
             of
             Gods
             wrath
             ,
             ●…ch
             fell
             down
             upon
             their
             consciences
             :
             we
             may
             think
             what
             impressions
             they
             had
             of
             the
             wrath
             of
             the
             Sin-revenging
             God
             on
             their
             spirits
             ,
             which
             caused
             a
             great●…
             horror
             within
             ,
             than
             the
             bare
             apprehension
             of
             death
             in
             any
             shape
             could
             of
             it self
             effect
             ;
             when
             the
             guilt
             of
             so
             great
             Sins
             ,
             and
             the
             apprehensions
             of
             so
             great
             wrath
             did
             meet
             together
             in
             their
             consciences
             ,
             and
             they
             had
             no
             time
             nor
             way
             to
             get
             the
             guilt
             of
             Sin
             removed
             ,
             and
             the
             wrath
             of
             God
             appeased
             ;
             when
             conscience
             before
             asleep
             ,
             was
             awakened
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             flames
             ;
             when
             there
             was
             a
             Fire
             above
             the
             Sodomits
             ,
             the
             Fire
             of
             Gods
             anger
             ;
             Fire
             about
             and
             upon
             the
             Sodomits
             ,
             the
             fire
             which
             came
             down
             from
             Heaven
             ;
             Fire
             beneath
             the
             Sodomits
             ,
             the
             fire
             
             of
             Hell
             ;
             and
             fire
             within
             the
             Sodomits
             ,
             the
             fire
             kindled
             in
             their
             consciences
             ,
             O
             the
             horrour
             !
             when
             Hell
             was
             already
             begun
             within
             them
             in
             the
             flashes
             and
             sparks
             of
             it
             ;
             words
             cannot
             utter
             the
             horrible
             anguish
             which
             then
             they
             had
             upon
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               CHAP.
               VI.
            
             Concerning
             the
             Persons
             that
             escaped
             .
          
           
             4
             THe
             persons
             that
             escaped
             this
             dreadful
             judgement
             were
             Lot
             and
             his
             Family
             .
             Like
             as
             it
             was
             in
             the
             Old
             World
             ,
             Noah
             was
             an
             upright
             man
             in
             his
             generation
             ,
             when
             the
             whole
             world
             besides
             were
             wicked
             ;
             and
             God
             provided
             an
             Ark
             wherein
             he
             saved
             Noah
             and
             his
             Family
             ,
             when
             all
             the
             kindreds
             and
             Nations
             of
             the
             world
             besides
             were
             drowned
             in
             the
             Deluge
             of
             Waters
             ,
             which
             was
             brought
             upon
             the
             Earth
             :
             so
             also
             Lot
             being
             the
             only
             upright
             and
             righteous
             man
             in
             Sodom
             ,
             when
             all
             the
             City
             together
             with
             the
             neighbouring
             Cities
             were
             wicked
             ,
             God
             provided
             a
             Zoar
             for
             Lot
             ,
             whilst
             he
             brought
             a
             Deluge
             of
             fire
             upon
             those
             wicked
             Cities
             ,
             which
             consumed
             them
             and
             all
             the
             wicked
             together
             which
             dwelt
             in
             them
             .
             2
             Pet.
             2.
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8.
             
             When
             the
             destroying
             Angels
             were
             sent
             unto
             Sodom
             ,
             God
             remembred
             righteous
             Lot
             ,
             and
             a
             mark
             for
             preservation
             was
             set
             upon
             his
             forehead
             ,
             because
             he
             did
             sigh
             and
             cry
             out
             for
             the
             abominations
             which
             were
             committed
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             the
             City
             :
             And
             God
             remembred
             Abraham
             his
             Friend
             ,
             who
             had
             made
             intercession
             for
             Lot
             ,
             therefore
             he
             sent
             him
             out
             of
             the
             midst
             
             of
             the
             overthrow
             ,
             when
             he
             overthrew
             the
             City
             wherein
             Lot
             dwelt
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               CHAP.
               VII
            
             .
             Concerning
             the
             Spectators
             of
             
             Sodom's
             burnings
             .
          
           
             5
             COncerning
             the
             Spectators
             of
             this
             Judgement
             .
             Abraham
             ,
             however
             remote
             his
             habitation
             was
             ,
             had
             a
             plain
             prospect
             of
             this
             Fire
             and
             burning
             of
             Sodom
             .
             We
             read
             Gen.
             19.
             27
             ,
             28.
             
             And
             Abraham
             
               gat
               up
               early
               in
               the
               morning
               unto
               the
               place
               where
               he
               stood
               before
               the
               Lord
               ;
               and
               he
               looked
               towards
            
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             ,
             
               and
               toward
               all
               the
               Land
               of
               the
               Plain
               ,
               and
               beheld
               ,
               and
               lo
               the
               smoke
               of
               the
               Countrey
               went
               up
               as
               the
               smoke
               of
               a
               Furnace
               .
               Abrahams
            
             heart
             did
             misgive
             him
             that
             those
             wicked
             Cities
             would
             not
             escape
             destruction
             ,
             what
             ever
             conditional
             promise
             the
             Lord
             had
             made
             unto
             him
             of
             their
             preservation
             ;
             therefore
             ,
             it
             is
             likely
             ,
             he
             arose
             and
             came
             to
             this
             place
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             see
             what
             became
             of
             the
             Cities
             ,
             and
             quickly
             he
             〈◊〉
             them
             to
             be
             all
             in
             flames
             ,
             by
             the
             great
             smoke
             which
             mounted
             up
             from
             them
             ;
             what
             his
             thoughts
             were
             is
             not
             mentioned
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             likely
             he
             was
             more
             than
             ordinarily
             affected
             with
             this
             more
             than
             ordinary
             Judgement
             ;
             such
             an
             appearance
             of
             God
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             clothed
             with
             such
             wrath
             and
             vengeance
             ,
             might
             well
             make
             even
             Abraham
             himself
             ,
             whatever
             Interest
             he
             had
             in
             God
             ,
             to
             quake
             and
             be
             astonished
             :
             When
             he
             looked
             up
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             he
             saw
             God
             all
             in
             flames
             of
             anger
             ,
             when
             he
             looked
             down
             to
             the
             Earth
             ,
             he
             saw
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             all
             in
             flames
             of
             Fire
             :
             He
             knew
             that
             Lot
             did
             dwell
             there
             ,
             and
             he
             did
             not
             know
             (
             it
             may
             be
             )
             but
             
             that
             Lot
             with
             his
             Family
             might
             be
             burning
             there
             ,
             and
             this
             might
             cause
             him
             to
             lift
             up
             his
             voice
             and
             weep
             :
             be
             sure
             he
             knew
             that
             the
             wickedness
             of
             the
             Sodomits
             was
             very
             great
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             righteous
             of
             the
             place
             were
             very
             few
             ,
             if
             any
             ,
             when
             the
             Lord
             had
             promised
             him
             to
             spare
             the
             whole
             City
             for
             the
             sake
             of
             Ten
             righteous
             persons
             ,
             could
             they
             there
             have
             been
             found
             .
             Ah
             Lord
             !
             thought
             he
             ,
             what
             a
             wicked
             place
             is
             Sodom
             ,
             that
             it
             should
             not
             yeild
             Ten
             righteous
             persons
             ?
             O
             what
             an
             evil
             thing
             and
             a
             bitter
             is
             it
             to
             Sin
             against
             God
             ,
             and
             hereby
             to
             provoke
             him
             unto
             anger
             ?
             and
             what
             a
             fearful
             thing
             is
             it
             to
             fall
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             living
             God
             ,
             when
             his
             anger
             is
             stirr'd
             up
             !
             and
             doth
             burn
             thus
             like
             fire
             .
             And
             if
             Abraham
             could
             so
             clearly
             discern
             the
             burning
             of
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             ,
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             Zoar
             ,
             who
             dwelt
             so
             near
             ,
             might
             more
             clearly
             discern
             it
             .
          
           
             An
             allarm
             they
             have
             in
             the
             morning
             ,
             which
             doth
             startle
             and
             awaken
             them
             ;
             they
             are
             called
             forth
             out
             of
             their
             houses
             to
             see
             this
             dreadful
             and
             tremendous
             sight
             .
             The
             noise
             of
             
               Fire
               ,
               Fire
               ,
               Fire
            
             ,
             doth
             sound
             in
             their
             ear
             ,
             Fire
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             Fire
             in
             the
             Air
             ,
             Fire
             on
             the
             Earth
             ,
             Sodom
             on
             Fire
             ,
             Gomorrah
             on
             Fire
             ,
             Admah
             and
             Zeboim
             on
             Fire
             ,
             every
             place
             near
             them
             on
             Fire
             ,
             this
             they
             hear
             ,
             this
             they
             see
             ;
             the
             flames
             all
             about
             are
             very
             visible
             ,
             and
             very
             terrible
             :
             O
             with
             what
             ruful
             countenances
             do
             they
             look
             upwards
             towards
             Heaven
             ,
             from
             whence
             the
             Fire
             did
             come
             !
             and
             forwards
             towards
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             ,
             where
             the
             Fire
             was
             kindled
             !
             they
             see
             all
             the
             Cities
             together
             in
             flames
             ,
             which
             being
             all
             cituated
             upon
             the
             Plain
             ,
             without
             any
             Mountain
             or
             Hill
             between
             ,
             they
             might
             in
             the
             Fields
             ,
             or
             on
             the
             tops
             of
             their
             houses
             have
             an
             easie
             prospect
             of
             .
             And
             surely
             the
             Sinners
             of
             Zoar
             
             are
             now
             affraid
             ,
             and
             fearfulness
             doth
             exceedingly
             surprize
             the
             guilt●…
             ;
             surely
             their
             consciences
             now
             are
             awakened
             ,
             ●…nd
             do
             cause
             a
             trembling
             within
             them
             ,
             when
             they
             see
             God's
             vengeance
             executed
             in
             flaming
             fire
             upon
             their
             fellow-sinners
             before
             them
             :
             
               Alas
               !
               wo
               be
               to
               us
               !
               who
               can
               endure
               such
               devouring
               fire
               ?
               who
               can
               bear
               such
               horrible
               burnings
               ?
               Hath
            
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             
               provoked
               God
               to
               destroy
               them
               with
               Fire
               from
               Heaven
               ?
               what
               then
               will
               become
               of
               us
               ,
               who
               have
               shared
               with
               them
               in
               the
               same
               guilt
               ,
               and
               have
               deserved
               the
               same
               punishment
               ?
               O
               whether
               can
               we
               flee
               to
               hide
               us
               from
               the
               wrath
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               shelter
               us
               from
               his
               fiery
               indignation
               ?
            
          
           
             Lot
             also
             ,
             who
             though
             he
             did
             not
             look
             back
             ,
             as
             his
             Wife
             did
             ,
             before
             he
             got
             into
             Zoar
             ,
             yet
             from
             thence
             no
             doubt
             but
             he
             looked
             with
             a
             sorrowful
             countenance
             ,
             and
             more
             sorrowful
             heart
             upon
             the
             wretched
             Cities
             as
             they
             burned
             ,
             especially
             on
             Sodom
             the
             chief
             City
             ,
             and
             where
             his
             habitation
             had
             been
             .
             O
             the
             tears
             that
             now
             run
             down
             his
             Cheeks
             !
             O
             the
             grief
             that
             doth
             fill
             his
             heart
             !
             when
             he
             seeth
             such
             a
             strange
             shower
             of
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             rained
             down
             from
             Heaven
             upon
             that
             sinfull
             ,
             and
             now
             wofull
             place
             :
             he
             was
             vexed
             at
             the
             Sins
             of
             the
             Sodomits
             before
             ,
             and
             now
             he
             is
             grieved
             at
             their
             misery
             ;
             he
             thinks
             of
             his
             Sons-in-Law
             ,
             and
             laments
             their
             folly
             that
             notwithstanding
             his
             warning
             would
             stay
             there
             to
             be
             burned
             ▪
             which
             he
             knew
             that
             now
             they
             lamented
             much
             more
             ;
             he
             thinks
             of
             this
             Neighbour
             ,
             and
             that
             Neighbour
             ,
             how
             they
             are
             weeping
             and
             crying
             ,
             whilst
             they
             are
             melting
             and
             frying
             in
             the
             flames
             .
             But
             Lot
             doth
             not
             abide
             long
             in
             Zoar
             ,
             for
             such
             fear
             as
             well
             as
             grief
             did
             possesse
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             did
             not
             think
             himself
             safe
             there
             ,
             and
             therefore
             fleeth
             
             to
             the
             Mountain
             ▪
             whither
             he
             was
             warned
             at
             first
             to
             go
             by
             the
             Angels
             ,
             and
             there
             dwelleth
             in
             a
             Cave
             with
             his
             two
             Daughters
             ,
             Gen.
             19.
             30.
             
          
        
         
           
             
               CHAP.
               VIII
            
             .
             Application
             to
             the
             Ungodly
             .
          
           
             WE
             have
             here
             set
             before
             us
             an
             example
             ,
             and
             that
             both
             of
             the
             Sodomits
             burning
             ,
             and
             of
             
             Lot's
             escaping
             .
             These
             things
             are
             recorded
             for
             our
             example
             .
          
           
             The
             former
             is
             an
             example
             to
             the
             Ungodly
             ;
             the
             later
             is
             an
             example
             to
             the
             Righteous
             .
          
           
             I.
             The
             Sodomits
             burning
             is
             an
             example
             to
             the
             Ungodly
             ,
             2
             Pet.
             2.
             6.
             
             
               And
               turning
               the
               Cities
               of
            
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             
               into
               ashes
               ,
               condemned
               them
               with
               an
               overthrow
               ,
               making
               them
               an
               example
               unto
               those
               that
               after
               should
               live
               Ungodly
               .
            
          
           
             This
             example
             is
             set
             forth
             both
             to
             reprove
             the
             Ungodly
             ,
             and
             to
             warn
             the
             Ungodly
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             It
             reproves
             the
             Udgodly
             ,
             and
             that
             for
             the
             practice
             of
             such
             Sins
             as
             were
             the
             cause
             of
             
             Sodom's
             ruine
             .
             Such
             as
          
           
             First
             ,
             Pride
             and
             Haughtiness
             ;
             I
             believe
             many
             in
             our
             age
             and
             Nation
             will
             vye
             with
             any
             of
             the
             Sodomits
             of
             old
             for
             ▪
             Devilish
             Pride
             and
             haughty
             spirits
             ▪
             (
             if
             we
             may
             guesse
             at
             the
             pride
             of
             the
             heart
             by
             the
             garbs
             ,
             the
             look
             and
             the
             speach
             ,
             )
             there
             are
             some
             and
             those
             not
             a
             few
             ,
             who
             seem
             to
             have
             outgone
             all
             former
             generations
             ,
             and
             may
             well
             be
             stiled
             the
             First-born
             of
             the
             Devil
             for
             this
             Sin
             ,
             although
             they
             have
             been
             brought
             forth
             at
             the
             later
             end
             of
             the
             World.
             
          
           
           
             What
             shall
             we
             say
             ,
             when
             men
             of
             the
             higher
             rank
             do
             so
             generally
             ▪
             without
             need
             disguise
             and
             hide
             their
             heads
             in
             others
             hair
             ,
             and
             that
             of
             the
             womanish
             length
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             most
             part
             of
             another
             colour
             than
             their
             own
             ;
             and
             when
             woman
             disguise
             and
             hide
             the
             natural
             colour
             of
             their
             faces
             with
             pain●…
             and
             patches
             ?
             what
             shall
             we
             think
             of
             the
             flanting
             apparel
             ,
             the
             Antique
             and
             Apish
             fashions
             ,
             of
             the
             ruffling
             Gallants
             in
             our
             Nation
             ?
             not
             to
             speak
             of
             the
             excessive
             cost
             bestowed
             in
             their
             changeable
             raiment
             ,
             more
             being
             spent
             upon
             one
             suit
             worn
             by
             some
             but
             a
             few
             days
             ,
             then
             would
             be
             sufficient
             to
             cloth
             the
             backs
             and
             fill
             the
             bellies
             of
             some
             scores
             of
             poor
             Christians
             ,
             nor
             to
             insist
             upon
             the
             excessive
             time
             spent
             ▪
             or
             rather
             mispent
             in
             dressing
             ,
             wherein
             some
             do
             consume
             near
             half
             the
             time
             ,
             which
             they
             spare
             from
             the
             bed
             and
             sleep
             .
             What
             shall
             we
             say
             of
             the
             taunting
             language
             ,
             the
             scornful
             and
             reproachful
             speeches
             ,
             which
             some
             do
             fill
             their
             mouths
             withall
             ,
             and
             which
             they
             spit
             forth
             upon
             the
             people
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             that
             because
             of
             their
             holinesse
             and
             likenesse
             unto
             God
             ,
             whereby
             they
             despise
             not
             only
             them
             ,
             but
             also
             him
             whose
             image
             they
             bear
             ?
             what
             shall
             we
             think
             of
             the
             stately
             building
             ,
             the
             excessive
             showes
             and
             flourishes
             without
             ,
             and
             expensive
             furniture
             within
             ,
             and
             that
             when
             those
             houses
             are
             newly
             risen
             out
             of
             their
             ashes
             ▪
             and
             when
             the
             Church
             lyeth
             wast
             ,
             and
             so
             many
             poor
             Families
             are
             brought
             to
             a
             morsel
             of
             Bread
             ?
             what
             do
             these
             things
             with
             many
             more
             ,
             which
             I
             might
             mention
             ;
             signifie
             ,
             but
             that
             pride
             doth
             compasse
             such
             persons
             about
             like
             a
             chain
             ,
             whereby
             they
             are
             enthralled
             and
             captivated
             ;
             and
             let
             me
             say
             this
             ,
             that
             the
             Devil
             hath
             hold
             of
             the
             end
             of
             this
             chain
             ,
             and
             is
             thereby
             dragging
             them
             downwards
             ,
             
             (
             as
             high
             as
             they
             look
             )
             towards
             the
             lowest
             Hell.
             
          
           
             And
             here
             I
             could
             wish
             that
             professors
             of
             Religion
             themselves
             ,
             and
             many
             that
             in
             other
             regards
             do
             fear
             God
             ,
             could
             acquit
             themselves
             from
             the
             guilt
             of
             many
             gross
             outward
             demonstrations
             of
             inward
             prevailing
             Pride
             ;
             I
             will
             not
             say
             that
             all
             who
             have
             false
             hair
             ,
             have
             false
             hearts
             ,
             (
             some
             I
             know
             are
             true-hearted
             ,
             and
             want
             a
             covering
             there
             ,
             )
             and
             that
             all
             who
             are
             very
             curious
             in
             decking
             their
             outside
             according
             to
             the
             fashion
             ,
             are
             wholly
             untrim'd
             and
             unadorn'd
             within
             ▪
             yet
             I
             could
             wish
             that
             the
             art
             of
             Periwig-making
             had
             never
             been
             found
             out
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             French
             modes
             had
             never
             been
             brought
             into
             our
             Nation
             ;
             and
             this
             I
             will
             say
             that
             plain
             apparel
             and
             dresses
             do
             very
             well
             become
             persons
             of
             great
             honour
             ,
             especially
             professors
             of
             Religion
             ;
             that
             it
             is
             very
             unsutable
             to
             the
             times
             for
             any
             to
             bestow
             much
             cost
             on
             ornaments
             ,
             when
             many
             of
             Christ
             members
             want
             necessaries
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             very
             unsutable
             to
             the
             Christian
             profession
             ,
             to
             bestow
             much
             time
             in
             adorning
             the
             body
             ,
             when
             the
             soul
             hath
             more
             need
             ,
             in
             the
             washing
             and
             adorning
             of
             which
             the
             time
             and
             pains
             will
             be
             best
             bestowed
             .
             But
             I
             retire
             to
             the
             reproof
             of
             the
             Ungodly
             ,
             for
             other
             of
             their
             Sodoms
             Sins
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             Fulness
             of
             Bread
             or
             intemperance
             in
             eating
             and
             drinking
             ,
             was
             another
             sin
             which
             Sodom
             was
             charged
             withall
             :
             And
             how
             many
             are
             there
             in
             our
             days
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             charged
             with
             the
             same
             ,
             who
             come
             behind
             none
             in
             this
             Sin
             ?
             we
             read
             of
             the
             Prodigal
             ,
             Luke
             15.
             13.
             who
             wasted
             his
             substance
             with
             riotons
             living
             :
             If
             we
             look
             abroad
             we
             may
             find
             too
             ,
             too
             many
             of
             these
             every
             where
             ,
             whose
             belly
             is
             
             their
             God
             ,
             who
             pamper
             the
             flesh
             ,
             indulge
             and
             enslave
             themselves
             unto
             their
             appetite
             ,
             and
             give
             themselves
             leave
             to
             exceed
             all
             bounds
             in
             their
             riotous
             practices
             ,
             spending
             their
             whole
             time
             and
             substance
             in
             their
             profuse
             living
             .
             See
             how
             the
             Apostle
             setteth
             forth
             riotous
             persons
             ,
             2
             Pet.
             2.
             12
             ,
             13.
             
             This
             reprove
             the
             excesse
             in
             drinking
             ,
             a
             Sin
             more
             in
             use
             amongst
             us
             then
             that
             of
             excesse
             in
             eating
             .
             What
             is
             more
             common
             than
             this
             Sin
             of
             drunkenness
             both
             in
             City
             and
             Countrey
             ?
             how
             many
             are
             there
             that
             guzzle
             ,
             and
             swill
             in
             drink
             without
             measure
             ?
             that
             drench
             and
             soak
             themselves
             with
             Ale
             ,
             &
             other
             strong
             liquors
             ,
             besot
             and
             drown
             their
             natural
             parts
             and
             gifte
             ,
             wasts
             their
             time
             in
             rambling
             up
             and
             down
             to
             Taverns
             and
             Ale-houses
             ,
             consume
             their
             wealth
             ,
             distemper
             their
             bodies
             ,
             and
             provoke
             God
             to
             destroy
             their
             souls
             .
             Wo
             be
             to
             such
             persons
             ,
             Isa.
             5.
             11
             ,
             12
             ,
             13.
             
             Prov.
             23.
             29
             ,
             30.
             
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             Abundance
             of
             Idleness
             was
             the
             third
             Sin
             of
             Sodom
             ,
             and
             when
             did
             this
             Sin
             more
             prevail
             then
             in
             our
             licentious
             age
             ?
             Idleness
             is
             a
             constant
             companion
             of
             intemperance
             ,
             yea
             rather
             the
             Mother
             that
             brings
             it
             forth
             ,
             at
             least
             the
             Nurse
             that
             brings
             it
             up
             ;
             How
             many
             golden
             sands
             of
             time
             do
             the
             most
             suffer
             to
             run
             waste
             ?
             how
             many
             golden
             seasons
             do
             they
             let
             slip
             ,
             wherein
             they
             might
             make
             provision
             for
             eternity
             ?
             did
             but
             they
             know
             the
             worth
             of
             time
             ,
             especially
             of
             the
             harvest
             t●…e
             ,
             the
             Summer-day
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             they
             would
             not
             lavish
             their
             time
             as
             they
             do
             ,
             they
             would
             not
             sleep
             in
             the
             Harvest
             ,
             and
             waste
             the
             whole
             day
             in
             Idleness
             ,
             and
             Sin
             until
             the
             night
             of
             death
             did
             overtake
             ,
             and
             suddenly
             surprize
             them
             ,
             when
             the
             least
             minute
             of
             time
             cannot
             be
             recalled
             ;
             though
             they
             could
             and
             
             would
             give
             ten
             thousand
             Worlds
             for
             it
             .
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             Unmercifulness
             to
             the
             poor
             was
             another
             of
             Sodoms
             sins
             ,
             which
             the
             Ungodly
             are
             chargeable
             with
             here
             ,
             and
             shall
             be
             charged
             with
             and
             condemned
             for
             ,
             at
             the
             day
             of
             Christs
             appearance
             ,
             Math.
             25.
             41
             ,
             42.
             
             It
             is
             no
             wonder
             that
             those
             who
             have
             no
             pitty
             on
             their
             own
             souls
             ,
             should
             have
             their
             bowels
             shut
             up
             against
             the
             poor
             ;
             that
             those
             who
             spend
             so
             much
             on
             their
             lusts
             ,
             should
             not
             spare
             any
             thing
             for
             the
             relief
             of
             other's
             wants
             .
             None
             have
             more
             mar●…le
             bowels
             ,
             than
             those
             who
             have
             the
             hardest
             hearts
             ;
             and
             none
             more
             unmerciful
             than
             those
             which
             are
             most
             Ungodly
             and
             Sinful
             .
          
           
             Fifthly
             ,
             Abominable
             Filthiness
             is
             the
             last
             and
             chief
             Sin
             of
             the
             Sodomits
             .
             And
             if
             the
             skirts
             of
             England
             were
             turned
             up
             ,
             what
             filthiness
             would
             there
             appear
             under
             them
             ?
             It
             is
             a
             shame
             to
             speak
             what
             is
             done
             of
             some
             in
             secreet
             ,
             yea
             too
             many
             declare
             their
             uncleanness
             like
             Sodom
             ,
             and
             are
             not
             ashamed
             to
             practice
             it
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             the
             Sun.
             Whoredom
             and
             Adultrey
             ,
             what
             more
             common
             in
             this
             debauched
             generation
             ?
             Yea
             ,
             I
             wish
             that
             too
             many
             in
             England
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Italy
             be
             not
             guilty
             of
             the
             Sin
             of
             Sodom
             ,
             properly
             so
             called
             ,
             I
             mean
             the
             lusting
             after
             strange
             flesh
             ,
             such
             vile
             affections
             some
             are
             given
             up
             unto
             ,
             through
             the
             just
             Judgement
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             I
             might
             here
             further
             reprove
             the
             Ungodly
             of
             this
             generation
             ,
             for
             some
             Sins
             which
             the
             Sodomits
             did
             fall
             short
             in
             ;
             namely
             ,
             the
             hideous
             Oaths
             and
             blasphemy
             of
             some
             profane
             wretches
             ,
             who
             hereby
             b●…lch
             out
             their
             professed
             enmity
             against
             the
             God
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             offer
             so
             open
             indignity
             unto
             him
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             wonder
             he
             is
             not
             provoked
             to
             rain
             down
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             upon
             them
             ,
             or
             to
             cause
             the
             
             Earth
             to
             open
             its
             mouth
             to
             devour
             them
             ,
             unto
             which
             I
             might
             add
             the
             aggravation
             ,
             which
             the
             Sins
             of
             nominal
             Christians
             receive
             from
             the
             Gospel
             light
             ,
             which
             shineth
             about
             them
             ,
             beyond
             what
             the
             Sodomits
             Sins
             were
             capable
             of
             ,
             which
             rendereth
             their
             Sins
             the
             more
             inexcusable
             and
             abominable
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             God
             :
             but
             I
             hasten
          
           
             II.
             This
             example
             of
             
             Sodom's
             burning
             doth
             warn
             the
             ungodly
             to
             repent
             .
             Repent
             O
             all
             the
             ungodly
             ones
             ,
             and
             turn
             from
             your
             evil
             ways
             ,
             otherwise
             your
             iniquities
             like
             the
             Sodomits
             will
             be
             your
             ruine
             ;
             otherwise
             Gods
             Judgement
             will
             overtake
             you
             ,
             and
             surprize
             you
             ,
             and
             you
             shall
             not
             be
             able
             to
             escape
             ;
             otherwise
             you
             shall
             be
             destroyed
             suddenly
             ,
             and
             that
             without
             remedy
             .
             You
             se●…
             in
             this
             instance
             the
             fruit
             of
             ungodlinesse
             ,
             the
             wages
             of
             Sin
             ,
             the
             bitter
             issue
             and
             effect
             of
             flesh-pleasing
             and
             sensuality
             ,
             you
             see
             that
             God
             can
             be
             angry
             ,
             and
             that
             his
             anger
             doth
             burn
             worse
             than
             fire
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             kindled
             .
          
           
             If
             you
             repent
             not
             ,
             God
             may
             bring
             some
             dreadfull
             temporal
             judgements
             upon
             you
             ,
             you
             have
             seen
             much
             in
             your
             days
             ,
             Plague
             ,
             Fire
             ,
             Sword
             ;
             you
             have
             heard
             of
             more
             in
             former
             days
             .
             You
             know
             not
             what
             further
             calamities
             may
             be
             brought
             upon
             this
             City
             and
             Nation
             ;
             God
             may
             bring
             Plague
             and
             Famine
             together
             ,
             so
             that
             such
             who
             do
             not
             fall
             suddenly
             by
             the
             Plague
             ,
             shall
             be
             consumed
             more
             leasurely
             by
             the
             Famine
             ;
             he
             may
             bring
             a
             Famine
             of
             Bread
             ,
             and
             Famine
             of
             hearing
             the
             Word
             together
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Body
             shall
             starve
             and
             dye
             ,
             and
             the
             Soul
             starve
             and
             be
             damn'd
             ,
             and
             perish
             everlastingly
             ;
             he
             may
             bring
             Fire
             and
             the
             Sword
             together
             ,
             your
             houses
             may
             be
             set
             on
             Fire
             ,
             and
             your
             
             persons
             Massacred
             at
             the
             same
             time
             .
             And
             alas●…
             what
             will
             you
             (
             that
             are
             Ungodly
             )
             do
             in
             a
             time
             of
             general
             calamity
             ?
             if
             the
             Pestilence
             should
             walk
             about
             your
             streets
             ,
             if
             the
             evil
             Arrows
             of
             Famine
             should
             fly
             about
             your
             ears
             ,
             if
             fire
             should
             consume
             your
             houses
             ,
             if
             the
             Sword
             should
             be
             made
             drunk
             with
             your
             Blood
             ,
             if
             Death
             should
             sit
             in
             your
             Windows
             ,
             if
             all
             things
             should
             be
             turned
             into
             uproar
             and
             confusion
             ;
             you
             that
             drink
             in
             iniquity
             like
             Water
             ,
             and
             lade
             your selves
             with
             guilt
             dayly
             ▪
             you
             that
             are
             profane
             and
             ungodly
             ▪
             and
             spend
             your
             time
             in
             idlenesse
             ,
             and
             all
             kind
             of
             luxury
             ,
             sleeping
             in
             the
             Harvest
             ,
             and
             shutting
             your
             ears
             against
             all
             the
             tenders
             of
             grace
             and
             mercy
             ,
             which
             are
             made
             unto
             you
             ;
             what
             wi●…l
             become
             of
             you
             in
             the
             Winter
             of
             affliction
             ?
             what
             comfort
             can
             you
             have
             upon
             a
             Bed
             of
             Sickness
             ?
             what
             refuge
             in
             a
             time
             of
             trouble
             ?
             A
             Godly
             Man
             hath
             his
             ▪
             God
             to
             fly
             to
             ,
             in
             times
             of
             greatest
             danger
             and
             distress
             ,
             and
             there
             he
             shall
             find
             entertainment
             and
             welcome
             ;
             But
             whether
             will
             you
             fly
             ?
             God
             is
             your
             enemy
             ,
             who
             will
             laugh
             at
             your
             calamity
             ,
             Prov.
             1.
             26.
             
             Sinners
             !
             what
             will
             you
             do
             in
             the
             evil
             day
             ,
             which
             may
             overtake
             you
             here
             on
             Earth
             ,
             when
             all
             refuge
             and
             support
             shall
             fail
             you
             ,
             when
             your
             comforts
             and
             enjoyments
             shall
             be
             taken
             from
             you
             ,
             or
             taking
             leave
             of
             you
             ;
             when
             God
             shall
             smite
             you
             ,
             and
             conscience
             bite
             you
             ▪
             and
             Friends
             forsake
             you
             ;
             when
             the
             black
             Catalogue
             of
             your
             Sins
             shall
             be
             spread
             before
             you
             ▪
             and
             grimm
             Death
             shall
             appear
             unto
             you
             ,
             bidding
             you
             come
             down
             into
             the
             Grave
             ,
             and
             the
             Devil
             shall
             wait
             for
             you
             ,
             to
             drag
             you
             down
             into
             Hell
             ;
             O
             the
             confusion
             that
             then
             you
             will
             be
             in
             !
             when
             you
             
             perceive
             that
             you
             cannot
             live
             ,
             and
             you
             dare
             not
             dye
             ;
             when
             you
             feel
             your
             eye
             strings
             crack
             ,
             and
             your
             heart-strings
             break
             ,
             and
             your
             souls
             are
             now
             coming
             forth
             of
             their
             ruinous
             habitation
             ,
             where
             they
             will
             become
             a
             prey
             to
             Devils
             ,
             and
             be
             immediately
             conveyed
             to
             a
             place
             of
             torments
             ;
             think
             ,
             O
             think
             what
             your
             horrour
             is
             like
             to
             be
             here
             if
             awakened
             in
             the
             evil
             day
             ▪
             through
             the
             apprehension
             of
             future
             Judgements
             ?
             what
             then
             will
             your
             horrour
             ●…e
             ,
             if
             you
             do
             not
             repent
             ,
             when
             the
             future
             and
             last
             Judgement
             is
             come
             ,
             and
             Christ
             is
             come
             in
             flaming
             Fire
             ,
             to
             take
             vengeance
             upon
             you
             ,
             and
             he
             shall
             rain
             on
             you
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             ,
             and
             a
             horrible
             Tempest
             :
             but
             of
             this
             more
             ,
             when
             I
             come
             to
             treat
             of
             the
             everlasting
             burnings
             of
             Hell
             ,
             which
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             will
             condemn
             all
             the
             Ungodly
             unto
             at
             the
             last
             day
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             only
             say
             ,
             that
             the
             burnings
             of
             Hell
             will
             not
             only
             exceed
             the
             burnings
             of
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             in
             feirceness
             and
             duration
             (
             as
             through
             Gods
             help
             I
             shall
             show
             in
             the
             third
             discourse
             )
             but
             also
             the
             Fire
             of
             Hell
             will
             be
             more
             intollerable
             by
             you
             ,
             than
             by
             the
             Sodomits
             themselves
             ,
             (
             however
             vile
             Sinners
             they
             were
             )
             Math.
             11.
             24.
             
             
               But
               I
               say
               unto
               you
               that
               it
               shall
               be
               more
               tolerable
               for
               the
               Land
               of
            
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             
               in
               the
               day
               of
               Iudgement
               ,
               than
               for
               thee
               .
            
             As
             your
             Sins
             ,
             who
             have
             enjoyed
             the
             means
             of
             Grace
             ,
             are
             aggravated
             beyond
             the
             Sins
             of
             the
             Sodomits
             in
             this
             respect
             :
             so
             your
             condemnation
             will
             be
             the
             greater
             ,
             and
             your
             punishment
             the
             sorer
             and
             more
             intolerable
             ,
             if
             you
             do
             not
             now
             take
             warning
             to
             repent
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               CHAP.
               IX
            
             .
             Application
             to
             the
             Righteous
             .
          
           
             2
             
             LOt's
             escaping
             out
             of
             the
             overthrow
             of
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             ,
             is
             an
             example
             for
             the
             encouragement
             of
             the
             Righteous
             :
             what
             ever
             judgement
             the
             Lord
             bringeth
             upon
             the
             wicked
             and
             ungodly
             here
             ,
             you
             that
             are
             righteous
             shall
             escape
             ,
             God
             will
             hide
             you
             in
             the
             day
             of
             his
             anger
             ;
             when
             a
             Deluge
             of
             Judgements
             shall
             break
             in
             upon
             the
             ungodly
             ,
             God
             will
             provide
             an
             Ark
             for
             you
             ;
             when
             God
             raineth
             a
             horrible
             Tempest
             of
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             upon
             the
             wicked
             ,
             he
             will
             provide
             a
             Zoar
             for
             you
             .
             God
             will
             either
             keep
             you
             from
             the
             judgement
             it self
             which
             befalleth
             others
             ,
             or
             else
             he
             will
             keep
             you
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             from
             that
             fiery
             indignation
             ,
             which
             is
             mingled
             with
             it
             ;
             be
             sure
             you
             shall
             be
             kept
             from
             the
             horrible
             Tempest
             of
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             ,
             which
             shall
             beat
             upon
             the
             head
             of
             the
             wicked
             at
             last
             ,
             when
             the
             Heavens
             shall
             be
             on
             Fire
             ,
             and
             pass
             away
             with
             a
             great
             noise
             ,
             and
             the
             Elements
             shall
             be
             on
             Fire
             ,
             and
             melt
             with
             fervent
             h●…at
             ,
             and
             the
             Earth
             shall
             be
             on
             Fire
             ,
             and
             all
             things
             here
             below
             in
             flames
             ;
             when
             the
             wrath
             of
             the
             Sin-revenging
             God
             shall
             break
             forth
             like
             a
             Deluge
             upon
             the
             Ungodly
             World
             ,
             and
             they
             shall
             be
             cast
             together
             into
             the
             Lake
             ,
             which
             burneth
             with
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             ;
             Heaven
             shall
             be
             you●…
             Ark
             ,
             your
             Zoar
             ,
             where
             you
             shall
             be
             in
             safety
             ,
             and
             made
             happy
             in
             the
             full
             enjoyment
             of
             God
             unto
             〈◊〉
             eternity
             .
          
           
             Away
             then
             with
             fear
             and
             dread
             ,
             whatever
             the
             f●…owns
             and
             threatnings
             of
             men
             be
             ,
             though
             〈◊〉
             o●…
             
             the
             Ungodly
             may
             inveron
             you
             ,
             though
             the
             wrath
             of
             wicked
             men
             like
             fire
             be
             kindled
             against
             you
             ,
             yet
             being
             righteous
             you
             are
             safe
             ,
             since
             God
             is
             for
             you
             ,
             neither
             men
             nor
             Devils
             shall
             be
             permitted
             to
             do
             you
             real
             hurt
             :
             God
             is
             your
             dwelling
             place
             ,
             and
             God
             is
             your
             hiding
             place
             ,
             you
             are
             under
             his
             wing
             whilst
             you
             remain
             here
             ,
             and
             you
             shall
             hereafter
             lye
             in
             his
             bosom
             for
             ever
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           Fire
           and
           Brimstone
           from
           Earth
           ,
           in
           the
           burning
           of
           Aetna
           ,
           or
           Mount
           Gibel
           .
        
         
           
             
               CHAP.
               I
               ▪
            
             The
             Introduction
             .
          
           
             THe
             History
             of
             Sodom
             and
             
             Gomorrah's
             flames
             and
             destruction
             by
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             from
             Heaven
             may
             seem
             incredible
             unto
             some
             ,
             who
             either
             are
             ignorant
             of
             the
             Infinite
             Power
             of
             God
             ,
             whereby
             he
             can
             do
             whatever
             he
             pleaseth
             ,
             as
             evidently
             appeareth
             in
             the
             mighty
             works
             thereof
             ,
             which
             could
             not
             be
             effected
             without
             the
             hand
             of
             Omnipotency
             ;
             and
             know
             not
             how
             feirce
             and
             hot
             his
             anger
             is
             ,
             which
             burneth
             in
             his
             breast
             against
             Sinners
             ,
             especially
             such
             Sinners
             as
             the
             Sodomits
             were
             ,
             which
             would
             quickly
             put
             the
             whole
             world
             into
             flames
             ,
             did
             not
             his
             infinite
             Patience
             restrain
             it
             for
             a
             while
             from
             breaking
             forth
             in
             it's
             rage
             and
             fury
             :
             or
             wh●…
             give
             no
             credit
             unto
             the
             Divine
             Authority
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             ▪
             (
             of
             whom
             there
             are
             too
             many
             in
             our
             age
             and
             Nation
             ,
             )
             which
             doth
             relate
             this
             judgement
             on
             those
             wicked
             Cities
             ;
             which
             however
             ,
             being
             indeed
             
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             (
             as
             might
             be
             proved
             by
             many
             unaswerable
             Arguments
             ,
             )
             the
             record
             of
             them
             is
             undoubtedly
             true
             ,
             and
             may
             as
             firmly
             be
             believed
             ,
             as
             any
             thing
             may
             certainly
             be
             known
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             object
             of
             sence
             ,
             or
             demonstrable
             by
             reason
             :
             Even
             as
             the
             future
             flames
             of
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             in
             Hell
             are
             discredited
             by
             such
             Atheists
             ,
             and
             Antiscripturists
             ,
             and
             little
             effectually
             believed
             of
             the
             most
             ,
             as
             appeareth
             by
             their
             secure
             walking
             in
             the
             broad
             way
             of
             Sin
             ,
             which
             leadeth
             to
             this
             place
             of
             most
             dreadful
             and
             eternal
             burning
             :
          
           
             Therefore
             by
             way
             of
             Appendix
             unto
             
             Sodom's
             burning
             ,
             and
             by
             way
             of
             Introduction
             unto
             the
             burning
             of
             Hell
             ,
             I
             shall
             treat
             of
             Aetna
             ,
             or
             Mount
             
             Gibel's
             burning
             with
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             out
             of
             the
             bowels
             of
             the
             Earth
             ;
             especially
             in
             the
             eruption
             of
             it
             the
             last
             year
             ;
             which
             being
             a
             thing
             so
             late
             ,
             and
             so
             n●…ar
             ,
             and
             so
             attested
             by
             eye-witniss
             ,
             and
             so
             easily
             disproved
             ,
             yet
             not
             disproved
             ,
             as
             it
             would
             have
             been
             by
             this
             time
             ,
             had
             it
             been
             false
             ;
             I
             suppose
             will
             find
             credit
             with
             the
             most
             ,
             and
             may
             be
             of
             greater
             use
             than
             hath
             as
             yet
             been
             made
             of
             it
             ,
             from
             the
             relation
             we
             have
             had
             so
             barely
             of
             the
             thing
             without
             any
             mention
             made
             of
             the
             name
             of
             God
             ,
             or
             his
             hand
             ,
             or
             the
             end
             which
             he
             may
             have
             in
             such
             wonderful
             and
             stupendous
             burnings
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             from
             the
             soul
             that
             the
             body
             hath
             it's
             life
             and
             motion
             ,
             it
             's
             beauty
             and
             lustre
             ,
             when
             the
             soul
             is
             separated
             ,
             the
             body
             becomes
             a
             carkasse
             breathless
             ,
             lifeless
             ,
             gha●…y
             ,
             and
             subject
             to
             putrefaction
             :
             The
             whole
             world
             is
             full
             of
             God
             :
             
               Praesentemque
               refert
               quaelibet
               herba
               Deum
            
             ,
             every
             pile
             of
             Grasse
             ,
             yea
             the
             meanest
             thing
             which
             is
             the
             object
             of
             our
             eye
             ,
             or
             any
             〈◊〉
             doth
             carry
             an
             Impr●…sse
             of
             God
             ;
             especially
             
             the
             greater
             works
             of
             Creation
             and
             Providence
             do
             bare
             large
             characters
             of
             the
             Deity
             ,
             and
             have
             
               Praise
               unto
               the
               Lord
            
             ,
             written
             more
             legibly
             upon
             them
             :
             and
             although
             God
             be
             not
             the
             Soul
             of
             the
             World
             as
             some
             have
             affirm'd
             ;
             yet
             the
             whole
             Creation
             hath
             it's
             beauty
             from
             him
             ,
             and
             so
             far
             are
             any
             work
             truly
             admirable
             and
             great
             ,
             as
             God
             is
             taken
             notice
             of
             in
             them
             .
             The
             Sun
             ,
             Moon
             ,
             and
             Stars
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             frame
             of
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             are
             most
             great
             and
             illustrious
             ,
             as
             by
             their
             brightness
             and
             motion
             they
             declare
             the
             glory
             of
             the
             Lord
             their
             maker
             and
             ruler
             .
             The
             Earth
             and
             Sea
             ,
             and
             all
             things
             in
             both
             ,
             as
             they
             set
             forth
             Gods
             infinite
             power
             and
             wisdom
             and
             goodness
             ,
             so
             far
             they
             are
             most
             worthy
             our
             observation
             and
             admiration
             .
             All
             the
             good
             things
             we
             receive
             ,
             are
             onely
             so
             far
             truly
             good
             ,
             to
             us
             ,
             as
             we
             perceive
             them
             handed
             to
             us
             by
             God
             ;
             and
             Gods
             hand
             in
             afflictions
             also
             doth
             sweeten
             them
             to
             us
             ,
             when
             we
             are
             perswaded
             of
             the
             Author
             ,
             and
             God's
             love
             and
             design
             for
             our
             good
             in
             them
             .
             To
             leave
             out
             God
             therefore
             in
             the
             consideration
             of
             any
             work
             ,
             is
             to
             leave
             out
             that
             which
             is
             chiefly
             remarkable
             ;
             without
             him
             we
             see
             but
             the
             carkasse
             without
             the
             Soul
             ,
             without
             the
             the
             life
             and
             beauty
             .
          
           
             The
             design
             therefore
             of
             this
             Treatise
             concerning
             
             Aetna's
             late
             burning
             is
             to
             turn
             our
             eye
             upward
             towards
             God
             ,
             that
             we
             take
             notice
             of
             him
             ,
             and
             give
             him
             the
             glory
             of
             this
             work
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             wonder
             of
             all
             ,
             unto
             whom
             the
             notice
             thereof
             hath
             come
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             six
             things
             under
             this
             subject
             ,
             which
             ●…
             .
             shall
             briefly
             creat
             of
             .
          
           
             
               First
               ,
               Concerning
               the
               Mountain
               of
               Aetna
               or
               Gibel
               in
               the
               general
               .
            
             
               
               Secondly
               ,
               Concerning
               the
               Antecedents
               of
               the
               late
               Eruption
               of
               this
               Mountain
               .
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               Corcerning
               the
               eruption
               of
               Fire
               and
               Brimstone
               it self
               from
               the
               Mountain
               .
            
             
               Fourthly
               ,
               Concerning
               the
               concomitants
               of
               this
               eruption
               .
            
             
               Fifthly
               ,
               Concerning
               the
               cause
               of
               this
               eruption
               .
            
             
               Sixthly
               ,
               And
               lastly
               ,
               concerning
               the
               use
               and
               improvement
               ,
               which
               we
               should
               make
               of
               it
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               CHAP.
               II.
            
             Concerning
             the
             Mountain
             of
             Aetna
             or
             Gibel
             in
             the
             general
             .
          
           
             AETna
             is
             a
             Mountain
             in
             the
             Island
             of
             Sicily
             ,
             which
             Island
             is
             inviron'd
             round
             by
             the
             Tyr●…
             Sea
             ,
             but
             a
             small
             distance
             from
             Italy
             ,
             in
             one
             part
             of
             it
             ,
             up
             to
             which
             ancient
             Writers
             think
             it
             was
             joyned
             by
             an
             〈◊〉
             or
             neck
             of
             Land
             ,
             (
             like
             as
             Pelep●…sus
             to
             Greece
             )
             unto
             the
             continent
             of
             Italy
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             violent
             beating
             of
             the
             Sea
             upon
             that
             neck
             was
             devided
             asunder
             〈◊〉
             i●…
             ,
             so
             
               Iustin.
               lib.
            
             4.
             cap.
             1.
             and
             others
             are
             of
             the
             s●…me
             mind
             .
             The
             heigth
             and
             bigness
             of
             this
             Aetna
             or
             Mount
             G●…b
             .
             is
             very
             great
             :
             some
             〈◊〉
             it
             to
             be
             ten
             〈◊〉
             ,
             others
             fifteen
             m●…les
             distant
             from
             the
             head
             and
             top
             above
             ,
             to
             the
             foot
             and
             plain
             〈◊〉
             ●…nd
             perpendicular
             in
             a
             strait
             line
             to
             be
             three
             or
             four
             miles
             .
             Towards
             it's
             head
             it
             is
             rocky
             and
             steep
             ,
             and
             some
             part
             of
             it
             is
             always
             covered
             with
             Snow
             ;
             towards
             the
             middle
             it
             is
             beautifyed
             with
             Trees
             and
             Woods
             ,
             towards
             the
             bottom
             it
             is
             enriched
             with
             Corn
             and
             Vines
             ,
             and
             exceeding
             
             fruitful
             .
             The
             Hill
             hath
             two
             shoulders
             Eastward
             ,
             and
             between
             both
             an
             eminent
             head
             in
             the
             middle
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             seen
             at
             the
             distance
             of
             fifty
             leagues
             (
             as
             some
             affirm
             )
             by
             Sailors
             on
             the
             Sea.
             But
             that
             which
             hath
             rendered
             this
             Mountain
             most
             famous
             ,
             hath
             not
             been
             so
             much
             the
             height
             and
             bigness
             of
             it
             ,
             as
             the
             smoking
             head
             and
             flaming
             mouth
             thereof
             ,
             of
             which
             both
             ancient
             and
             modern
             Authors
             have
             written
             .
             I
             shall
             instance
             in
             some
             few
             .
          
           
             
               D●…genes
               Laertius
            
             in
             his
             8th
             .
             Book
             
               de
               viris
               Philosephorum
            
             maketh
             mention
             of
             Mou●…t
             Aetna
             ;
             into
             the
             〈◊〉
             mouth
             of
             which
             Em●…edocles
             the
             Philosopher
             (
             he
             sai●…
             )
             was
             ●…am'd
             to
             have
             thrown
             himself
             ,
             that
             not
             〈◊〉
             found
             by
             his
             companions
             ,
             they
             might
             think
             he
             was
             translated
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             made
             an
             immortal
             God
             ;
             but
             the
             Fire
             of
             the
             Hill
             casting
             forth
             one
             of
             his
             br●…zen
             San●…ls
             ,
             the
             d●…ceit
             was
             discovered
             ,
             and
             so
             instea●…
             of
             purchasing
             to
             himself
             the
             repute
             of
             a
             God
             ,
             he
             discovered
             himself
             in
             that
             respect
             to
             be
             beneath
             a
             man.
             
          
           
             Hora●…e
             also
             recordeth
             the
             same
             ,
             
               lib.
               de
               Arte
               l'●…etica
            
             .
          
           
             
               —
               
                 Deus
                 immortalis
                 hal
                 eri
              
            
             
               
                 Dum
                 cupit
              
               Empedocles
               
                 ardentem
                 frigidus
              
               Aetnam
            
             
               
                 Insiluit
                 .
              
               —
            
          
           
             
               Empedocles
               ,
               himself
               into
               the
               mouth
               doth
               thr●…w
            
             
               Of
               burning
               Aetna
               ,
               that
               not
               being
               found
               below
            
             
               He
               might
               be
               fam'd
               a
               God
               immortal
               .
               —
            
          
           
             Pliny
             in
             his
             second
             Book
             of
             natural
             History
             doth
             discourse
             of
             this
             Hill.
             
               In
               montium
               〈…〉
            
             Aetna
             
               noctibus
               semper
               ,
               tantoque
               aevo
               ignium
               materiae
               sufficit
               .
            
             Amongst
             the
             miracles
             of
             Mountains
             Aetna
             doth
             flame
             always
             by
             night
             ,
             and
             doth
             afford
             matter
             for
             perpetual
             fire
             .
          
           
           
             Iustins
             in
             his
             4th
             .
             Book
             of
             History
             Chap.
             1st
             .
             giveth
             the
             reason
             why
             
               Aetnae
               Montis
               per
               tot
               secula
               durat
               incendium
               ,
            
             the
             burning
             of
             Mount
             Aetna
             hath
             lasted
             for
             so
             many
             ages
             .
          
           
             Strabo
             in
             his
             sixth
             Book
             of
             Geography
             telleth
             us
             of
             
             Aetna's
             open
             mouth
             ,
             whereby
             it
             doth
             breath
             forth
             flames
             ,
             and
             cast
             forth
             fiery
             stones
             .
          
           
             Ovid
             concerning
             Aetna
             saith
             :
          
           
             
               Flammam
               fero
               vomit
               ore
               .
            
             
               It
               vomits
               fire
               out
               of
               it's
               feirce
               mouth
               .
            
             
               Seneca
               in
               his
               Thyestes
               describeth
               Aetna
            
          
           
             Ignis
             aeternis
             res●…nans
             caminis
             .
          
           
             Resounding
             with
             eternal
             tunnels
             ,
             or
             breathing
             holes
             of
             fire
             .
          
           
             
               Claudian
               de
               raptu
               Proserpinae
               lib.
               1.
               
            
             
               Aetnaeos
               
                 api●…s
                 sols
                 cognoscere
                 visu
              
            
             
               
                 Non
                 aditu
                 tentare
                 licet
              
               —
            
          
           
             
               Quae
               tanta
               cavernas
            
             
               
                 Vis
                 glomerat
                 ,
                 quo
                 fonteruat
              
               Vulcanius
               igni●…
               .
            
          
           
             
               None
               may
               approach
               Mount
               
               Aetna's
               head
               to
               know
            
             
               With
               foot
               ,
               't
               is
               only
               reacht
               with
               th'
               eye
               below
               .
            
             
               Great
               force
               within
               round
               caverns
               makes
            
             
               From
               whence
               rush
               forth
               Vulcanian
               flakes
            
             
               Of
               fire
               ,
               as
               from
               a
               Fountain
               —
            
          
           
             
               But
               Virgil
               giveth
               the
               most
               notable
               decription
               of
            
             
               
               Aetna's
               burning
               in
               his
               third
               Book
               of
               Aeneids
               .
            
          
           
             
               —
               Sed
               horrificis
               juxta
               tonat
               Aetna
               ruinis
               ;
            
             
               Int●…rdumque
               atram
               prorumpit
               ad
               aether
               a
               nubem
               ,
            
             
               Turbine
               fumantem
               piceo
               ,
               &
               candente
               favilla
               :
            
             
               Attollitque
               globos
               slammarum
               ,
               &
               sidera
               lambit
               .
            
             
               Interdum
               scopulos
               ,
               avulsaque
               viscera
               montis
            
             
               Erigit
               eructans
               ,
               liquefactaque
               saxa
               per
               aur
               as
            
             
               Cum
               gemitu
               glomer
               at
               ,
               fundoque
               exaestuat
               imo
               .
            
             
               Fama
               est
               ,
               Enceladi
               semustum
               ful●…ine
               corpus
            
             
             
               Urgeri
               mole
               hâc
               ,
               ingentemque
               insuper
               Aetnam
            
             
               Impositam
               ,
               ruptis
               flammam
               expirare
               caminis
               ;
            
             
               Et
               fessum
               quoties
               mutat
               latus
               intremere
               omnem
            
             
               Murmure
               Trinacriam
               ,
               &
               caelum
               subtexere
               fumo
               .
            
          
           
             
               In
               English
               thus
            
             :
          
           
             
               Through
               horrid
               falls
               within
               ,
               like
               noise
               of
               thunde●…
               ,
            
             
               Mount
               Aetna
               sounds
               as
               if
               't
               would
               break
               asunder
               .
            
             
               Thence
               first
               a
               cloud
               break
               forth
               as
               black
               as
               night
               ,
            
             
               With
               pitchy
               curls
               ,
               with
               sparks
               like
               stars
               to
               sight
               .
            
             
               Then
               follow
               globes
               of
               flames
               ,
               which
               mount
               a
               loft
               ,
            
             
               As
               if
               to
               kisse
               the
               Orbes
               of
               Heaven
               they
               sought
               .
            
             
               The
               bottom-fire
               like
               boiling
               furnace
               glowes
               ,
            
             
               Which
               melts
               the
               hardest
               stones
               ,
               and
               upward
               throwes
            
             
               Great
               Rocks
               through
               th'
               air
               with
               groans
               .
               The
               fame
               doth
               go
            
             
               That
               great
               Enceladus
               do
               lye
               below
            
             
               Who
               being
               thunder-struck
               ,
               and
               on
               him
               thrown
            
             
               Huge
               Aetna
               Mount
               ,
               with
               weight
               to
               keep
               him
               down
               ;
            
             
               When
               weary
               he
               shifts
               sides
               ,
               and
               turns
               about
               .
            
             
               He
               shakes
               the
               Mount
               ,
               his
               breath
               in
               flames
               goes
               out
            
             
               As
               at
               a
               Furnace
               mouth
               ,
               the
               Heavens
               above
            
             
               Are
               cloth'd
               with
               smoak
               .
               Trinacria
               trembles
               —
            
          
           
             I
             shall
             add
             but
             one
             Author
             more
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             of
             a
             late
             Geographer
             ,
             namely
             Varenius
             ,
             who
             in
             his
             first
             Book
             of
             Geography
             ,
             page
             105.
             doth
             both
             describe
             this
             Mount
             ,
             and
             giveth
             relation
             of
             one
             no●…able
             eruption
             of
             fire
             not
             much
             above
             a
             hundred
             years
             since
             .
          
           
             
               Celeberrimus
               est
            
             Aetna
             Siciliae
             
               Mons
               ,
               hodie
            
             Gibel
             ,
             
               e
               cujus
               vertice
               flammae
               &
               fumi
               longissima
               distantia
               in
            
             
             
               Mari
               Mediterraneo
               cernuntur
               .
               Etsi
               continua
               sit
               flammarum
               &
               fumor●…m
               ejaculatio
               ,
               tamen
               interdum
               majori
               impetu
               furit
               ▪
               Anno
            
             1537
             ▪
             
               a
               primo
               die
               Maii
               ad
               duodecimum
               tremuit
               〈◊〉
            
             Sicilia
             ;
             
               deinde
               ingens
               &
               horrendus
               〈◊〉
               &
               fragor
               auditus
               est
               ,
               quasi
               magna
               tormenta
               bellica
               exploder●…tur
               ,
               〈◊〉
               est
               multorum
               aedificiorum
               per
               totam
               insul●…m
               〈◊〉
               .
               Hae●…
               sae●…itia
               per
               undecim
               dies
               cum
               conti●…nasset
               ,
               〈◊〉
               fuit
               ,
               vel
               hiatu
               se
               ap●…ruit
               hic
               ind●…
               terra
               ,
               un●…
               magna
               vis
               s●…amma
               &
               ig●…is
               pr●…rupit
               ,
               qu●…
               intra
               quatuor
               dies
               omnia
               absumpta
               sunt
               &
               〈◊〉
               ,
               quae
               〈◊〉
               ultra
               quinque
               leucarum
               distantia●…
               ab
               Aetna
               aberant
               .
               P●…lo
               p●…st
               crater
               qui
               est
               in
               vertice
               montis
               per
               tres
               int●…gros
               dies
               ingentem
               copiam
               Fa●…illae
               &
               ●…inerum
               ejecit
               ,
               quae
               non
               tantum
               per
               totam
               in●…ulam
               aispersa
               fuit
               ,
               sed
               etiam
               trans
               Mare
               in
            
             Italiam
             
               dela●…
               :
               &
               Naves
               in
               Mari
               cum
               ducentis
               leucis
               a
            
             Sicilia
             
               abessent
               ,
               &
            
             Venetias
             
               tenderent
               damnum
               passae
               sunt
            
             .
             That
             is
          
           
             Aetna
             in
             Sicily
             ,
             now
             called
             Mount
             Gibel
             is
             most
             famous
             ,
             from
             whose
             top
             the
             flames
             and
             smoak
             may
             be
             seen
             at
             a
             very
             great
             distance
             on
             the
             Mediterranean
             Sea
             ;
             and
             although
             the
             casting
             forth
             of
             fire
             and
             smoak
             be
             continual
             ,
             yet
             sometimes
             it
             breatheth
             forth
             with
             more
             force
             and
             fury
             .
             In
             the
             year
             1537.
             from
             the
             first
             day
             of
             May
             until
             the
             12th
             .
             the
             whole
             Island
             of
             Sicily
             trembled
             ,
             and
             then
             was
             heard
             a
             great
             roaring
             and
             cracking
             noise
             ,
             as
             if
             great
             pieces
             of
             Ordinance
             had
             been
             discharged
             ;
             after
             this
             followed
             the
             ruine
             and
             overthrow
             of
             many
             buildings
             thorowout
             t●…e
             whole
             Island
             .
             This
             raging
             continued
             for
             eleven
             whole
             days
             together
             ,
             in
             which
             time
             the
             Earth
             [
             on
             the
             side
             of
             the
             Mount
             ]
             was
             rent
             ,
             and
             opened
             it self
             in
             wide
             clefts
             ;
             from
             whence
             did
             issue
             forth
             flames
             of
             fire
             with
             such
             force
             and
             strength
             
             that
             all
             things
             within
             15.
             miles
             of
             Aetna
             were
             thereby
             consumed
             and
             burnt
             up
             .
             A
             little
             after
             the
             Cup
             which
             is
             on
             the
             top
             of
             the
             Mount
             for
             three
             whole
             days
             together
             did
             cast
             forth
             such
             a
             large
             quantity
             of
             burning
             coals
             and
             ashes
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             dispersed
             not
             only
             throughout
             the
             whole
             Island
             ,
             but
             they
             were
             also
             carried
             over
             Sea
             into
             Italy
             ,
             yea
             some
             Ships
             two
             hundred
             leagues
             from
             Sicily
             received
             damage
             hereby
             in
             their
             voyage
             to
             Venice
             .
             Thus
             Varenius
             .
          
           
             There
             have
             been
             other
             great
             eruptions
             of
             fire
             from
             this
             Mountain
             besides
             what
             is
             ordinary
             ,
             which
             Writters
             record
             ,
             but
             none
             that
             I
             ever
             read
             of
             like
             unto
             this
             last
             ,
             of
             which
             the
             account
             followeth
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               CHAP.
               III.
            
             Concerning
             the
             Antecedents
             of
             the
             late
             eruption
             of
             Mount
             Aetna
             .
          
           
             IT
             was
             on
             Fryday
             night
             the
             eight
             of
             March
             166●…
             .
             that
             a
             great
             noise
             and
             roaring
             was
             heard
             from
             the
             bowels
             and
             mouth
             of
             Mount
             Aetna
             ,
             which
             sounded
             far
             and
             near
             ,
             more
             loud
             and
             dreadful
             than
             that
             of
             great
             Guns
             ,
             in
             the
             Camps
             or
             Ships
             of
             enemies
             ;
             the
             roaring
             of
             the
             Sea
             in
             a
             storm
             when
             it
             lifteth
             up
             its
             Waves
             on
             high
             ,
             and
             dasheth
             them
             with
             violence
             upon
             great
             Rocks
             ,
             and
             lofty
             Shoars
             was
             nothing
             in
             comparison
             ;
             and
             it
             may
             be
             questioned
             whether
             the
             loud
             cracks
             of
             thunder
             ,
             when
             with
             the
             greatest
             fiercenesse
             it
             breaketh
             thorow
             the
             thickest
             cloud
             ,
             did
             ever
             sound
             so
             terribly
             (
             although
             this
             hath
             some
             time
             caused
             great
             men
             full
             
             of
             guilt
             to
             run
             under
             their
             beds
             for
             fear
             )
             as
             this
             roaring
             and
             bellowing
             of
             Mount
             Aetna
             did
             that
             night
             :
             which
             ,
             being
             in
             the
             silent
             night
             ,
             when
             all
             things
             were
             hush
             ,
             and
             other
             noises
             asleep
             ,
             was
             heard
             with
             the
             greater
             plainnesse
             and
             astonishment
             .
          
           
             This
             awakened
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             Catania
             ,
             a
             City
             fifteen
             miles
             distant
             from
             the
             Mount
             ,
             especially
             those
             who
             lived
             upon
             the
             Borders
             and
             sides
             thereof
             ,
             whereby
             they
             were
             surprized
             with
             great
             fear
             ,
             possibly
             much
             as
             the
             wicked
             world
             shall
             be
             ,
             when
             they
             shall
             hear
             the
             sound
             of
             the
             last
             Trumpet
             ,
             summoning
             them
             to
             Judgement
             .
          
           
             The
             roaring
             of
             the
             Mountain
             was
             accompained
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             with
             a
             shaking
             and
             trembling
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             which
             must
             needs
             add
             to
             the
             trembling
             and
             horrour
             of
             the
             people
             who
             dwelt
             there
             about
             .
             The
             City
             of
             Catania
             it self
             did
             feel
             the
             earth
             quake
             ,
             the
             houses
             whereof
             sho●…k
             so
             and
             danced
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             would
             immediately
             have
             tumbled
             from
             their
             foundations
             :
             But
             the
             Earth-quake
             was
             most
             violent
             in
             the
             Countreys
             and
             Villages
             nearer
             unto
             ,
             and
             upon
             the
             sides
             of
             the
             Mountain
             ,
             where
             there
             was
             such
             a
             shaking
             and
             concussion
             ,
             that
             people
             could
             not
             stand
             upon
             their
             legs
             without
             holding
             one
             by
             the
             other
             ,
             but
             reeled
             and
             staggered
             too
             and
             fro
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             had
             been
             overcome
             with
             Drink
             ;
             and
             the
             houses
             of
             many
             were
             so
             cleft
             and
             torn
             ,
             that
             first
             shaking
             out
             their
             Inhabitants
             ,
             who
             with
             all
             speed
             hastned
             out
             of
             them
             ,
             they
             quickly
             tumbled
             to
             the
             ground
             .
             The
             whole
             Town
             of
             Nicolosi
             was
             utterly
             ruin'd
             by
             the
             Earth-quake
             ,
             the
             Towns
             of
             Padara
             and
             Tre-Castager
             were
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             them
             ruin'd
             and
             destroyed
             .
          
           
             The
             sight
             of
             such
             ruines
             before
             the
             eye
             ,
             the
             feeling
             
             such
             motions
             and
             shakings
             under
             the
             feet
             ,
             the
             found
             of
             such
             roarings
             from
             the
             Mountain
             in
             the
             ear
             ,
             surely
             did
             strike
             those
             people
             with
             more
             terrour
             and
             amazement
             ,
             than
             was
             upon
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             London
             ,
             when
             their
             houses
             were
             in
             flames
             before
             them
             ,
             and
             they
             forced
             to
             seek
             their
             lodgings
             in
             the
             Fields
             .
          
           
             Besides
             this
             ,
             the
             ,
             fear
             of
             these
             perplexed
             people
             was
             encreased
             when
             they
             saw
             the
             ground
             to
             cleave
             in
             several
             places
             about
             them
             ,
             and
             the
             Earth
             to
             open
             its
             mouth
             as
             if
             it
             would
             have
             devoured
             them
             ,
             as
             formerly
             the
             Rebellions
             
               Corah
               ,
               Dathan
            
             ,
             and
             Abiram
             were
             swallowed
             up
             .
             This
             put
             them
             upon
             the
             wing
             to
             fly
             with
             all
             hast
             from
             those
             parts
             ,
             who
             in
             great
             amazement
             ,
             with
             hair
             standing
             an
             end
             ,
             joints
             trembling
             ,
             distracted
             looks
             ,
             hardly
             able
             to
             speak
             ,
             brought
             the
             tidings
             of
             these
             things
             to
             the
             City
             of
             Cantania
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               CHAP.
               IV.
            
             Concerning
             the
             Eruption
             it self
             of
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             from
             Mount
             Aetna
             .
          
           
             AFter
             warning
             given
             by
             the
             voice
             of
             the
             Mountain
             ,
             and
             the
             shaking
             of
             the
             Earth
             unto
             people
             to
             fly
             from
             that
             place
             of
             danger
             and
             threat●…d
             ruine
             ;
             on
             Munday
             the
             11th
             .
             of
             March
             ,
             there
             were
             three
             great
             eruptions
             on
             the
             side
             of
             the
             Mountain
             ,
             besides
             the
             smoke
             and
             flames
             which
             issued
             forth
             of
             the
             mouth
             at
             the
             top
             thereof
             :
             the
             breaches
             and
             clefts
             of
             the
             Earth
             were
             a
             half
             of
             a
             mile
             in
             compasse
             (
             as
             afterwards
             g●…sed
             )
             out
             of
             which
             an
             horrible
             burning
             flood
             〈◊〉
             come
             forth
             ,
             
             and
             more
             fiercely
             than
             any
             floods
             of
             Water
             could
             do
             ,
             ran
             down
             the
             sides
             of
             the
             Mount.
             It
             was
             the
             fire
             contained
             before
             within
             the
             bowels
             of
             the
             Mountain
             too
             big
             and
             great
             to
             vent
             it self
             at
             the
             top
             ,
             that
             forced
             it's
             way
             thorow
             the
             sides
             ,
             and
             making
             doors
             for
             it self
             ,
             brak
             forth
             with
             such
             noise
             and
             rage
             as
             was
             terrible
             to
             hear
             and
             behold
             .
          
           
             This
             fire
             in
             its
             first
             vent
             ,
             folding
             it self
             in
             great
             flames
             as
             if
             more
             than
             a
             thousand
             houses
             had
             been
             burning
             together
             ,
             mounted
             up
             towards
             Heaven
             not
             lesse
             (
             as
             was
             judged
             )
             than
             a
             hundred
             Yards
             in
             height
             ;
             which
             was
             accompained
             with
             such
             a
             roaring
             noise
             ,
             far
             beyond
             what
             was
             heard
             before
             at
             the
             mouth
             of
             the
             Hill
             ,
             like
             as
             if
             more
             than
             a
             thousand
             Canons
             or
             great
             pieces
             of
             Ordinance
             had
             been
             at
             once
             discharged
             ;
             and
             there
             withall
             vast
             stones
             were
             shot
             forth
             ,
             some
             of
             them
             three
             hundred
             pound
             weight
             ,
             which
             were
             mounted
             aloft
             very
             high
             in
             the
             Air
             ,
             and
             with
             great
             force
             were
             thrown
             many
             miles
             from
             the
             place
             :
             this
             grew
             into
             a
             furious
             Tempest
             ,
             not
             of
             Rain
             or
             Hail
             ,
             but
             which
             was
             far
             more
             dreadful
             ,
             of
             burning
             coals
             and
             ashes
             ,
             and
             suffocating
             smoke
             which
             beat
             down
             upon
             the
             Countrey
             all
             about
             ,
             something
             like
             that
             rain
             of
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             ,
             which
             fell
             upon
             Sodom
             .
          
           
             But
             that
             which
             was
             most
             notable
             in
             these
             eruptions
             ,
             was
             the
             stream
             and
             flood
             of
             fire
             ,
             which
             in
             liqued
             melted
             matter
             ,
             gushed
             forth
             at
             the
             breaches
             .
             We
             read
             Isa.
             30.
             33.
             
             Of
             a
             stream
             of
             Brimstone
             kindled
             by
             the
             breath
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             runneth
             in
             burning
             Tophet
             :
             Such
             was
             the
             stream
             of
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             which
             came
             forth
             of
             this
             burning
             Mountain
             ,
             the
             flames
             of
             it
             were
             blew
             like
             burning
             brimstone
             ,
             the
             coulour
             of
             it
             fiery
             red
             ,
             like
             melted
             brasse
             ,
             
             the
             motion
             of
             it
             like
             Quick-silver
             ;
             this
             stream
             (
             wherein
             great
             stones
             were
             seem
             to
             swim
             of
             the
             bigness
             of
             an
             ordinary
             Table
             )
             coming
             forth
             at
             the
             sides
             of
             the
             Mountain
             ,
             ran
             down
             like
             a
             mighty
             torrent
             ,
             and
             meeting
             with
             a
             Hill
             devided
             it self
             into
             two
             currents
             ,
             which
             spread
             themselves
             ,
             one
             of
             them
             in
             some
             places
             at
             least
             six
             miles
             in
             breadth
             ,
             and
             was
             judged
             to
             be
             fifteen
             yards
             in
             depth
             .
             In
             its
             progresse
             this
             stream
             ran
             in
             ,
             upon
             a
             Lake
             of
             four
             fathem
             Water
             ,
             and
             four
             miles
             in
             compass
             ,
             which
             it
             both
             filled
             up
             ,
             and
             raised
             a
             Hill
             of
             ragged
             Stones
             and
             Rocks
             upon
             it
             .
             The
             composition
             of
             this
             fiery
             stream
             was
             judged
             to
             be
             Sulphur
             ,
             Nitre
             ,
             Sal
             Armoniac
             ,
             Lead
             ,
             Iron
             ,
             Brass
             ,
             and
             other
             Metals
             ,
             melted
             with
             the
             vehement
             heat
             of
             the
             fire
             .
          
           
             We
             have
             read
             of
             a
             Deluge
             and
             Flood
             of
             Waters
             ,
             which
             drowned
             the
             old
             World
             ;
             and
             other
             lesser
             inundations
             which
             have
             drowned
             particular
             places
             ;
             but
             I
             know
             not
             any
             History
             ,
             which
             giveth
             relation
             of
             a
             Deluge
             and
             Flood
             of
             fire
             ,
             such
             as
             this
             ,
             which
             devoured
             and
             destroyed
             whatever
             lay
             in
             it's
             way
             .
             
               The
               late
               relation
               telleth
               us
               that
               wheresoever
               it
               passed
               ,
               it
               left
               large
               heaps
               of
               it's
               congealed
               matter
               ,
               with
               which
               it
               covered
               and
               burnt
               the
               Earth
               ,
               melting
               the
               Walls
               of
               Castles
               and
               Houses
               ,
               throwing
               down
               all
               before
               it
               ,
               nothing
               being
               found
               able
               to
               resist
               it's
               force
               ,
               or
               quench
               it's
               burning
               ,
               Water
               being
               observed
               rather
               to
               add
               to
               it's
               fury
               :
               Where
               ever
               it
               hath
               passed
               ,
               it
               hath
               left
               dreadful
               marks
               behind
               it
               ,
               levelling
               some
               Hills
               ,
               and
               raising
               others
               ;
               so
               much
               changing
               the
               scituation
               ,
               that
               not
               the
               least
               trace
               of
               any
               place
               or
               Town
               ,
               which
               was
               in
               it's
               way
               ,
               remains
               ,
               nothing
               being
               to
               be
               seen
               ,
               but
               confused
               heaps
               of
               ragged
               stones
               ,
               which
               yeilding
               a
               
               noisom
               fume
               strick
               terrour
               and
               astonishment
               in
               all
               that
               behold
               it
               .
            
          
           
             The
             first
             breaking
             forth
             of
             this
             burning
             Flood
             of
             Fire
             ,
             was
             on
             the
             Munday
             t●…e
             11th
             .
             of
             March
             ,
             which
             in
             it's
             progress
             devided
             it self
             into
             several
             lesser
             streams
             ,
             and
             filled
             the
             whole
             Countrey
             therebout
             with
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             ,
             in
             many
             places
             where
             these
             streams
             did
             come
             great
             flames
             were
             seen
             to
             arise
             together
             ,
             with
             thick
             smoke
             as
             from
             the
             mo●…ths
             of
             so
             many
             great
             Furnaces
             .
          
           
             After
             the
             Flood
             of
             Fire
             was
             come
             down
             the
             Mountain
             ,
             and
             towards
             the
             foot
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             so
             steep
             ,
             it
             did
             not
             move
             ,
             with
             that
             swiftness
             as
             before
             ;
             yet
             nothing
             could
             divert
             it's
             course
             ,
             but
             it
             overturned
             and
             consumed
             all
             where
             ever
             it
             came
             .
             The
             first
             streams
             continued
             their
             course
             for
             twelve
             days
             together
             ,
             and
             after
             hopes
             that
             the
             fury
             was
             now
             spent
             on
             Fryday
             the
             22d
             .
             of
             March
             the
             Mountain
             Aetna
             roared
             and
             thundered
             ,
             smoked
             and
             flamed
             again
             most
             hideously
             at
             the
             mouth
             ,
             shook
             &
             trembled
             throughout
             most
             dreadfully
             unto
             the
             very
             foundations
             ,
             and
             cast
             forth
             such
             heaps
             of
             scinders
             stones
             and
             ragged
             Rocks
             out
             of
             it's
             bosom
             and
             bowels
             ,
             at
             those
             breaches
             before
             made
             in
             it's
             sides
             ,
             that
             they
             grew
             together
             and
             were
             raised
             into
             two
             large
             and
             high
             Hills
             ,
             and
             this
             acccompanied
             with
             another
             stream
             of
             it's
             liquid
             melted
             matter
             ,
             which
             overtook
             the
             former
             currents
             ,
             and
             thrust
             them
             forward
             with
             great
             fury
             .
          
           
             But
             on
             the
             25th
             .
             of
             March
             the
             Mountain
             bellowed
             with
             a
             greater
             noise
             than
             ever
             before
             ,
             and
             was
             shaken
             with
             such
             violence
             and
             force
             ,
             that
             a
             large
             part
             of
             the
             head
             and
             top
             fell
             into
             the
             breast
             a●…d
             bowels
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             depth
             of
             half
             a
             mi●…e
             as
             some
             
             do
             judge
             .
             And
             then
             issued
             forth
             fiery
             streams
             in
             so
             great
             abundance
             ,
             that
             joyning
             forces
             with
             the
             former
             ,
             they
             made
             great
             havock
             and
             desolation
             ,
             destroying
             the
             habitations
             of
             no
             lesse
             than
             seven
             and
             twenty
             thousand
             persons
             :
             the
             Towns
             of
             
               La
               Guardia
               ,
               Malpassa
               ,
               Campo
               Rotundo
               ,
               La
               Potielli
               ,
               Antonino
               ,
               Pietro
               ,
               Mosterbianco
               ,
               Monpileri
               ,
               Falicchi
               ,
               Placchi
               ,
            
             were
             wholy
             consum'd
             and
             ruin'd
             :
             Yea
             ,
             the
             Image
             of
             the
             blessed
             Lady
             of
             the
             Annunciata
             ,
             (
             ●…o
             highly
             reverenced
             by
             the
             Superstitious
             Papists
             ,
             unto
             which
             many
             resorted
             in
             Pilgrimage
             from
             remote
             parts
             )
             was
             not
             spared
             ,
             whatever
             power
             the
             Intercession
             of
             that
             Virgin
             Lady
             hath
             with
             her
             Son
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             for
             persons
             here
             upon
             the
             Earth
             ,
             (
             as
             the
             Papists
             ridiculously
             fancy
             )
             yet
             nothing
             could
             now
             avail
             to
             secure
             her
             Image
             from
             being
             swallowed
             up
             by
             this
             devouring
             fiery
             stream
             ;
             whereby
             all
             may
             see
             that
             there
             was
             no
             difference
             between
             the
             stones
             of
             that
             Image
             ,
             and
             those
             of
             the
             other
             buildings
             in
             that
             place
             which
             equally
             felt
             the
             fo●…ce
             of
             the
             fire
             .
             Other
             places
             were
             ruin'd
             in
             part
             ,
             as
             
               Ma●…calucia
               ,
               Giovanni
               de
               Galermo
            
             ,
             with
             many
             other
             ,
             and
             at
             length
             the
             burning
             streams
             do
             approach
             near
             unto
             Gates
             and
             Walls
             of
             the
             City
             Calania
             ,
             in
             their
             course
             destroying
             Fields
             ,
             Gardens
             ,
             Orchards
             ,
             and
             Vineards
             about
             it
             ;
             which
             filled
             the
             Inhabitants
             with
             such
             fear
             ,
             that
             far
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             them
             removed
             themselves
             and
             their
             goods
             out
             of
             the
             City
             .
             Yet
             what
             ever
             the
             danger
             and
             fear
             was
             ,
             the
             Lord
             preserved
             the
             City
             from
             being
             swallowed
             up
             by
             these
             devouring
             streams
             ;
             part
             of
             these
             streams
             were
             congealed
             on
             the
             Land
             ,
             one
             of
             them
             emptied
             it self
             under
             the
             Wals
             of
             the
             Castle
             into
             the
             Sea
             in
             four
             fathom
             Water
             :
             which
             held
             it's
             current
             in
             the
             Sea
             two
             
             fathom
             high
             above
             it
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             astonishment
             of
             all
             spectatours
             ,
             burned
             in
             the
             Sea
             it self
             for
             a
             great
             while
             ,
             and
             making
             progress
             into
             the
             Sea
             a
             mile
             in
             length
             ,
             and
             a
             mile
             in
             bredth
             ,
             was
             not
             quenched
             by
             the
             water
             of
             the
             Sea
             ,
             until
             having
             spent
             it self
             ,
             it
             did
             of
             it self
             congeal
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               CHAP.
               V.
            
             Concerning
             the
             Concomitants
             of
             the
             Eruption
             and
             burning
             of
             Aetna
             .
          
           
             WHilst
             the
             Mountain
             of
             Aetna
             or
             Gibel
             did
             thus
             vomit
             flames
             of
             fire
             at
             the
             top
             ,
             and
             streams
             of
             fire
             at
             the
             side
             ,
             accompained
             with
             such
             horrid
             noise
             and
             cracking
             in
             the
             Air
             ,
             such
             dreadful
             trembling
             and
             shaking
             of
             the
             Earth
             ;
             other
             things
             also
             were
             very
             observable
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ;
             such
             as
             the
             swelling
             of
             the
             Sea
             unto
             a
             great
             and
             unaccustomed
             height
             ,
             with
             great
             raging
             and
             roaring
             Waves
             ,
             the
             Floods
             of
             Water
             did
             seem
             to
             lift
             up
             their
             heads
             to
             see
             this
             dreadful
             spectacle
             of
             the
             Floods
             of
             fire
             ,
             and
             the
             Waves
             of
             the
             Sea
             did
             lift
             their
             voice
             in
             great
             tumult
             ,
             as
             being
             amazed
             at
             the
             horrid
             aspect
             of
             the
             Waves
             and
             Streams
             of
             Flames
             and
             Brimstone
             .
          
           
             The
             Winds
             also
             ,
             which
             raised
             this
             Tempest
             in
             the
             Sea
             ,
             were
             high
             ,
             having
             broken
             loose
             from
             their
             habitation
             ,
             and
             with
             great
             noise
             and
             blustring
             whirled
             about
             the
             Land
             ,
             in
             fierce
             blasts
             beating
             upon
             the
             houses
             and
             unsheltred
             people
             in
             the
             Fields
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             would
             contend
             for
             force
             with
             the
             raging
             and
             irresistable
             fire
             .
          
           
             The
             Clouds
             were
             gathered
             thick
             in
             the
             Sky
             ,
             and
             arrayed
             the
             Heavens
             with
             black
             attire
             ,
             hiding
             the
             
             comfortable
             and
             refreshing
             beams
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             from
             the
             sight
             which
             if
             sometimes
             it
             deed
             peep
             thorow
             the
             Clouds
             ,
             it
             was
             with
             a
             pale
             countenance
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             had
             been
             struck
             with
             fear
             ,
             and
             dared
             not
             to
             appear
             in
             such
             a
             dismal
             place
             .
          
           
             Storms
             of
             rain
             often
             powred
             down
             from
             the
             Clouds
             ,
             which
             seemed
             in
             compassion
             to
             weep
             ,
             to
             weep
             Floods
             of
             tears
             ,
             endeavouring
             thereby
             to
             contribute
             some
             help
             for
             the
             extinguishing
             of
             the
             flames
             ;
             but
             all
             the
             Rain
             which
             fell
             was
             so
             far
             from
             quenching
             or
             allaying
             ,
             that
             it
             did
             but
             the
             more
             encrease
             and
             exasperate
             the
             fury
             of
             the
             Fire
             ,
             which
             hereby
             burned
             so
             much
             the
             more
             feircely
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             City
             there
             was
             danger
             of
             the
             Houses
             overthrow
             by
             the
             Winds
             and
             Earth-quak
             ,
             or
             their
             being
             devoured
             and
             swallowed
             up
             by
             the
             Deluge
             of
             Fire
             :
             In
             the
             Fields
             and
             Countreys
             there
             was
             danger
             of
             being
             destroyed
             by
             Thieves
             and
             Robbers
             ,
             who
             took
             advantage
             of
             the
             peoples
             confusions
             to
             set
             upon
             them
             ,
             murdering
             many
             ,
             and
             spoiling
             them
             of
             their
             choicest
             things
             ,
             which
             they
             had
             saved
             out
             of
             their
             ruin'd
             houses
             .
          
           
             Great
             was
             the
             dread
             and
             terrour
             ,
             which
             now
             did
             possess
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
             people
             ;
             Our
             Saviour
             foretells
             ,
             Luke
             21.
             25
             ,
             26.
             
             
               That
               on
               Earth
               there
               should
               be
               distresse
               of
               Nations
               with
               perplexity
               ,
               the
               Sea
               and
               the
               Waves
               roaring
               ,
               and
               men●…
               hearts
               failing
               them
               for
               fear
               ,
               and
               for
               looking
               after
               those
               things
               ,
               which
               are
               coming
               upon
               the
               Earth
               .
            
             Such
             was
             the
             distresse
             and
             perplexity
             of
             these
             people
             .
             
               It
               is
               said
               in
               the
               Relation
               ,
               That
               people
               ran
               with
               cryes
               and
               lamentations
               about
               the
               City
               and
               Countrey
               ,
               expecting
               nothing
               but
               to
               be
               swallowed
               up
               ,
               or
               consumed
               by
               the
               Fire
               ,
               having
               no
               other
               apprehensions
               bu●…
               
               of
               death
               ,
               and
               a
               general
               Conflagration
               .
            
          
           
             Had
             the
             Christian
             religion
             taken
             place
             there
             in
             the
             purity
             and
             power
             thereof
             ,
             it
             might
             have
             born
             up
             the
             spirits
             of
             the
             sincere
             ,
             and
             established
             Christians
             against
             overwhelming
             fear
             and
             amazement
             in
             all
             those
             storms
             and
             danger
             ;
             If
             of
             the
             vertuous
             Man
             much
             more
             may
             it
             be
             said
             of
             the
             truely
             Religions
             .
             
               Si
               fracitus
               illabatur
               orbis
               impavidum
               ferient
               ruinae
               ,
            
             though
             the
             frame
             of
             the
             Earth
             and
             World
             should
             crack
             and
             be
             dissolved
             ,
             yet
             such
             a
             one
             would
             be
             undaunted
             under
             it's
             ruines
             ;
             such
             ,
             when
             the
             Mountain
             was
             dissolved
             and
             did
             melt
             with
             fervent
             heat
             into
             Floods
             of
             burning
             Fire
             ,
             might
             look
             upon
             Death
             ,
             (
             the
             utmost
             the
             fire
             could
             bring
             upon
             them
             )
             with
             an
             unappaled
             countenance
             ;
             yea
             ,
             with
             great
             considence
             and
             comfort
             ,
             because
             of
             their
             well-grounded
             hopes
             ▪
             of
             rest
             and
             happiness
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             whose
             habitation
             prepared
             for
             them
             there
             is
             beyond
             the
             reach
             of
             any
             Earthly
             Fire
             to
             consume
             .
          
           
             But
             no
             wonder
             if
             the
             blind
             Superstitious
             Papists
             ,
             whose
             worship
             is
             mingled
             with
             such
             vanity
             and
             Indolatry
             ,
             be
             filled
             with
             such
             dread
             and
             horrour
             ,
             especially
             the
             more
             notorious
             Sinners
             amongst
             them
             :
             surely
             the
             consciences
             of
             the
             most
             are
             now
             awkened
             ,
             the
             stings
             and
             lashes
             whereof
             (
             no
             doubt
             )
             above
             all
             other
             things
             did
             at
             this
             time
             encrease
             their
             terrour
             .
          
           
             But
             what
             course
             do
             they
             take
             for
             the
             diverting
             Gods
             anger
             ,
             which
             so
             visibly
             did
             break
             sorth
             in
             these
             Flames
             and
             Fire
             from
             the
             burning
             Mountain
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             prevention
             of
             the
             threatned
             ruine
             ?
             they
             do
             not
             betake
             themselves
             to
             their
             knees
             ,
             to
             Fasting
             and
             Prayer
             in
             any
             way
             of
             Gods
             prescribing
             ;
             they
             do
             not
             apply
             themselves
             by
             Faith
             unto
             the
             Blood
             of
             
             Christ
             ,
             to
             appease
             the
             wrath
             of
             the
             angry
             God
             No.
             
             
               The
               Relation
               telleth
               us
               that
               The
               Religious
               appeared
               every
               where
               with
               much
               devotion
               ,
               carrying
               in
               Procession
               their
               Reliques
               ,
               especially
               those
               of
               St.
               Agatha
               ,
               the
               famous
               Martyr
               of
               Catania
               ,
               in
               which
               they
               reposed
               no
               small
               confidence
               ,
               followed
               by
               a
               great
               multitude
               of
               people
               ,
               mortifying
               themselves
               with
               Whips
               ,
               and
               other
               signs
               of
               penance
               .
            
             
               And
               at
               another
               time
               .
               The
               Bishop
               of
               the
               place
               followed
               by
               the
               Clergy
               ,
               Secular
               ,
               and
               Regular
               ,
               and
               an
               infinite
               number
               of
               the
               people
               went
               in
               solemn
               Procession
               out
               of
               the
               City
               of
               Catania
               unto
               
                 Monte
                 de
                 St.
                 Sophia
              
               ,
               carrying
               out
               with
               greatest
               Devotion
               ,
               their
               choicest
               Reliques
               ,
               and
               upon
               an
               Altar
               ,
               erected
               in
               view
               of
               the
               Mountain
               exposed
               them
               ,
               where
               they
               celebrated
               Masse
               ,
               and
               used
               exorcismes
               accustomed
               upon
               such
               extraordinary
               occasions
               .
            
          
           
             Thus
             blind
             and
             sottishly
             Superstitions
             these
             people
             are
             ;
             But
             is
             the
             anger
             of
             the
             Lord
             hereby
             appeased
             ?
             No
             ,
             it
             is
             so
             much
             the
             more
             encreased
             ,
             and
             they
             cannot
             charm
             the
             noise
             and
             flames
             of
             the
             Mountain
             with
             all
             their
             Exorcismes
             .
             But
             all
             the
             while
             they
             continue
             in
             their
             Superstitious
             exercices
             .
             
               It
               is
               said
               ,
               The
               Moantain
               ceased
               not
               as
               before
               with
               excessive
               roaring
               to
               throw
               up
               it's
               smoke
               and
               flames
               with
               extraordinary
               violence
               ,
               and
               abundance
               of
               great
               stones
               were
               carried
               thorow
               the
               air
               ,
               some
               of
               them
               falling
               within
               their
               view
               ,
               though
               as
               ten
               miles
               distant
               from
               the
               eruption
               .
            
             This
             was
             an
             open
             rebuke
             of
             them
             for
             their
             Superstition
             ●…o
             odious
             and
             abominable
             in
             the
             ●…ight
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             
               CHAP.
               VI.
            
             Concerning
             the
             cause
             of
             the
             Eruption
             of
             Mount
             Aetna
             .
          
           
             THe
             Supreme
             cause
             of
             the
             flames
             and
             fiery
             streams
             ,
             which
             brake
             forth
             from
             the
             Bowels
             of
             Mount
             Aetna
             ,
             was
             the
             Lord
             ,
             who
             is
             not
             only
             
               Ens
               Entium
            
             ,
             the
             Being
             of
             Beings
             ;
             but
             also
             
               Causa
               Causarum
            
             ,
             the
             Cause
             of
             Causes
             ;
             whatever
             was
             the
             second
             ,
             God
             was
             the
             first
             cause
             all
             the
             works
             of
             Nature
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             being
             effected
             by
             him
             who
             is
             the
             God
             of
             Nature
             ,
             in
             and
             by
             him
             every
             thing
             hath
             as
             it
             's
             being
             ,
             so
             also
             it
             's
             vertue
             and
             operation
             .
             It
             is
             said
             ,
             Iob
             9.
             10.
             
             
               He
               doth
               great
               things
               past
               finding
               out
               ,
               yea
               and
               wonders
               without
               number
            
             ;
             amongst
             the
             
               Mirabilia
               Dei
            
             ,
             the
             wonderful
             works
             of
             God
             ,
             this
             is
             none
             of
             the
             least
             ;
             In
             Miracles
             God
             doth
             work
             more
             immediately
             ,
             and
             in
             wonders
             God
             doth
             work
             more
             remarkably
             than
             in
             ordinary
             works
             .
             Moreover
             this
             Eruption
             of
             Fire
             ,
             which
             made
             such
             a
             dreadful
             devastation
             of
             houses
             carried
             with
             it
             the
             plain
             face
             of
             a
             Judgement
             ,
             and
             every
             judgement
             it
             is
             from
             God
             ,
             as
             the
             Judge
             of
             the
             World
             ;
             God
             is
             in
             no
             wise
             the
             Author
             of
             Sin
             ,
             but
             he
             is
             the
             Author
             of
             all
             penal
             evil
             :
             the
             anger
             of
             the
             Lord
             did
             not
             only
             smoke
             ,
             but
             break
             forth
             into
             a
             Flame
             ;
             it
             was
             the
             breath
             of
             the
             Lord
             that
             did
             kindle
             this
             Stream
             ,
             which
             overturned
             and
             swallowed
             up
             so
             many
             Habitations
             .
          
           
             And
             surely
             ,
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             the
             place
             had
             been
             blowing
             up
             the
             Coals
             of
             Gods
             anger
             before
             by
             their
             Sins
             ;
             It
             was
             not
             without
             cause
             from
             themselves
             
             that
             this
             judgement
             was
             brought
             upon
             them
             .
             The
             distance
             of
             this
             Place
             from
             Rome
             is
             but
             little
             ,
             and
             the
             difference
             between
             them
             in
             Idolatry
             ,
             and
             all
             sort
             of
             wickedness
             is
             reported
             to
             be
             lesse
             ;
             Sicily
             hath
             drunk
             deep
             of
             the
             Cup
             of
             Fornication
             ,
             which
             is
             in
             the
             hand
             of
             the
             Romish
             Whore
             ,
             and
             God
             made
             some
             of
             them
             drink
             something
             of
             the
             Cup
             of
             his
             Wrath
             and
             Indignation
             :
             yea
             ,
             Sodomy
             it self
             is
             of
             frequent
             practice
             in
             those
             parts
             ,
             and
             God
             brings
             ruine
             like
             unto
             that
             of
             Sodom
             upon
             their
             houses
             by
             Streams
             of
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             ,
             though
             through
             infinite
             patience
             their
             persons
             were
             preserved
             .
          
           
             The
             cause
             under
             God
             of
             these
             dreadful
             Eruptions
             was
             the
             Fire
             in
             the
             Bowels
             of
             the
             Mountain
             ,
             which
             meeting
             with
             a
             large
             quantity
             of
             combustible
             matter
             and
             kindling
             it
             ,
             could
             not
             be
             contained
             in
             so
             streight
             room
             ,
             but
             with
             such
             noise
             and
             violence
             brake
             forth
             in
             such
             flames
             and
             streams
             at
             the
             mouth
             and
             sides
             .
          
           
             When
             this
             Fire
             was
             first
             kindled
             is
             not
             known
             ,
             the
             burning
             of
             the
             Mountain
             being
             more
             ancient
             than
             any
             History
             can
             remember
             .
             What
             the
             Poets
             feign
             concerning
             the
             War
             of
             the
             Gyants
             with
             the
             Gods
             and
             their
             casting
             down
             great
             Enceladus
             with
             Thunder
             ,
             and
             keeping
             him
             down
             with
             vast
             Mountains
             ,
             and
             this
             of
             Aetna
             being
             thrown
             upon
             his
             head
             ,
             that
             this
             Fire
             was
             kindled
             by
             his
             hot
             breath
             ,
             is
             as
             ridiculous
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             fabulous
             .
          
           
             Some
             are
             of
             the
             opinion
             that
             there
             are
             Fountains
             of
             Fire
             under
             ground
             as
             well
             as
             of
             Water
             ;
             and
             that
             in
             the
             bosom
             and
             bowels
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             God
             hath
             layd
             up
             Treasures
             of
             this
             Element
             ,
             enclosing
             it
             in
             vast
             Caverns
             ,
             as
             in
             so
             many
             Store-houses
             ;
             which
             Subterranean
             Fire
             they
             assign
             to
             be
             the
             cause
             of
             hot
             
             Bathes
             ,
             and
             that
             Mount
             Aetna
             ,
             as
             also
             Vesuvius
             with
             other
             flaming
             Mountains
             ,
             which
             Geographers
             and
             Travellers
             tell
             us
             are
             to
             be
             seen
             in
             all
             the
             parts
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             are
             the
             breathing
             holes
             of
             this
             Fire
             :
             but
             the
             Scripture
             is
             wholly
             silent
             of
             any
             such
             work
             of
             God
             there
             ;
             we
             read
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             the
             gathering
             together
             of
             the
             waters
             ,
             and
             the
             Fountains
             of
             the
             great
             deep
             ,
             but
             nothing
             of
             any
             Fountains
             of
             Fire
             mingled
             with
             either
             of
             these
             Elements
             ;
             and
             the
             laying
             up
             of
             this
             Element
             in
             store
             ,
             in
             a
             place
             so
             low
             ,
             when
             naturally
             it
             tendeth
             upwards
             ,
             is
             not
             easie
             to
             conceive
             ;
             besides
             who
             ever
             hath
             descended
             into
             the
             depths
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             to
             search
             and
             find
             out
             these
             depths
             of
             Fire
             ?
          
           
             Iustin
             giveth
             other
             reasons
             of
             this
             Fire
             ,
             Lib.
             4.
             
             Ca●…
             .
             1.
             
             
               Est
               antem
               terra
               tennis
               &
               fragilis
               ,
               cavernis
               quibusdam
               ▪
               fistulisque
               ita
               penetrabilis
               ,
               ut
               ventorum
               tota
               ferme
               flatibus
               pateat
               ;
               nec
               non
               &
               ignibus
               generand●…s
               ,
               n●…triendisque
               soli
               ipsius
               naturalis
               materia
               :
               quippe
               intrinsecus
               stratum
               sulphure
               &
               bitumine
               traditur
               :
               quae
               res
               facit
               ut
               spiritu
               cum
               igne
               inter
               interior
               a
               luctante
               ,
               frequenter
               &
               compluribus
               l●…cis
               nunc
               flammas
               ,
               nunc
               vaporem
               ,
               nunc
               ●…umum
               eructet
               .
               Indo
               denique
            
             Aetnae
             
               montis
               per
               tot
               socula
               durat
               incendium
               .
            
             The
             meaning
             in
             brief
             is
             this
             ,
             The
             earth
             in
             that
             place
             being
             so
             thin
             and
             hollow
             ,
             and
             penetrable
             by
             the
             Winds
             and
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             soil
             so
             Sulphurious
             ,
             and
             so
             fit
             matter
             for
             the
             begetting
             and
             nourishing
             of
             Fire
             ,
             the
             motion
             of
             the
             Wind
             closed
             in
             ,
             doth
             kindle
             the
             Fire
             which
             bel●…heth
             forth
             in
             smoke
             and
             flames
             ,
             and
             hence
             it
             is
             that
             the
             burning
             of
             Aetna
             hath
             endured
             for
             so
             many
             ages
             .
             Unto
             which
             he
             addeth
             a
             little
             after
             ,
             speaking
             of
             the
             fall
             of
             the
             Waters
             .
             
               Eade●…
               caus●…
               etiam
            
             Aetnae
             
               Montis
               ●…erpetuos
               ignes
               f●…cit
            
             ;
             
             
               Nam
               aquarum
               ille
               con●…ursus
               ,
               r●…tum
               secum
               spiritum
               in
               imum
               sundum
               trahit
               ,
               atq●…e
               ibi
               suffecat●…
               tamdiutenet
               ,
               donec
               per
               spiramenta
               Terrae
               diff●…sus
               nutrimenta
               ignis
               incendat
               .
            
             The
             cause
             of
             
             Aetna's
             perpetual
             Fire
             is
             from
             the
             great
             and
             perpetual
             fall
             of
             the
             Water
             ,
             near
             at
             hand
             which
             carryeth
             down
             the
             Wind
             and
             Air
             ,
             and
             suffo●…ateth
             it
             at
             the
             bottom
             ,
             whence
             it
             breatheth
             away
             through
             some
             crevices
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             towards
             the
             Mountain
             ,
             and
             this
             kindleth
             and
             bloweth
             up
             the
             Flames
             .
          
           
             Another
             assigneth
             the
             cause
             more
             clearly
             thus
             :
             ●…
             tnam
             
               constat
               ab
               ●…a
               parte
               qua
               Eurus
               &
               Affricus
               flant
               ,
               habere
               speluncas
               ,
               &
               plenas
               Sulphuris
               ,
               &
               ad
               Mare
               deduct
               as
               :
               Haespeluncae
               recipientes
               in
               se
               fl●…ctus
               ventum
               creant
               ,
               qui
               agitatus
               ignem
               gignit
               ex
               Sulphures
               .
            
             Mount
             Aetna
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             that
             way
             which
             the
             East
             and
             South
             wind
             do
             blow
             ,
             hath
             Caverns
             and
             Vaults
             full
             of
             Sulphur
             ,
             which
             reach
             so
             far
             as
             the
             S●…a
             ,
             which
             Vaults
             receiving
             into
             them
             the
             Waves
             of
             the
             Sea
             ,
             Wind
             is
             begot
             hereby
             ,
             which
             Winds
             being
             violently
             moved
             doth
             beget
             the
             Fire
             out
             of
             the
             Sulphur
             ,
             and
             therefore
             afterward
             he
             telleth
             us
             ,
             that
             as
             the
             East
             and
             South
             Wind
             do
             blow
             so
             this
             Mountain
             doth
             more
             on
             lesser
             vomit
             up
             sparks
             and
             fire
             .
          
           
             
               Lucretius
               ,
               Lib.
            
             6.
             doth
             set
             forth
             the
             cause
             ,
          
           
             
               —
               Primum
               totius
               subcava
               Montis
            
             
               Est
               natura
               fere
               ,
               ●…ilicum
               suffulta
               cavernis
               :
            
             
               Omnibus
               est
               porro
               in
               spelu●…eis
               ventus
               &
               are
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               The
               Mountain
               Aetna
               hollow
               is
               throughout
               ,
            
             
               With
               stones
               of
               Flint
               it's
               Cave
               are
               lin'd
               about
               ,
            
             
               Whereby
               it
               is
               held
               up
               ;
               The
               wind
               is
               there
            
             
               In
               every
               Cave
               begot
               by
               moved
               Air
               ▪
            
             
               Through
               motion
               heat's
               engender'd
               i●…
               the
               Earth
               ;
            
             
               Thence
               fire
               springs
               forth
               ,
               and
               flames
               have
               birth
               .
            
             
             
               Besides
               ;
               against
               the
               Mountain's
               Roots
               the
               Main
            
             
               Break
               her
               swoln
               Waves
               and
               swallow
               them
               again
               ;
            
             
               From
               whence
               unto
               the
               top
               of
               it's
               ascent
            
             
               The
               undermining
               Caves
               have
               their
               extent
            
             
               Through
               which
               the
               Bellows
               breath
               ,
               and
               cast
               forth
               flames
            
             
               With
               showers
               of
               stones
               ashes
               .
               —
            
             
               Thus
               concerning
               the
               cause
               of
               
               Aetna's
               burning
               ,
            
             
               which
               as
               to
               the
               second
               cause
               ,
               may
               rather
               be
               guessed
            
             
               at
               then
               fully
               understood
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               CHAP.
               VII
            
             .
             The
             Use
             of
             the
             Burning
             of
             Aetna
             .
          
           
             THese
             late
             dreadful
             Eruption
             of
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             from
             Mount
             Aetna
             ,
             should
             carry
             our
             eyes
             upward
             unto
             God
             the
             Author
             hereof
             .
             The
             Lord
             hath
             been
             lately
             upon
             the
             Earth
             ,
             he
             hath
             shown
             himself
             in
             great
             Majesty
             ;
             a
             Fire
             hath
             devoured
             before
             him
             ,
             and
             it
             hath
             been
             very
             tempestuous
             round
             about
             ;
             a
             smoke
             hath
             gone
             out
             of
             his
             mouth
             and
             Coals
             have
             been
             under
             his
             feet
             ;
             he
             hath
             clothed
             himself
             with
             flames
             ,
             and
             of
             late
             appeared
             very
             terribly
             in
             these
             Europaean
             parts
             ;
             he
             hath
             not
             only
             kindled
             fires
             in
             houses
             and
             Cities
             ,
             turning
             them
             into
             ashes
             and
             ruinous
             heaps
             ,
             but
             he
             hath
             also
             kindled
             a
             fire
             in
             a
             great
             Mountain
             ,
             which
             hath
             broken
             forth
             with
             a
             great
             flame
             .
             We
             read
             Psal.
             27.
             
             
               The
               voice
               of
               the
               Lord
               is
               powerful
               ,
               and
               full
               of
               Majesty
               ;
               the
               voice
               of
               the
               Lord
               is
               upon
               the
               Waters
               ,
               the
               God
               of
               Glory
               thun●…reth
               ,
               the
               voice
               of
               the
               Lord●…
               upon
               many
               Waters
               ;
               the
               voice
               of
               the
               Lord
               shaketh
               the
               Wilderness
               ,
               and
               maketh
            
             Lebanon
             
               to
               Ship
               like
               a
               young
            
             
             Unicorn
             .
             Such
             Majesty
             and
             Power
             hath
             been
             in
             Gods
             voice
             ,
             which
             was
             heard
             from
             this
             Mount
             ;
             the
             voice
             of
             the
             Lord
             hath
             sounded
             from
             the
             Earth
             ,
             the
             God
             of
             Glory
             hath
             thundered
             out
             of
             the
             bowels
             of
             a
             great
             Mountain
             ,
             whereby
             the
             foundations
             thereof
             have
             been
             so
             shaken
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             would
             have
             overturned
             it
             in
             his
             anger
             .
             Formerly
             the
             Lord
             brought
             forth
             streams
             of
             Water
             out
             of
             the
             hard
             Rock
             ,
             and
             lately
             he
             hath
             brought
             forth
             streams
             of
             Fire
             out
             of
             the
             deep
             Earth
             .
             This
             is
             the
             Lord
             's
             doing
             ,
             and
             it
             should
             be
             marvellous
             in
             our
             eyes
             ;
             If
             we
             wonder
             at
             the
             work
             ,
             let
             us
             wonder
             more
             at
             the
             Worker
             ;
             if
             we
             admire
             to
             hear
             of
             such
             floods
             of
             fire
             ,
             we
             have
             more
             reason
             to
             admire
             Gods
             infinite
             Power
             who
             hath
             effected
             this
             .
          
           
             Use
             2.
             
             The
             Relation
             of
             
             Aetna's
             burning
             should
             awaken
             impenitent
             Sinners
             out
             of
             their
             carnal
             security
             ,
             whilst
             they
             consider
             the
             hand
             of
             God
             herein
             ,
             and
             that
             this
             God
             who
             kindled
             such
             a
             Fire
             in
             the
             Mountain
             ,
             is
             highly
             incensed
             against
             them
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             they
             allow
             and
             indulge
             themselves
             in
             any
             Sinful
             practices
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Fire
             of
             Gods
             anger
             which
             is
             kindled
             in
             his
             breast
             against
             them
             ,
             is
             ten
             thousand
             times
             more
             dreadful
             ,
             than
             the
             Fire
             which
             was
             kindled
             in
             the
             bowels
             of
             the
             Mountain
             ,
             yea
             that
             God
             is
             preparing
             the
             Fire
             of
             Hell
             for
             them
             ,
             which
             shall
             burn
             them
             everlastingly
             ,
             if
             they
             do
             not
             repent
             ;
             that
             God
             who
             hath
             power
             to
             kindle
             a
             Fire
             in
             the
             Earth
             ,
             hath
             power
             to
             kindle
             the
             Fire
             of
             Hell
             ,
             and
             he
             that
             hath
             power
             to
             keep
             alive
             the
             fire
             of
             this
             mountain
             for
             some
             thousands
             of
             years
             ,
             hath
             power
             to
             keep
             alive
             the
             Fire
             of
             Hell
             unto
             Eternity
             ,
             this
             he
             can
             do
             ,
             and
             this
             he
             will
             do
             ,
             and
             oh
             how
             fearful
             a
             thing
             will
             it
             be
             ,
             to
             be
             thrown
             into
             everlasting
             
             flames
             !
             (
             of
             which
             more
             largely
             in
             the
             next
             discourse
             .
             )
             Awake
             then
             all
             ye
             Sons
             and
             Daughters
             of
             sleep
             and
             security
             ,
             ye
             children
             of
             night
             and
             darkness
             ,
             and
             all
             ye
             workers
             of
             iniquity
             !
          
           
             Look
             up
             and
             see
             how
             powerful
             and
             terrible
             the
             Lord
             is
             ,
             and
             how
             unable
             you
             are
             to
             make
             resistance
             ,
             when
             once
             his
             hand
             shall
             take
             hold
             on
             vengeance
             ;
             Gods
             anger
             now
             doth
             but
             smoke
             against
             you
             ,
             ere
             long
             it
             will
             break
             forth
             into
             a
             flame
             ,
             which
             will
             burn
             to
             the
             lowest
             Hell
             ,
             and
             never
             shall
             be
             extinguished
             .
          
           
             Let
             me
             therefore
             perswade
             you
             to
             break
             off
             your
             Sins
             by
             repentance
             ,
             and
             apply
             your selves
             to
             Christ
             by
             Faith
             ,
             that
             the
             anger
             of
             the
             Lord
             towards
             you
             may
             b●…
             appeased
             ,
             and
             that
             being
             reconciled
             ,
             you
             may
             escape
             the
             dreadful
             effects
             of
             his
             displeasure
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               CHAP.
               VIII
            
             .
             Concerning
             the
             burning
             of
             London
             that
             may
             be
             .
          
           
             Use.
             3.
             
             THe
             Relation
             of
             
             Aetna's
             burning
             ,
             should
             lead
             us
             unto
             the
             consideration
             of
             the
             
               Burnings
               which
               may
               be
            
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Burnings
               which
               will
               be
            
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             Consider
             the
             
               Burnings
               which
               may
               be
            
             :
             our
             dear
             and
             beloved
             City
             of
             London
             may
             be
             burnt
             again
             with
             fire
             ,
             and
             that
             not
             only
             ●…he
             Suburbs
             and
             Southwark
             ,
             and
             remaining
             Timber
             houses
             ,
             which
             the
             last
             Fire
             spared
             ;
             but
             also
             the
             New-built
             Houses
             of
             Brick
             ,
             many
             of
             them
             have
             been
             tryed
             that
             they
             can
             burn
             ,
             for
             no
             Building
             on
             Earth
             is
             a
             sufficient
             defence
             against
             Fire
             ;
             I
             don't
             think
             we
             are
             in
             danger
             of
             any
             such
             Fire
             as
             that
             of
             Aetna
             ,
             to
             break
             forth
             
             from
             under
             our
             feet
             out
             of
             the
             bowels
             of
             the
             Earth
             ;
             but
             we
             may
             be
             in
             danger
             of
             a
             Fire
             Forged
             in
             Hell
             ,
             I
             mean
             some
             Develish
             wicked
             men
             may
             be
             contriving
             again
             the
             burning
             of
             the
             City
             .
             It
             is
             not
             long
             since
             this
             our
             flourishing
             City
             was
             laid
             wast
             by
             devouring
             flames
             .
          
           
             The
             Depositions
             given
             before
             Magistrates
             ▪
             concerning
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             Papists
             set
             on
             work
             herein
             ,
             are
             not
             forgotten
             ;
             the
             principles
             of
             the
             Papists
             ,
             which
             will
             allow
             them
             to
             murder
             Princes
             ,
             blow
             up
             Parliaments
             ,
             Massacre
             people
             ,
             burn
             Cities
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             Hereticks
             as
             they
             call
             them
             ,
             are
             not
             altered
             .
             The
             attempts
             of
             late
             to
             set
             houses
             in
             the
             City
             on
             Fire
             in
             several
             places
             ,
             have
             been
             made
             evident
             ,
             and
             I
             wish
             that
             there
             be
             no
             cursed
             design
             now
             on
             foot
             ,
             amongst
             such
             vile
             persons
             ,
             to
             burn
             our
             City
             ,
             and
             Massacre
             our
             persons
             together
             ;
             it
             is
             not
             amiss
             for
             us
             to
             think
             what
             may
             be
             ;
             the
             may
             be
             of
             a
             house's
             falling
             down
             upon
             our
             head
             in
             the
             street
             ,
             and
             being
             crushed
             thereby
             to
             pieces
             ,
             (
             as
             some
             have
             been
             )
             ▪
             should
             put
             us
             upon
             continual
             preparation
             for
             death
             ,
             and
             much
             more
             when
             we
             are
             in
             danger
             of
             death
             many
             other
             ways
             .
             If
             you
             should
             hear
             a
             cry
             at
             Midnight
             ,
             
               the
               Papists
               are
               come
            
             ,
             that
             Fire-balls
             are
             flying
             about
             the
             street
             ,
             that
             Fires
             are
             kindled
             in
             several
             parts
             of
             the
             City
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             and
             that
             bloody
             cut
             throats
             stand
             ready
             to
             Butcher
             a
             naked
             people
             ,
             as
             they
             come
             forth
             of
             burning
             Houses
             with
             their
             goods
             .
             If
             you
             should
             hear
             the
             groans
             and
             shreeks
             of
             your
             Neighbours
             ,
             whilst
             they
             are
             cruelly
             Massacred
             by
             the
             hands
             of
             merciless
             villains
             ,
             and
             when
             they
             approach
             your
             doors
             ,
             and
             you
             see
             no
             way
             of
             escaping
             ,
             but
             inevitable
             '
             ●…ath
             is
             before
             you
             ;
             if
             you
             should
             then
             be
             found
             unprepared
             for
             death
             ,
             
             when
             you
             have
             no
             time
             to
             prepare
             ,
             how
             would
             you
             be
             surprized
             ?
             how
             would
             you
             be
             affrighted
             ?
             It
             is
             good
             to
             provide
             for
             the
             worst
             ,
             that
             when
             ever
             death
             doth
             appear
             ,
             in
             whatever
             shape
             it
             may
             not
             prove
             a
             
               King
               of
               Terrours
            
             .
             How
             happy
             are
             those
             who
             have
             made
             their
             Peace
             with
             God
             ,
             when
             some
             men
             will
             not
             be
             at
             peace
             with
             them
             ?
             how
             little
             reason
             have
             those
             to
             fear
             the
             wrath
             of
             any
             here
             ,
             who
             are
             delivered
             from
             the
             wrath
             to
             come
             ?
             how
             safe
             is
             that
             treasure
             ,
             which
             is
             laid
             up
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             far
             beyond
             the
             reach
             of
             Thief
             or
             Rust
             or
             Flames
             of
             Fire
             ?
             get
             clear
             evidence
             of
             these
             things
             ;
             if
             you
             be
             delivered
             out
             of
             the
             snare
             of
             the
             Devil
             ,
             you
             need
             not
             be
             affraid
             of
             the
             snares
             of
             Men
             ;
             if
             you
             be
             not
             in
             danger
             of
             Hell
             ,
             ye
             need
             not
             be
             affraid
             of
             Death
             ;
             if
             you
             have
             well-grounded
             hopes
             ,
             to
             escape
             everlasting
             flames
             ,
             and
             to
             attain
             evealasting
             joys
             through
             your
             Intrest
             in
             Christ
             and
             his
             purchase
             ,
             you
             may
             smile
             at
             the
             flames
             of
             your
             Houses
             ,
             and
             laugh
             at
             destruction
             when
             it
             cometh
             .
             But
             I
             hope
             (
             if
             there
             be
             such
             a
             design
             which
             I
             neither
             do
             ,
             nor
             can
             affirm
             )
             that
             the
             Lord
             will
             prevent
             the
             effusion
             of
             our
             Blood
             and
             Destruction
             of
             our
             City
             ,
             which
             too
             many
             may
             desire
             ▪
             and
             that
             if
             ever
             they
             should
             attempt
             such
             a
             Massacre
             as
             in
             Paris
             ,
             or
             Ireland
             ,
             and
             to
             mingle
             our
             Blood
             and
             Fire
             together
             ,
             that
             the
             Lord
             will
             so
             spirit
             all
             true
             Protestants
             and
             Englishman
             ,
             to
             stand
             up
             so
             in
             their
             own
             defence
             ,
             which
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             and
             Nature
             will
             allow
             ,
             as
             by
             them
             to
             bring
             that
             Destruction
             upon
             themselves
             ,
             which
             they
             may
             endeavour
             against
             against
             all
             Justice
             and
             Law
             ,
             to
             bring
             upon
             Gods
             people
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             Aetna's
             burning
             should
             lead
             us
             to
             the
             consideration
             of
             the
             
               Burnings
               which
               will
               be
            
             :
             There
             
             are
             three
             great
             burnings
             ,
             that
             certainly
             will
             be
             .
          
           
             
               1.
               
               
                 The
                 Burning
                 of
              
               Rome
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 The
                 Burning
                 of
                 the
                 World.
              
               
            
             
               3.
               
               
                 The
                 Burning
                 of
                 Hell.
              
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
               CHAP.
               IX
            
             .
             Concerning
             the
             burning
             of
             Rome
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             WE
             may
             be
             minded
             hereby
             of
             the
             
               Burning
               of
               Rome
            
             ,
             which
             certainly
             will
             be
             ,
             of
             which
             this
             Eruption
             of
             Aetna
             so
             near
             may
             be
             a
             Prognostick
             and
             Fore-runner
             ;
             it
             being
             of
             common
             observation
             amongst
             them
             that
             the
             extraordinary
             eruptions
             of
             this
             Mount
             are
             ominous
             ,
             especially
             unto
             Rome
             .
             That
             Rome
             is
             the
             Babylon
             threatned
             with
             destruction
             and
             Fire
             ,
             will
             be
             evident
             if
             you
             look
             into
             the
             Description
             .
             
               Rev
               ▪
            
             17.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6.
             
             
               And
               there
               came
               one
               of
               the
               seven
               Angels
               ,
               which
               had
               the
               seven
               Viols
               and
               talked
               with
               me
               ,
               saying
               unto
               me
               come
               hither
               ,
               I
               will
               shew
               unto
               thee
               the
               Iudgement
               of
               the
               great
               Whore
               that
               sitteth
               upon
               many
               Waters
               ,
               with
               whom
               the
               Kings
               of
               the
               Earth
               have
               committed
               Fornication
               ,
               and
               the
               Inhabitants
               have
               been
               made
               drunk
               with
               the
               Wine
               of
               her
               Fornication
               .
               So
               he
               carried
               me
               away
               in
               the
               spirit
               into
               the
               Wilderness
               :
               And
               I
               saw
               a
               Woman
               sit
               upon
               a
               Scarlet-coloured
               Beast
               ,
               full
               of
               names
               of
               Blasphemy
               ,
               having
               seven
               Heads
               ,
               and
               ten
               Horns
               :
               And
               the
               Woman
               was
               arrayed
               in
               Purple
               and
               Scarlet
               colour
               ,
               and
               de●…ked
               with
               Gold
               and
               Precious
               Stones
               ,
               and
               Pearls
               ,
               having
               a
               Golden
               Cup
               in
               her
               hand
               ,
               full
               of
               Abomination
               and
               Filthiness
               of
               her
               Fornication
               .
               And
               upon
               her
               Fore-head
               was
               a
               name
               Written
               :
            
             Mystery
             Babylon
             ,
             The
             Great
             ,
             The
             Mother
             of
             Harlots
             ,
             and
             Abominatio●…
             
             of
             the
             Earth
             .
             
               And
               I
               saw
               the
               Woman
               drunken
               with
               the
               Blood
               of
               the
               Saints
               ,
               and
               with
               the
               Blood
               of
               the
               Martyrs
               of
               Iesus
               .
            
             That
             this
             Decription
             is
             applicable
             unto
             the
             Papacy
             of
             
               Rome
               ▪
            
             and
             to
             no
             other
             is
             evident
             from
             every
             part
             thereof
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             explained
             by
             the
             Angel
             in
             this
             same
             Chapter
             ,
             and
             fulfilled
             as
             to
             every
             particular
             in
             the
             Popedom
             .
             We
             are
             not
             to
             understand
             it
             of
             one
             particular
             Pope
             ,
             but
             of
             the
             whole
             Race
             and
             Succession
             of
             them
             ,
             who
             are
             called
             the
             great
             Whore
             ,
             sitting
             upon
             many
             Waters
             ,
             with
             whom
             the
             Kings
             of
             the
             Earth
             committed
             Fornication
             ,
             &c.
             signifying
             the
             spiritual
             Fornication
             ,
             committed
             by
             them
             with
             her
             ,
             or
             the
             Idolatry
             which
             she
             draweth
             them
             unto
             the
             practice
             of
             .
             The
             Waters
             are
             the
             People
             ,
             which
             she
             hath
             under
             subjection
             .
             The
             Scarlet-Coloured
             Beast
             she
             sitteth
             upon
             ,
             having
             seven
             Heads
             ,
             and
             ten
             Horns
             ,
             is
             the
             great
             City
             of
             Rome
             ,
             and
             the
             state
             thereof
             ;
             the
             seven
             Heads
             signifie
             seven
             Mountains
             on
             which
             Rome
             was
             built
             ,
             therefore
             called
             
               Septi-collis
               Roma
            
             ,
             Seven-hill'd
             Rome
             .
             Moreover
             the
             City
             is
             described
             to
             be
             the
             City
             which
             then
             Reigned
             over
             the
             Kings
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             City
             of
             Rome
             the
             Emperial
             Seat
             at
             that
             time
             ;
             the
             ten
             Horns
             signifie
             the
             Kings
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             which
             give
             their
             power
             to
             the
             Pope
             for
             his
             support
             .
             This
             Whore
             is
             called
             Babylon
             ,
             the
             great
             the
             Mother
             of
             Harlots
             ;
             who
             maketh
             the
             Nations
             drunk
             ,
             with
             the
             Wine
             of
             her
             Fornication
             ,
             and
             who
             her self
             is
             drunk
             with
             the
             Blood
             of
             Saints
             and
             Martyrs
             .
             And
             to
             whom
             can
             this
             be
             applyed
             ?
             but
             unto
             the
             Pope
             ,
             who
             doth
             intoxicate
             so
             many
             Nations
             as
             with
             Wine
             or
             potions
             ,
             whence
             it
             cometh
             to
             pass
             that
             they
             wallow
             in
             the
             Filthiness
             of
             Spiritual
             Fornication
             ;
             and
             who
             hath
             shed
             so
             much
             of
             the
             
             Blood
             of
             Saints
             ,
             for
             the
             Testimony
             of
             Jesus
             ,
             against
             the
             Romish
             Superstition
             and
             Idolatry
             .
             I
             should
             digress
             too
             far
             to
             apply
             all
             the
             parts
             of
             this
             description
             with
             other
             descriptions
             in
             the
             Revelations
             ,
             and
             of
             Anti-Christ
             in
             the
             Thessalonians
             unto
             the
             Pope
             of
             Rome
             ,
             as
             I
             might
             do
             and
             prove
             by
             unanswerable
             Arguments
             ,
             that
             the
             Pope
             is
             the
             Anti-Christ
             ,
             and
             Rome
             Spiritual
             Babylon
             ;
             That
             which
             here
             chiefly
             we
             should
             mind
             is
             the
             Judgement
             of
             this
             great
             Whore
             ,
             It
             is
             said
             ,
             Ver.
             6.
             
             
               The
               ten
               Horns
               which
               thou
               sawest
               upon
               the
               Beast
               ,
               shall
               hate
               the
               Whore
               ,
               and
               shall
               make
               her
               desolate
               and
               naked
               ,
               and
               shall
               eat
               her
               Flesh
               and
               burn
               her
               with
               Fre.
            
             And
             again
             Chap.
             18.
             throwout
             we
             have
             the
             destruction
             and
             burning
             of
             Babylon
             ,
             or
             Rome
             ,
             set
             forth
             at
             large
             ,
             Ver.
             2.
             
             Babylon
             
               the
               great
               is
               fallen
               ,
               is
               fallen
               ,
               Ver.
            
             4.
             
             
               Come
               out
               of
               her
               my
               people
               ,
               that
               ye
               pertake
               not
               of
               her
               Plagues
               ,
               Ver.
            
             7.
             
             
               As
               she
               hath
               glorifyed
               her self
               and
               lived
               deliciously
               ,
               so
               much
               torment
               and
               sorrow
               give
               her
               .
               Ver.
            
             8.
             
             
               Her
               plagues
               shall
               come
               in
               one
               day
               ▪
               and
               she
               shall
               be
               utterly
               burnt
               with
               fire
               ,
               for
               strong
               is
               the
               Lord
               God
               who
               judgeth
               her
               .
            
             The
             Kings
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             that
             committed
             Fornication
             with
             her
             ,
             and
             Merchants
             and
             Ship-masters
             shall
             bewail
             her
             ,
             when
             they
             see
             the
             smoke
             of
             her
             burning
             ,
             Ver.
             9.
             
             But
             in
             Heaven
             there
             shall
             be
             joy
             .
             The
             Lord
             will
             rejoice
             ,
             the
             Prophets
             and
             Apostles
             will
             rejoice
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Saints
             will
             rejoice
             ,
             in
             the
             vengeance
             which
             shall
             then
             be
             taken
             upon
             Her.
             Ver.
             20.
             
          
           
             Rome
             was
             standing
             and
             did
             rejoice
             when
             London
             was
             burning
             ,
             and
             I
             hope
             London
             will
             be
             standing
             ,
             and
             much
             more
             rejoice
             when
             Rome
             is
             burning
             ;
             London
             was
             burnt
             but
             in
             part
             ,
             Rome
             shall
             be
             utterly
             burnt
             with
             Fire
             ;
             London
             after
             it's
             burning
             is
             rebuilt
             
             in
             a
             great
             measure
             ,
             but
             Rome
             shall
             never
             be
             rebuilt
             after
             this
             burning
             .
             This
             Babylon
             when
             it
             falleth
             ,
             shall
             never
             rise
             more
             .
             Ver.
             21.
             
             
               And
               a
               mighty
               Angel
               took
               up
               a
               stone
               like
               a
               great
               Mile-stone
               ,
               and
               cast
               it
               into
               the
               Sea
               :
               saying
               ,
               Thus
               with
               violence
               shall
               that
               great
               City
            
             Babylon
             
               be
               thrown
               down
               ,
               and
               shall
               be
               found
               no
               more
               at
               all
               .
            
             As
             a
             great
             Mile-stone
             thrown
             into
             the
             midst
             of
             the
             Sea
             is
             overwhelmed
             with
             Water
             ;
             so
             shall
             Rome
             be
             overwhelmed
             with
             Fire
             :
             and
             as
             a
             Mile-stone
             cannot
             be
             raised
             and
             drawn
             out
             of
             the
             Sea
             :
             so
             Rome
             when
             burnt
             shall
             never
             be
             raised
             again
             out
             of
             it's
             ashes
             and
             ruines
             .
          
           
             Dreadful
             will
             the
             destruction
             of
             Rome
             be
             ,
             when
             the
             time
             of
             her
             barning
             is
             come
             ;
             those
             which
             stand
             a
             far
             off
             ,
             for
             fear
             of
             her
             torment
             ,
             (
             who
             have
             been
             friends
             to
             her
             )
             shall
             lament
             ;
             what
             lament●…tions
             then
             will
             there
             be
             ,
             by
             such
             as
             shall
             be
             found
             in
             the
             place
             it self
             ,
             when
             it
             shall
             be
             set
             on
             Fire
             about
             their
             eares
             ?
             when
             the
             Pope
             and
             Cardinals
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             Inhabitants
             of
             that
             Filthy
             and
             Abominably
             wicked
             City
             ,
             shall
             be
             consumed
             together
             ,
             (
             as
             is
             likely
             )
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             the
             flames
             ;
             O
             the
             hideous
             out-crys
             which
             then
             will
             be
             made
             in
             every
             street
             ▪
             when
             they
             are
             surrounded
             with
             Fire
             on
             all
             sides
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             no
             way
             left
             for
             them
             to
             escape
             ;
             when
             their
             Houses
             and
             Wealth
             ,
             and
             Persons
             shall
             be
             consumed
             ,
             together
             by
             the
             devouring
             flames
             ;
             when
             God
             by
             such
             a
             dreadful
             fire
             on
             Earth
             shall
             convey
             them
             down
             to
             the
             more
             dreadful
             fire
             of
             Hell.
             
          
           
             Then
             the
             Lord
             will
             avenge
             all
             the
             blood
             of
             his
             Saints
             ,
             which
             under
             the
             Anti-Christian
             tyranny
             hath
             been
             shed
             ,
             for
             so
             many
             generations
             ;
             then
             he
             will
             avenge
             all
             the
             Idolatry
             Pride
             ,
             Covetousness
             .
             Oppression
             ,
             Blasphemy
             ,
             Filthiness
             ,
             Cruelty
             ,
             and
             
             Wickedness
             of
             Rome
             together
             .
             When
             the
             Grape
             ●
             of
             this
             Vine
             are
             fully
             ripe
             ,
             the
             Angel
             with
             his
             sharp
             Sicle
             will
             cut
             it
             ,
             and
             throw
             it
             into
             the
             Winepress
             of
             Gods
             wrath
             ,
             where
             it
             shall
             be
             squiesed
             and
             crusht
             to
             pieces
             .
             When
             their
             iniquities
             are
             full
             ,
             then
             their
             ruine
             shall
             come
             .
          
           
             And
             surely
             the
             time
             is
             not
             far
             off
             ;
             I
             am
             much
             of
             the
             perswasion
             ,
             that
             this
             generation
             shall
             not
             passe
             away
             before
             God
             will
             accomplish
             what
             he
             hath
             threatn'd
             concerning
             R●…nes
             burning
             and
             destruction
             ;
             the
             last
             Sands
             of
             the
             hour
             of
             Gods
             Patience
             seem
             to
             be
             running
             ;
             the
             forty
             and
             two
             months
             seem
             to
             be
             expiring
             ,
             and
             the
             two
             witnesses
             civilly
             slain
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             ,
             are
             arising
             ,
             and
             then
             Rome
             will
             quickly
             be
             fa●…ling
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               CHAP.
               X.
            
             Concerning
             the
             burning
             of
             the
             World.
             
          
           
             2
             BY
             the
             burning
             of
             Mount
             Aetna
             ,
             we
             may
             be
             minded
             also
             of
             the
             
               burning
               of
               the
               World
            
             ,
             I
             mean
             the
             last
             general
             conslagration
             of
             the
             World
             at
             the
             end
             thereof
             :
             whether
             
             Aetna's
             burning
             be
             a
             Prognostick
             of
             
             Rome's
             burning
             is
             not
             so
             certain
             ;
             but
             that
             it
             is
             a
             Prognostic
             of
             the
             Worlds
             burning
             and
             dissolution
             by
             Fire
             ,
             may
             be
             proved
             from
             Scripture
             ,
             as
             Luke
             21.
             11.
             
             Where
             our
             Saviour
             foretelling
             his
             Disciples
             what
             the
             signs
             should
             be
             of
             his
             coming
             ,
             and
             the
             end
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             amongst
             Wars
             ,
             Pestilences
             Earth-quakes
             ,
             doth
             reckon
             up
             
               fearful
               sights
            
             ,
             as
             one
             Fore-runner
             ,
             and
             I
             verily
             think
             there
             hath
             not
             been
             a
             more
             fearful
             sight
             ,
             since
             the
             days
             of
             our
             Saviour
             ,
             then
             this
             of
             the
             Eruption
             of
             Fir●…
             and
             
             Brimstone
             from
             this
             flaming
             Mountain
             ;
             the
             Inhabitant
             ▪
             of
             the
             place
             expected
             a
             general
             conflagration
             then
             ,
             but
             we
             may
             well
             say
             ,
             that
             this
             fearful
             sight
             is
             a
             Fore-runner
             of
             it
             foretold
             by
             Christ
             ,
             and
             therefore
             should
             put
             us
             in
             mind
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             notice
             of
             this
             great
             and
             universal
             burning
             of
             the
             World
             we
             have
             not
             from
             reason
             ,
             but
             from
             the
             Scripture
             ;
             the
             clearest
             and
             fullest
             place
             to
             prove
             this
             is
             
               2
               Pet.
            
             3.
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7.
             
             
               By
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               the
               Heavens
               were
               of
               Old
               ,
               and
               the
               Earth
               standing
               out
               of
               the
               Water
               and
               in
               the
               Water
               ;
               Whereby
               the
               World
               that
               then
               was
               being
               overflowed
               with
               Water
               ,
               perished
               :
               But
               the
               Heavers
               and
               Earth
               which
               are
               now
               by
               the
               same
               Word
               are
               kept
               in
               store
               ,
               reserved
               unto
               Fire
               ,
               against
               the
               day
               of
               Iudgement
               ,
               and
               perdition
               of
               Ungodly
               men
               .
               And
            
             Ver.
             10.
             
             
               The
               day
               of
               the
               Lord
               will
               come
               as
               a
               Thief
               in
               the
               Night
               ,
               in
               the
               which
               the
               Heavens
               shall
               passe
               away
               with
               a
               great
               noise
               ,
               and
               the
               Elements
               shall
               melt
               with
               fervent
               heat
               ,
               the
               Earth
               also
               ,
               and
               the
               works
               that
               are
               therein
               shall
               be
               burnt
               up
               .
            
          
           
             
               Here
               Note
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               That
               as
               the
               World
               of
               old
               was
               drowned
               by
               Water
               :
               so
               that
               the
               World
               that
               now
               is
               shall
               be
               consumed
               by
               Fire
               ;
               as
               certainly
               as
               the
               former
               was
               ;
               s●…
               certainly
               the
               later
               shall
               be
               ,
               and
               as
               dreadful
               as
               the
               Flood
               was
               to
               Sinners
               on
               that
               day
               :
               so
               dreadful
               and
               much
               more
               dreadful
               will
               the
               Fire
               be
               to
               Sinners
               on
               the
               last
               day
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               It
               is
               by
               
                 the
                 Word
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
              
               that
               this
               general
               Conflagration
               shall
               be
               effected
               ,
               by
               the
               Word
               of
               the
               Lord
               the
               World
               was
               made
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               Word
               of
               the
               Lord
               the
               World
               was
               Drown'd
               ,
               and
               
               by
               the
               Word
               of
               the
               Lord
               the
               world
               shall
               be
               burn'd
               .
               In
               his
               word
               he
               hath
               foretold
               it
               ,
               and
               by
               his
               Word
               he
               will
               effect
               it
               .
            
             
               
                 Thirdly
                 ,
                 The
                 Heavens
                 and
                 Earth
              
               are
               said
               to
               be
               
                 reserved
                 in
                 store
                 for
                 fire
              
               ;
               when
               the
               Old
               World
               was
               drowned
               ,
               it
               was
               only
               the
               Earth
               and
               Inhabitants
               thereof
               ,
               the
               Heavens
               were
               untouch'd
               ,
               and
               the
               Earth
               also
               did
               remain
               undissolved
               ,
               and
               the
               same
               Earth
               did
               appear
               afterwards
               ,
               when
               the
               Flood
               was
               drawn
               off
               by
               God
               :
               but
               at
               the
               last
               day
               the
               Heavens
               and
               Earth
               too
               shall
               be
               dissolved
               by
               Fire
               ;
               not
               by
               subterranean
               Fire
               as
               some
               imagine
               ,
               and
               that
               ,
               as
               when
               the
               World
               was
               drowned
               ,
               the
               Fountains
               of
               the
               great
               deep
               were
               opened
               ,
               and
               the
               Waters
               kept
               before
               in
               Store-houses
               were
               brought
               forth
               ,
               which
               overwhelmed
               the
               Earth
               :
               so
               that
               there
               are
               Fountains
               of
               Fire
               in
               the
               bowels
               of
               the
               Eatth
               ,
               and
               that
               there
               it
               is
               kept
               in
               Store-houses
               ,
               all
               which
               then
               shall
               be
               opened
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               fire
               shall
               break
               forth
               in
               a
               more
               dreadful
               flame
               then
               ever
               was
               seen
               at
               Mount
               Aetna
               ,
               and
               set
               the
               whole
               Fabrick
               of
               the
               World
               on
               ●…ire
               .
               For
               as
               was
               said
               before
               we
               read
               nothing
               of
               this
               in
               the
               Scripture
               ;
               it
               is
               said
               ,
               that
               the
               Heavens
               and
               Earth
               are
               kept
               in
               store
               for
               Fire
               ,
               but
               it
               is
               not
               said
               that
               fire
               is
               kept
               in
               store
               for
               them
               .
               B●…sides
               how
               can
               we
               conceive
               that
               any
               Subterranean
               fire
               should
               have
               power
               to
               reach
               and
               dissolve
               the
               Heavens
               ?
            
             
               Fourthly
               ,
               The
               time
               of
               this
               burning
               of
               the
               World
               shall
               be
               at
               
                 the
                 day
                 of
                 Iudgement
                 and
                 perdition
                 of
                 the
                 Ungodly
                 ,
              
               called
               Ver.
               10.
               
               
                 The
                 day
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
              
               ,
               It
               will
               be
               at
               the
               day
               of
               Christ
               appearance
               to
               Judgement
               ,
               when
               he
               shall
               be
               revealed
               from
               Heaven
               ,
               with
               his
               mighty
               Angels
               in
               flaming
               fire
               to
               take
               vengeance
               on
               the
               Ungodly
               World
               :
               having
               first
               raised
               up
               the
               
               Righteous
               from
               the
               dead
               ,
               and
               gathered
               them
               together
               from
               the
               four
               Winds
               ,
               and
               called
               them
               up
               into
               the
               Clouds
               ,
               and
               openly
               acknowledged
               and
               acquitted
               them
               ,
               and
               set
               them
               in
               a
               place
               of
               safty
               (
               for
               as
               Noah
               and
               his
               Family
               were
               hid
               from
               the
               Deluge
               of
               Water
               in
               the
               Ark
               :
               so
               the
               Lord
               will
               hide
               all
               the
               Righteous
               under
               his
               wing
               from
               the
               Fire
               ,
               )
               and
               having
               examined
               and
               Sentenced
               the
               wicked
               unto
               Eternal
               perdition
               ;
               then
               most
               probably
               will
               the
               time
               be
               of
               his
               setting
               the
               World
               on
               fire
               ,
               and
               that
               all
               the
               wicked
               of
               all
               Generations
               will
               remain
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               those
               flames
               ▪
               until
               the
               whole
               be
               consumed
               ,
               except
               themselves
               ,
               who
               will
               be
               then
               cast
               into
               a
               place
               of
               more
               dreadful
               burning
               ,
               I
               mean
               the
               everlasting
               fire
               of
               Hell.
               
            
             
               The
               time
               cannot
               be
               far
               off
               ,
               the
               Lord
               will
               come
               very
               shortly
               ,
               
                 Yet
                 a
                 little
                 while
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 that
                 shall
                 come
                 will
                 come
                 ,
                 and
                 will
                 not
                 tarry
                 ,
                 Heb.
              
               10.
               37.
               
               And
               the
               Lord
               will
               come
               suddenly
               ,
               
                 as
                 a
                 Thief
                 in
                 the
                 night
                 ,
                 Ver.
              
               10.
               
               When
               the
               World
               is
               secure
               ,
               and
               doth
               no
               more
               expect
               it
               ,
               than
               the
               old
               World
               did
               the
               Flood
               ▪
               or
               the
               Sodomits
               did
               the
               fire
               ,
               then
               the
               Lord
               will
               come
               .
            
             
               Fifthly
               ,
               Here
               is
               a
               more
               particular
               description
               of
               the
               burning
               of
               the
               World.
               It
               is
               said
               Ver.
               10.
               
               
                 The
                 Heavens
                 shall
                 〈◊〉
                 away
                 with
                 a
                 great
                 noise
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Elements
                 shall
                 melt
                 with
                 fervent
                 heat
                 ,
                 the
                 Earth
                 also
                 and
                 the
                 the
                 works
                 that
                 are
                 therein
                 shall
                 be
                 burnt
                 up
                 .
              
               And
               Ver
               ,
               II.
               
                 All
                 these
                 things
                 than
                 be
                 dissolved
                 .
              
               The
               Heavens
               shall
               be
               in
               flames
               ,
               and
               the
               frame
               of
               them
               crack
               with
               a
               hideous
               noise
               ,
               far
               beyond
               whatever
               before
               did
               ●…ound
               in
               the
               ear
               of
               any
               mortal
               ,
               and
               like
               a
               great
               scroll
               they
               shall
               be
               rolled
               together
               ,
               and
               fly
               away
               out
               of
               sight
               ;
               all
               the
               Elements
               also
               shall
               feel
               the
               force
               of
               this
               fire
               ,
               and
               hereby
               be
               melted
               and
               consumed
               
               into
               nothing
               ,
               the
               Elementary
               fire
               and
               air
               ,
               and
               water
               ,
               shall
               all
               melt
               with
               this
               fervent
               heat
               and
               evaporate
               ,
               so
               as
               to
               be
               no
               more
               ;
               but
               especially
               the
               earth
               and
               works
               thereof
               shall
               be
               the
               subject
               of
               these
               burnings
               ,
               all
               the
               Buildings
               ,
               all
               the
               houses
               and
               Towns
               and
               Cities
               of
               the
               world
               shall
               be
               on
               fire
               together
               ,
               all
               the
               great
               and
               vast
               Mountains
               shall
               be
               in
               flames
               ;
               yea
               and
               the
               great
               Woods
               ,
               Plains
               ,
               and
               Fields
               ,
               and
               the
               whole
               Earth
               from
               the
               very
               bottom
               of
               it's
               foundation
               shall
               be
               on
               fire
               ,
               and
               be
               burnt
               up
               .
            
             
               O
               what
               a
               dreadful
               fire
               will
               this
               be
               !
               it
               will
               be
               dreadful
               to
               behold
               it
               ,
               how
               dreadful
               will
               it
               be
               then
               to
               feel
               it
               !
               to
               be
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               it
               !
               as
               the
               wicked
               shall
               be
               in
               their
               passage
               to
               the
               eternal
               flames
               of
               Hell
               ;
               when
               they
               shall
               see
               the
               Heavens
               on
               fire
               ,
               and
               the
               air
               on
               fire
               ,
               and
               the
               Water
               on
               fire
               ,
               and
               the
               Earth
               on
               fire
               ,
               Cities
               on
               fire
               ,
               and
               Fields
               on
               fire
               ,
               and
               themselves
               on
               fire
               ,
               Head
               ,
               Back
               ,
               Breast
               ,
               Belly
               ,
               Hands
               ,
               Arms
               ,
               Legs
               ,
               Feet
               ,
               every
               part
               on
               fire
               ,
               and
               that
               such
               a
               fire
               though
               it
               doth
               torment
               them
               ,
               yet
               that
               shall
               not
               be
               able
               to
               consume
               them
               ;
               when
               they
               see
               the
               Heavens
               ,
               which
               have
               endured
               so
               long
               to
               melt
               ,
               stones
               to
               be
               broken
               ,
               and
               the
               hardest
               mettals
               to
               be
               dissolved
               by
               the
               fervent
               heat
               of
               this
               fire
               ,
               and
               yet
               their
               bodies
               made
               so
               strong
               ,
               that
               their
               flesh
               shall
               not
               be
               consumed
               hereby
               ;
               O
               how
               fearful
               will
               this
               be
               !
               tongue
               cannot
               utter
               ,
               thought
               cannot
               conceive
               ,
               the
               anguish
               of
               the
               wicked
               on
               this
               day
               ,
               and
               in
               this
               place
               of
               fire
               ▪
               Mr.
               Doolittle
               in
               his
               Book
               of
               Rebukes
               ,
               doth
               Patheticplly
               set
               forth
               the
               wo
               of
               the
               Ungodly
               through
               this
               fire
               ,
               from
               page
               297.
               to
               p.
               305
            
             
               See
               the
               inference
               which
               the
               Apostle
               doth
               draw
               from
               the
               consideration
               of
               these
               flames
               ,
               which
               shall
               burn
               the
               world
               .
               2
               Pet.
               3.
               11.
               
               
                 Seeing
                 then
                 that
                 all
              
               
               
                 these
                 things
                 shall
                 be
                 dissolved
                 ,
                 what
                 manner
                 of
                 persons
                 ought
                 ye
                 to
                 be
                 in
                 all
                 holy
                 Conversation
                 and
                 Godliness
                 ?
              
               Unto
               which
               add
               the
               14th
               .
               Vers.
               
                 Wherefore
                 (
                 be
                 loved
                 )
                 seeing
                 ye
                 look
                 for
                 these
                 things
                 ,
                 be
                 diligent
                 ,
                 that
                 ye
                 may
                 be
                 found
                 of
                 him
                 in
                 peace
                 without
                 spot
                 and
                 blameless
                 .
              
            
             
               1.
               
               Look
               to
               your
               state
               ,
               that
               you
               be
               Godly
               persons
               ,
               that
               you
               be
               regenerate
               ,
               and
               have
               the
               Image
               &
               likeness
               of
               God
               upon
               you
               ,
               such
               will
               be
               safe
               and
               out
               of
               the
               reach
               of
               these
               flames
               at
               that
               day
               ;
               but
               wo
               be
               to
               the
               Ungodly
               they
               cannot
               escape
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Look
               to
               your
               conversation
               ,
               that
               it
               be
               Holy
               ,
               that
               you
               be
               Holy
               in
               all
               manner
               of
               Conversation
               ,
               1
               Pet.
               1.
               15.
               
               These
               great
               burnings
               and
               dissolution
               of
               all
               things
               ,
               should
               take
               off
               your
               heart
               from
               the
               World
               ,
               which
               ere
               long
               will
               be
               in
               flames
               ,
               and
               quicken
               you
               unto
               a
               holy
               and
               circumspect
               walking
               ;
               that
               when
               the
               Lord
               doth
               appear
               ,
               you
               may
               be
               found
               of
               him
               in
               paece
               ,
               without
               spot
               and
               blameless
               ;
               and
               then
               you
               shall
               be
               taken
               to
               inhabit
               the
               new
               Heavens
               ,
               and
               new
               Earth
               ,
               those
               glorious
               mansions
               ,
               which
               the
               Lord
               will
               prepare
               for
               his
               people
               ,
               where
               you
               shall
               have
               the
               presence
               of
               the
               Lord
               with
               you
               for
               evermore
               .
            
             
               The
               third
               burning
               which
               will
               be
               ,
               is
               the
               
                 burning
                 of
                 Hell
              
               ,
               of
               which
               in
               the
               next
               discourse
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           Fire
           and
           Brimstone
           in
           Hell
           ,
           to
           Burn
           the
           Wicked
           .
        
         
           
             Psal.
             11.
             6.
             
          
           
             Upon
             the
             wicked
             he
             shall
             rain
             Snares
             ▪
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             ,
             and
             an
             horrible
             Tempest
             ,
             this
             shall
             be
             the
             portion
             of
             their
             Cup.
             
          
        
         
           
             
               CHAP.
               I.
            
             The
             Introduction
             .
          
           
             THe
             flames
             and
             fiery
             Streams
             ,
             which
             were
             rained
             down
             from
             Heaven
             upon
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             formerly
             ,
             and
             which
             issued
             forth
             from
             the
             Earth
             in
             the
             Eruptions
             of
             Mount
             Aetna
             lately
             ,
             are
             but
             shaddows
             of
             the
             future
             flames
             ,
             and
             like
             painted
             fire
             in
             comparison
             ,
             with
             the
             streams
             of
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             ,
             which
             in
             Hell
             shall
             burn
             the
             wicked
             eternally
             .
             For
             as
             the
             Glory
             of
             Heaven
             (
             whilst
             we
             are
             in
             the
             dark
             Vale
             of
             this
             World
             )
             doth
             far
             exceed
             all
             conception
             ,
             and
             therefore
             cannot
             be
             set
             forth
             in
             full
             by
             any
             description
             ;
             but
             as
             one
             saith
             ,
             whoever
             attempts
             to
             speak
             of
             an
             Heavenly
             state
             ,
             while
             himself
             is
             upon
             the
             Earth
             ,
             his
             discourse
             of
             that
             must
             needs
             be
             like
             the
             dark
             Dreams
             and
             Imaginations
             of
             a
             Child
             ,
             concerning
             
             the
             affairs
             of
             this
             World
             ,
             while
             it self
             is
             yet
             swadled
             and
             cradled
             in
             the
             Womb
             ;
             and
             the
             Apostle
             Paul
             himself
             ,
             though
             he
             had
             been
             rapt
             up
             unto
             the
             third
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             had
             such
             discoveries
             made
             unto
             him
             there
             ,
             that
             he
             wanted
             words
             to
             utter
             what
             they
             were
             ,
             as
             2
             Cor.
             12.
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4.
             
             Yet
             acknowledgeth
             that
             he
             understood
             like
             a
             Child
             ,
             and
             had
             but
             daak
             views
             of
             this
             Glory
             ,
             even
             as
             thorow
             a
             glass
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             13.
             11
             ,
             12.
             
             So
             also
             the
             torment
             of
             Hell
             through
             that
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             ,
             which
             shall
             burn
             the
             wicked
             ,
             is
             beyond
             all
             thought
             to
             imagine
             ,
             or
             words
             to
             express
             ;
             and
             when
             we
             have
             strained
             our
             conceptions
             unto
             the
             highest
             pitch
             ,
             when
             we
             have
             made
             use
             of
             the
             most
             dreadful
             and
             tremendous
             things
             that
             ever
             came
             to
             our
             eyes
             or
             eares
             ,
             or
             any
             way
             to
             our
             understanding
             to
             help
             us
             in
             the
             forming
             notions
             to
             our selves
             of
             the
             horrible
             punishment
             ,
             which
             the
             damned
             shall
             endure
             in
             the
             unquenchable
             flames
             of
             Hell
             fire
             ;
             all
             doth
             fall
             beneath
             and
             far
             short
             of
             the
             thing
             ,
             all
             our
             views
             hereof
             by
             any
             representations
             ,
             being
             like
             our
             sight
             of
             colours
             in
             the
             night
             ,
             which
             if
             not
             in
             whole
             ,
             yet
             in
             the
             greatest
             part
             do
             fly
             from
             our
             sight
             and
             disappear
             .
          
           
             Yet
             since
             we
             are
             capable
             of
             understanding
             such
             future
             things
             ,
             only
             by
             shaddows
             and
             representations
             ,
             and
             nothing
             can
             represent
             future
             burnings
             in
             Hell
             so
             well
             ,
             as
             the
             greatest
             burnings
             that
             have
             been
             upon
             the
             Earth
             ,
             therefore
             we
             may
             receive
             some
             help
             by
             the
             Relation
             of
             Sodom
             and
             
             Aetna's
             Storms
             and
             Streams
             of
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             ,
             to
             conceive
             something
             of
             those
             ,
             whereby
             the
             wicked
             in
             Hell
             shall
             eternally
             be
             tormented
             .
          
           
             
             Doct.
             
               That
               an
               horrible
               Tempest
               of
               Fire
               and
               Brimstone
               ,
               God
               will
               Rain
               upon
               the
               wicked
               in
               Hell
               ,
               as
               their
               deserved
               Portion
               .
            
          
           
             In
             treating
             of
             this
             great
             subject
             ,
             I
             shall
             show
             ,
          
           
             
               First
               ,
               That
               there
               is
               such
               a
               place
               as
               Hell
               ,
               where
               the
               wicked
               shall
               be
               tormented
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               That
               it
               is
               a
               place
               of
               Fire
               and
               Brimstone
               .
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               What
               are
               the
               properties
               of
               this
               fire
               .
            
             
               Fourthly
               ,
               Who
               are
               the
               persons
               that
               shall
               eternally
               burn
               in
               these
               flames
               .
            
             
               Fifthly
               ,
               The
               reason
               of
               the
               eternal
               torment
               of
               the
               wicked
               by
               these
               flames
               .
            
             
               Sixthly
               ,
               And
               lastly
               ,
               And
               chiefly
               I
               shall
               endeavour
               to
               improve
               this
               Doctrine
               in
               some
               Uses
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               CHAP.
               II.
            
             That
             there
             is
             such
             a
             place
             as
             Hell
             ,
             where
             the
             wicked
             shall
             be
             tormented
             .
          
           
             THe
             blind
             Heathen
             were
             perswaded
             of
             this
             ;
             for
             however
             they
             were
             ignorant
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             his
             first
             coming
             to
             redeem
             the
             World
             ,
             as
             also
             of
             the
             Resurrection
             ,
             and
             his
             second
             coming
             to
             Judge
             the
             World
             ;
             yet
             by
             the
             light
             of
             nature
             and
             reasonings
             from
             thence
             ,
             they
             arrived
             to
             the
             understanding
             of
             a
             Deity
             ,
             who
             was
             both
             just
             and
             good
             ,
             as
             also
             that
             the
             soul
             was
             immortal
             ,
             and
             that
             both
             rewards
             and
             punishment
             were
             prepared
             for
             the
             souls
             of
             men
             after
             this
             life
             ,
             according
             as
             they
             were
             found
             ,
             either
             vertuous
             or
             vicious
             ;
             and
             therefore
             as
             they
             did
             feign
             such
             a
             place
             as
             Elizean
             Fields
             ,
             where
             the
             vertuous
             
             should
             spend
             an
             eternity
             in
             pleasures
             :
             So
             also
             a
             place
             called
             Tartarum
             ,
             or
             Hell
             ,
             where
             the
             vicious
             and
             impious
             should
             be
             eternally
             tormented
             .
             This
             Tartarum
             the
             Poets
             did
             set
             forth
             with
             many
             fictions
             ,
             to
             affright
             people
             from
             vicious
             practices
             ▪
             such
             as
             of
             the
             four
             Lakes
             of
             
               Acheron
               ,
               St●…x
               ,
               Phlegethon
            
             ,
             and
             Cocytus
             ,
             over
             which
             Charon
             in
             his
             Boat
             did
             waft
             over
             the
             departed
             souls
             ;
             of
             the
             three
             Judges
             
               Aeacus
               ,
               Minos
            
             ,
             and
             Rhadamanthus
             ,
             who
             were
             to
             call
             the
             souls
             to
             an
             account
             .
             and
             judge
             them
             to
             their
             state
             ;
             of
             the
             three
             furies
             
               Tisophone
               ,
               Megaera
            
             ,
             and
             〈◊〉
             ,
             who
             lashed
             guilty
             souls
             to
             extort
             confession
             from
             them
             :
             of
             Cerberus
             the
             Dog
             of
             Hell
             with
             three
             Heads
             ,
             which
             would
             let
             none
             come
             forth
             ,
             when
             once
             they
             were
             in
             ;
             and
             of
             several
             sorts
             of
             punishment
             inflicted
             ,
             Iron
             chains
             ,
             horrid
             stripes
             ,
             gnawing
             of
             vultures
             ,
             wheels
             ,
             rowling
             great
             stones
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             .
          
           
             Take
             part
             of
             
             Virgil's
             Description
             of
             this
             place
             ,
             which
             he
             feigneth
             Aeneas
             to
             have
             visited
             ,
             Lib.
             6.
             
          
           
             
               
                 Hâc
                 iter
              
               Elisium
               
                 nobis
                 :
                 at
                 l●…eva
                 malorum
              
            
             
               
                 Exercet
                 p●…nas
                 ,
                 &
                 ad
                 impia
                 Tartara
                 mittit
              
            
             
               Respicit
               Aeneas
               
                 subito
                 ,
                 &
                 sub
                 rupe
                 sinistr
              
               â
            
             
               
                 Maenia
                 lata
                 vidit
                 ,
                 triplici
                 circundata
                 muro
                 :
              
            
             
               
                 Quoe
                 rapidus
                 flammis
                 ambit
                 torrentibus
                 amnis
              
            
             
               Tartarens
               Phlegethon
               ,
               
                 torquetque
                 sonantia
                 saxa
              
               :
            
             
               
                 Tisiphoneque
                 sidens
                 ,
                 pal●…
              
               à
               
                 succincta
                 cruent
              
               à
               ,
            
             
               
                 Vestibulum
                 insomnis
                 servat
                 nosttesque
                 ,
                 diesque
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Hinc
                 exandiri
                 gemitus
                 ,
                 &
                 s●…va
                 sonare
              
            
             
               
                 Verbera
                 ,
                 tum
                 stridor
                 ferri
                 ,
                 tractaeq●…e
                 catenae
                 .
              
            
             
               This
               way
               unto
               Elisium
               leads
               ,
               where
               such
               do
               dwell
            
             
               As
               have
               liv'd
               vertuously
               ,
               th'
               other
               leads
               to
               Hell
               ,
            
             
               Where
               wickedness
               is
               punished
               .
               
               Aeneas's
               eye
            
             
               Turns
               quick
               unto
               the
               left-hand-Rock
               ,
               and
               there
            
             
               
            
             
             
               Great
               structures
               closed
               in
               with
               triple
               Wall
               about
               ▪
            
             
               This
               compass'd
               by
               Tartarian
               Plegethon
               throughout
            
             
               With
               feirce
               and
               fiery
               streams
               ,
               with
               noise
               like
               stones
               on
               shore
            
             
               Rowled
               by
               Waves
               of
               Sea.
               On
               th'threehold
               of
               the
               ●…or
            
             
               Which
               lets
               into
               the
               place
               Tisiphone
               doth
               sit
            
             
               Awake
               ,
               both
               day
               and
               night
               to
               watch
               and
               look
               to
               it
            
             
               Girt
               with
               Red-pall
               .
               Here
               he
               did
               hear
               the
               noise
               of
               chains
               ,
            
             
               The
               sound
               of
               cruel
               lashes
               ,
               th'groans
               and
               cryes
               from
               pains
            
             
               Which
               they
               endur'd
               within
               —
            
          
           
             Although
             most
             of
             these
             things
             which
             we
             may
             find
             in
             many
             Poets
             ,
             and
             other
             Heathen
             Authors
             are
             fictions
             of
             their
             own
             brain
             ,
             yet
             that
             there
             is
             such
             a
             place
             as
             Hell
             is
             real
             ,
             and
             the
             punishment
             real
             ,
             and
             far
             beyond
             whatever
             any
             of
             the
             Heathens
             could
             imagine
             it
             to
             be
             :
             Therefore
             let
             us
             consult
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             which
             will
             give
             clearer
             light
             in
             this
             thing
             ,
             where
             God
             ,
             who
             hath
             made
             and
             prepared
             Hell
             for
             the
             wicked
             ,
             hath
             made
             known
             the
             thing
             ,
             and
             threatned
             to
             punish
             the
             wicked
             there
             everlastingly
             .
             Look
             into
             the
             Old
             Testament
             ,
             Psal.
             9.
             17.
             
             
               The
               wicked
               shall
               be
               turned
               into
               Hell
               ,
               and
               all
               Nations
               which
               forget
               God.
            
             I
             know
             that
             the
             Original
             word
             for
             Hell
             ,
             namely
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             doth
             signifie
             the
             Grave
             ;
             but
             here
             it
             must
             have
             a
             further
             signification
             than
             that
             of
             the
             Grave
             ,
             since
             it
             is
             appropriated
             unto
             the
             wicked
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             forget
             God
             ,
             otherwise
             ,
             it
             might
             as
             truely
             be
             said
             ,
             that
             the
             righteous
             shall
             be
             turned
             into
             Hell
             ,
             and
             those
             that
             remember
             and
             fear
             ,
             and
             love
             ,
             and
             serve
             God
             ,
             for
             they
             shall
             be
             turned
             into
             the
             Grave
             .
             So
             Isa.
             14.
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             15.
             
             
               How
               art
               thou
               fallen
            
             
             
               from
               Heaven
            
             (
             speaking
             of
             the
             King
             of
             
               Babylon
               ,
               )
               O
            
             Lucifer
             
               Son
               of
               the
               morning
               ,
               thou
               hast
               said
               in
               thine
               heart
               I
               will
               ascend
               into
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               exalt
               my
               Throne
               above
               the
               Stars
               of
               God
               ;
               yet
               thou
               shalt
               be
               brought
               to
               Hell
               ,
               to
               the
               sides
               of
               the
               pit
               .
            
             That
             Hell
             here
             is
             not
             to
             be
             understood
             of
             the
             Grave
             only
             ,
             but
             of
             the
             place
             also
             where
             the
             wicked
             shall
             be
             tormented
             will
             appear
             ,
             if
             you
             compare
             this
             pla●…
             with
             Isa.
             30.
             33.
             
             Where
             the
             Prophet
             speaking
             of
             the
             same
             King
             of
             Babylon
             saith
             .
             Tophet
             
               is
               ordained
               of
               Old
               ,
               yea
               for
               the
               King
               it
               is
               prepared
               ▪
               〈…〉
               made
               it
               deep
               and
               large
               ,
               the
               pile
               thereof
               is
               〈◊〉
               much
               Wood
               ,
               the
               breath
               of
               the
               Lord
               like
               a
               〈◊〉
               of
               Brimstone
               doth
               kindle
               it
               .
            
             Which
             descripti●…
             is
             applicable
             unto
             no
             place
             ,
             but
             that
             place
             of
             everlasting
             burnings
             ,
             which
             the
             Lord
             hath
             prepared
             for
             the
             wicked
             .
             Indeed
             Tophet
             was
             a
             real
             place
             upon
             the
             Earth
             ,
             where
             some
             Idolatrous
             Israelites
             did
             offer
             up
             their
             Children
             in
             sacrifice
             to
             Malec
             ;
             but
             here
             Hell
             is
             called
             Tophet
             ,
             in
             allusion
             to
             that
             place
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             shreeks
             and
             cryes
             which
             the
             damned
             shall
             make
             there
             worse
             than
             the
             children
             did
             in
             Tophet
             ,
             when
             they
             were
             Sacrificed
             by
             their
             cruel
             Parents
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             New
             Testament
             it
             is
             most
             clear
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             such
             a
             place
             as
             Hell
             prepared
             both
             for
             the
             soul
             and
             body
             of
             the
             wicked
             ,
             to
             be
             tormented
             in
             .
             Math.
             5.
             29
             ,
             30.
             
             
               And
               if
               thy
               right
               eye
               offend
               thee
               ,
               pluck
               it
               out
               and
               cast
               it
               from
               thee
               ;
               it
               is
               profitable
               for
               thee
               that
               one
               of
               thy
               members
               should
               perish
               ,
               and
               not
               that
               thy
               whole
               body
               should
               be
               cast
               into
               Hell
               ;
               and
               if
               thy
               Right
               hand
               offend
               thee
               ,
               cut
               it
               off
               and
               cast
               it
               from
               thee
               ,
               for
               it
               is
               profitable
               for
               thee
               that
               one
               of
               thy
               members
               should
               perish
               ,
               and
               not
               that
               thy
               whole
               body
               should
               be
               cast
               into
               Hell.
            
             That
             this
             Hell
             is
             not
             meant
             of
             the
             Grave
             ,
             into
             which
             the
             
             body
             shall
             be
             thrown
             is
             evident
             ,
             because
             those
             who
             do
             cut
             off
             the
             right
             hand
             ,
             and
             pluck
             out
             the
             right
             eye
             which
             offend
             ,
             (
             that
             is
             mortifie
             those
             offensive
             lusts
             ,
             which
             are
             as
             dear
             and
             as
             hard
             to
             be
             parted
             withal
             as
             the
             members
             of
             the
             body
             )
             shall
             be
             exempted
             and
             delivered
             from
             this
             Hell
             ,
             whereas
             none
             shall
             be
             exempted
             ,
             though
             never
             so
             holy
             and
             mortifyed
             from
             the
             Grave
             .
             Yea
             ,
             and
             in
             this
             Hell
             it
             is
             said
             that
             both
             soul
             and
             body
             shall
             be
             destroyed
             .
             Math.
             10.
             28.
             
             
               Fear
               not
               them
               which
               kill
               the
               body
               ,
               but
               are
               not
               able
               to
               kill
               the
               Soul
               :
               but
               rather
               fear
               him
               which
               is
               able
               to
               destroy
               both
               soul
               and
               body
               in
               Hell.
            
             Now
             the
             soul
             is
             not
             destroyed
             with
             the
             body
             in
             the
             Grave
             ,
             as
             they
             both
             shall
             be
             (
             if
             wicked
             )
             after
             the
             Resurrection
             in
             Hell.
             Moreover
             this
             Hell
             threatned
             by
             our
             Saviour
             to
             those
             that
             don't
             cut
             off
             right
             hands
             ,
             &c.
             will
             appear
             plainly
             to
             be
             the
             place
             of
             torment
             prepared
             for
             the
             wicked
             ,
             by
             the
             description
             of
             it
             repeated
             three
             times
             ,
             Math.
             9.
             43
             ,
             44
             ,
             45
             ,
             46
             ,
             47
             ,
             48.
             
             
               To
               go
               into
               Hell
               into
               that
               fire
               which
               never
               shall
               be
               quenched
               ,
               where
               their
               worm
               dieth
               not
               ,
               and
               the
               fire
               is
               not
               quenched
               .
            
             By
             the
             unquenchable
             Fire
             we
             are
             to
             understand
             the
             fire
             which
             shall
             burn
             the
             body
             ;
             by
             the
             never-dying
             worm
             ,
             the
             worm
             of
             conscience
             ,
             which
             shall
             eternally
             gnaw
             the
             soul.
             
          
           
             This
             Hell
             is
             called
             a
             Prison
             ,
             1
             Pet.
             3.
             19
             ,
             20.
             
             
               By
               which
               also
               he
               went
               and
               Preached
               ●…nto
               the
               Spirits
               in
               Prison
               ,
               which
               sometime
               were
               disobedient
               ,
               when
               once
               the
               long-suffering
               of
               God
               waited
               in
               the
               days
               of
            
             Noah
             .
             By
             the
             spirits
             in
             Prison
             ,
             we
             are
             to
             understand
             the
             Souls
             in
             Hell
             ,
             the
             Souls
             of
             those
             wicked
             and
             disobedient
             persons
             in
             the
             old
             World
             ,
             who
             would
             not
             give
             ●…ar
             to
             the
             Preaching
             of
             Christ
             by
             his
             spirit
             in
             Noah
             ,
             and
             therefore
             a
             whole
             World
             on
             them
             were
             sent
             
             into
             the
             Prison
             of
             Hell
             together
             ,
             unto
             whom
             are
             gathered
             the
             souls
             of
             all
             that
             since
             have
             died
             in
             their
             Sins
             ,
             where
             they
             are
             bound
             up
             in
             chains
             of
             darkness
             ,
             and
             reserved
             unto
             the
             judgement
             of
             the
             great
             day
             .
             Hell
             is
             also
             called
             a
             place
             of
             outer
             darkness
             ,
             where
             there
             is
             weeping
             and
             wailing
             ,
             and
             gnashing
             of
             teeth
             .
             Math.
             25.
             30.
             
             It
             is
             called
             a
             Furnace
             of
             fire
             ,
             where
             all
             those
             that
             offend
             and
             do
             iniquity
             shall
             be
             thrown
             ,
             Math.
             13.
             41
             ,
             42.
             
             It
             is
             called
             the
             great
             Wine-press
             of
             Gods
             Wrath
             ,
             where
             all
             the
             wicked
             shall
             be
             crushed
             to
             pieces
             under
             the
             exceeding
             and
             eternal
             weight
             of
             his
             wrath
             ,
             Rev.
             14.
             19
             ,
             20.
             
             But
             especially
             it
             is
             set
             forth
             as
             a
             place
             of
             fire
             of
             which
             in
             the
             next
             particular
             .
          
           
             Many
             have
             been
             the
             conjectures
             of
             Divines
             ,
             concerning
             the
             place
             where
             Hell
             is
             .
             Some
             have
             thought
             it
             to
             be
             in
             the
             bowels
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             spoken
             of
             as
             a
             place
             below
             ,
             and
             called
             by
             the
             ●…ame
             of
             a
             pit
             ,
             the
             bottemless
             pit
             ,
             out
             of
             which
             the
             smoke
             and
             locusts
             did
             arise
             .
             Rev.
             9.
             2.
             
             And
             in
             which
             Sathan
             was
             bound
             and
             held
             as
             in
             a
             Prison
             ,
             Rev.
             20.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             7.
             
             And
             they
             have
             conceited
             the
             pit
             spoken
             of
             .
             Num.
             16.
             33
             ,
             Into
             which
             
               Corah
               ,
               Dathan
            
             ,
             and
             Abiram
             went
             down
             alive
             ,
             when
             the
             Earth
             clave
             asunder
             and
             swallowed
             them
             up
             ,
             was
             the
             pit
             of
             Hell
             into
             which
             both
             their
             soul
             and
             body
             together
             were
             immediately
             conveyed
             ;
             and
             that
             which
             hath
             the
             rather
             established
             such
             in
             this
             opinion
             hath
             been
             ,
             the
             vast
             quantity
             of
             Subterranean
             Fire
             ,
             which
             they
             imagine
             to
             be
             in
             the
             Bowels
             and
             Caverns
             of
             the
             Earth
             :
             others
             have
             rather
             conceited
             it
             to
             be
             beyond
             this
             visible
             World
             ▪
             (
             which
             will
             pass
             away
             at
             the
             last
             day
             ,
             )
             and
             removed
             at
             the
             greatest
             distance
             from
             the
             
               sedes
               b●…atorum
            
             ,
             the
             place
             where
             the
             righteous
             
             shall
             eternally
             Inhabit
             .
             But
             the
             Scripture
             being
             silent
             as
             to
             this
             ,
             whatever
             is
             spoken
             on
             this
             subject
             where
             Hell
             is
             ,
             must
             needs
             be
             only
             by
             conjecture
             ,
             the
             Lord
             grant
             that
             none
             of
             us
             may
             know
             by
             experience
             :
             our
             chief
             care
             should
             be
             that
             we
             may
             escape
             the
             punishment
             ,
             and
             not
             be
             inquisitive
             about
             that
             which
             the
             Lord
             hath
             not
             thought
             fit
             to
             reveal
             ,
             let
             it
             suffice
             us
             to
             know
             that
             there
             is
             such
             a
             place
             as
             Hell
             ,
             where
             the
             wicked
             shall
             be
             tormented
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               CHAP.
               III.
            
             That
             Hell
             is
             a
             place
             of
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             .
          
           
             THere
             is
             nothing
             that
             Hell
             is
             described
             by
             in
             the
             whole
             Book
             of
             the
             Scripture
             so
             much
             as
             by
             Fire
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             by
             Fire
             mingled
             with
             Brimstone
             .
             It
             is
             called
             Fire
             ,
             Math.
             3.
             10.
             
             
               Every
               Tree
               which
               bringeth
               not
               forth
               good
               fruit
               is
               hewen
               down
               and
               cast
               into
               the
               Fire
               .
            
             Hell-Fire
             ,
             Mark.
             9.
             47.
             
             
               It
               is
               better
               for
               thee
               to
               enter
               into
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               God
               with
               one
               eye
               ,
               than
               having
               two
               eyes
               ,
               to
               be
               cast
               into
               Hell-fire
               .
            
             A
             Furnace
             of
             Fire
             ,
             Math.
             13.
             42.
             
             
               And
               shall
               ●…ast
               them
               into
               a
               Furnace
               of
               Fire
               .
            
             It
             is
             called
             a
             place
             where
             the
             wicked
             shall
             be
             tormented
             with
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             ,
             Rev.
             14.
             10.
             
             
               And
               he
               shall
               be
               tormented
               with
               Fire
               and
               Brimstone
               ,
               in
               the
               presence
               of
               the
               Holy
               Augels
               .
            
             A
             Lake
             which
             burneth
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             ,
             Rev.
             21.
             8.
             
             
               And
               shall
               have
               their
               part
               in
               the
               Lake
               which
               burneth
               with
               Fire
               and
               Brimstone
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               second
               death
               .
            
          
           
             I
             know
             that
             it
             is
             a
             great
             question
             amongst
             Divines
             ,
             whether
             the
             fire
             of
             Hell
             ,
             which
             shall
             burn
             the
             Wicked
             will
             be
             a
             Real
             fire
             ,
             or
             a
             Metaphorica
             
             fire
             .
             There
             are
             men
             of
             great
             name
             ,
             who
             assert
             it
             to
             be
             a
             Mataphorical
             Fire
             only
             ,
             and
             that
             because
             it
             is
             called
             a
             Fire
             ,
             prepared
             for
             the
             Devil
             and
             his
             Angels
             ,
             who
             cannot
             be
             hurt
             by
             a
             real
             Fire
             ;
             because
             the
             worm
             which
             never
             dyeth
             is
             Mataphorically
             taken
             for
             the
             everlasting
             gnawings
             of
             conscience
             ;
             because
             the
             New
             Ierusalem
             ,
             which
             is
             above
             is
             Metaphorically
             described
             to
             be
             of
             pure
             Gold
             ,
             clear
             like
             Glass
             ,
             the
             foundations
             to
             be
             garnished
             with
             all
             manner
             of
             precious
             Stones
             ,
             and
             the
             Gates
             to
             be
             Pearls
             ,
             Rev.
             21.
             18
             ,
             19.
             
             And
             by
             the
             same
             reason
             ,
             they
             say
             the
             description
             of
             Hell
             in
             the
             Scripture
             is
             Metaphorical
             :
             those
             that
             thus
             affirm
             the
             Fire
             of
             Hell
             to
             be
             Metaphorical
             ,
             are
             so
             far
             from
             lessening
             the
             torment
             hereby
             ,
             which
             this
             Fire
             will
             inflict
             ,
             that
             they
             so
             much
             the
             more
             aggravate
             it
             ,
             because
             that
             Metaphorical
             fire
             ,
             they
             say
             will
             afflict
             more
             than
             if
             it
             were
             Real
             fire
             ;
             for
             as
             the
             glory
             of
             the
             New
             Ierusalem
             ,
             that
             Building
             of
             God
             made
             without
             hands
             eternal
             in
             the
             Hea●…ens
             ,
             doth
             far
             surpass
             all
             Metaphores
             ,
             whereby
             it
             is
             set
             forth
             ,
             which
             are
             made
             use
             of
             only
             to
             help
             our
             understanding
             in
             the
             conceiving
             of
             it's
             Glory
             :
             so
             also
             the
             pain
             and
             torture
             of
             the
             damned
             in
             Hell
             ,
             will
             be
             more
             horrible
             and
             intollerable
             ,
             than
             if
             they
             were
             to
             be
             cast
             into
             Nebecadnezzars
             fiery
             Furnace
             ,
             when
             it
             was
             heated
             seven
             times
             more
             than
             it
             was
             wont
             to
             be
             heat
             ;
             insomuch
             as
             the
             Metaphor
             doth
             come
             far
             beneath
             the
             thing
             ,
             which
             it
             is
             used
             to
             set
             forth
             .
          
           
             Others
             are
             of
             the
             judgement
             that
             Hell
             fire
             will
             be
             real
             Fire
             ,
             it
             being
             so
             positively
             ,
             so
             plainly
             ,
             and
             so
             frequently
             asserted
             to
             be
             Fire
             ,
             fire
             with
             flames
             ,
             fire
             which
             shall
             burn
             ,
             and
             because
             nothing
             will
             put
             to
             greater
             pain
             than
             fire
             ,
             and
             because
             it
             is
             proper
             for
             the
             
             body
             to
             be
             tormented
             with
             some
             real
             material
             substance
             ,
             and
             when
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             telleth
             us
             it
             shall
             be
             fire
             ,
             why
             should
             he
             turn
             this
             fire
             into
             a
             Metaphor
             ,
             which
             may
             tend
             rather
             to
             weaken
             our
             conceptions
             of
             it's
             horrour
             than
             to
             highten
             them
             ;
             and
             therefore
             in
             answer
             to
             that
             great
             Objection
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             said
             to
             be
             prepared
             for
             Devils
             ,
             they
             are
             ready
             to
             say
             ,
             it
             shall
             be
             such
             fire
             as
             will
             not
             only
             torment
             the
             Soul
             ,
             but
             also
             Devils
             too
             ,
             God
             having
             power
             to
             make
             such
             a
             fire
             ;
             the
             other
             Metaphors
             are
             made
             use
             of
             but
             once
             ,
             this
             of
             fire
             is
             the
             almost
             constant
             expression
             in
             Scripture
             ,
             where
             Hell
             is
             described
             .
          
           
             I
             confesse
             that
             I
             do
             not
             judge
             these
             answers
             to
             be
             fully
             satisfactory
             ▪
             for
             however
             the
             souls
             of
             wicked
             men
             and
             women
             may
             by
             sympathy
             with
             the
             body
             be
             tormented
             by
             real
             Fire
             ,
             yet
             God
             having
             made
             Devils
             to
             be
             wholly
             Spirits
             which
             are
             wholly
             incorporeal
             ,
             I
             don't
             apprehend
             how
             any
             fire
             or
             bodyly
             substance
             can
             have
             any
             impression
             upon
             them
             ,
             but
             that
             Fire
             ,
             Air
             ,
             Earth
             ,
             or
             Water
             ,
             are
             all
             the
             same
             things
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             are
             incapable
             of
             suffering
             by
             any
             of
             them
             ,
             that
             as
             Water
             cannot
             drown
             them
             ,
             so
             neither
             can
             fire
             burn
             them
             ,
             that
             as
             Air
             cannot
             refresh
             them
             ,
             so
             neither
             can
             Fire
             afflict
             them
             .
             Indeed
             were
             the
             opinion
             of
             some
             Ancients
             true
             that
             Devils
             have
             bodies
             ,
             but
             more
             pure
             and
             resined
             ,
             such
             as
             cannot
             be
             seen
             any
             more
             than
             the
             Air
             ,
             a
             real
             Fire
             might
             be
             made
             so
             pure
             by
             God
             as
             to
             torment
             the
             Devils
             ;
             but
             I
             am
             altogether
             of
             the
             Judgement
             that
             Devils
             are
             wholly
             Spirits
             ,
             the
             Scripture
             asserting
             it
             ,
             and
             many
             reasons
             I
             might
             give
             of
             it
             ,
             but
             that
             it
             would
             be
             too
             large
             a
             digression
             ;
             moreover
             the
             fire
             of
             Hell
             I
             believe
             will
             be
             such
             as
             immediately
             to
             afflict
             the
             souls
             of
             the
             wicked
             ,
             and
             
             not
             only
             by
             Sympathy
             with
             the
             body
             ,
             because
             otherwise
             the
             torture
             of
             the
             body
             would
             be
             greater
             from
             it's
             immediate
             object
             ,
             than
             the
             anguish
             of
             the
             soul
             by
             Sympathy
             ▪
             when
             the
             Souls
             desert
             of
             punishment
             is
             greater
             ,
             being
             more
             highly
             guilty
             of
             Sin
             than
             the
             body
             which
             is
             made
             use
             of
             only
             as
             an
             instrument
             .
          
           
             Yet
             I
             cannot
             be
             of
             the
             opinion
             ,
             that
             the
             fire
             of
             Hell
             w●…ll
             wholly
             be
             Metaphorical
             for
             the
             reasons
             before
             given
             ,
             therefore
             I
             judge
             that
             both
             the
             opinions
             may
             be
             reconciled
             with
             themselves
             and
             the
             truth
             ,
             by
             asserting
             that
             this
             fire
             of
             Hell
             will
             be
             partly
             Metaphorical
             ▪
             and
             partly
             real
             .
          
           
             
               First
               ▪
            
             I
             conceive
             that
             the
             fire
             of
             Hell
             will
             be
             in
             part
             Metaphorical
             ,
             and
             that
             this
             also
             will
             be
             the
             most
             grievous
             and
             tormenting
             ,
             though
             not
             to
             the
             sense
             ,
             yet
             to
             the
             soul
             &
             to
             the
             devils
             ,
             who
             can
             be
             tormented
             by
             no
             other
             fire
             :
             my
             meaning
             is
             that
             the
             Fire
             which
             will
             be
             Metaphorical
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             of
             the
             feirce
             anger
             and
             wrath
             of
             the
             Sin-revenging
             God
             ,
             who
             himself
             is
             called
             a
             
               consuming
               Fire
               ,
               Heb.
            
             12.
             19.
             
             And
             whose
             anger
             is
             often
             expressed
             by
             the
             Metaphor
             of
             fire
             in
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             so
             that
             everlasting
             fire
             prepared
             for
             the
             Devil
             and
             his
             Angels
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             souls
             of
             wicked
             men
             and
             women
             ,
             (
             which
             will
             be
             accompained
             also
             with
             a
             real
             fire
             ,
             prepared
             for
             their
             bodies
             ,
             of
             which
             in
             the
             next
             particular
             )
             is
             the
             everlasting
             wrath
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             he
             hath
             treasured
             up
             against
             the
             day
             of
             wrath
             ,
             when
             he
             will
             open
             and
             bring
             forth
             those
             treasures
             ,
             and
             make
             immediate
             impressions
             thereof
             upon
             all
             damned
             spirits
             ,
             which
             shall
             burn
             worse
             than
             Fire
             ,
             and
             cause
             greater
             anguish
             to
             the
             spirit
             ,
             than
             any
             fire
             can
             do
             ●…o
             the
             sense
             ;
             hence
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             Heb.
             10.
             31.
             
             
               It
               is
               a
            
             
             
               fearful
               thing
               to
               fall
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               living
               God
               ,
            
             and
             that
             because
             the
             immediate
             strokes
             of
             Gods
             vengeance
             ,
             which
             damned
             Spirits
             shall
             fall
             under
             ,
             when
             he
             takes
             them
             into
             his
             own
             hands
             to
             punish
             them
             in
             Hell
             ,
             will
             above
             all
             things
             be
             most
             intolerable
             ;
             The
             Apostle
             saith
             ,
             2
             Thess.
             1.
             8.
             
             That
             the
             wicked
             shall
             be
             punished
             
               with
               everlasting
               destruction
               from
               the
               presence
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               ana
               from
               the
               Glory
               of
               his
               Power
               .
            
             This
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             causally
             ;
             as
             if
             he
             should
             have
             said
             ,
             that
             the
             destruction
             of
             the
             wicked
             shall
             arise
             from
             Gods
             Presence
             and
             glorious
             Power
             ,
             which
             will
             p●…t
             forth
             it self
             so
             mightily
             ,
             as
             to
             glorifie
             it self
             in
             the
             punishment
             of
             them
             in
             Hell.
             God
             will
             appear
             in
             Heaven
             to
             the
             Angels
             and
             Saints
             ,
             in
             a
             flame
             of
             Love
             ,
             and
             make
             immediate
             and
             most
             sweet
             impressions
             thereof
             upon
             them
             ,
             which
             will
             be
             their
             chief
             happiness
             :
             and
             God
             will
             appear
             in
             Hell
             to
             Devils
             and
             damned
             Spirits
             in
             a
             flame
             of
             wrath
             ▪
             as
             a
             consuming
             fire
             ,
             and
             make
             immediate
             impressions
             of
             his
             wrath
             upon
             them
             ,
             which
             will
             be
             their
             chief
             misery
             ;
             for
             Sinners
             to
             be
             taken
             thus
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             punished
             by
             the
             fire
             of
             his
             wrath
             will
             be
             more
             dreadful
             ,
             than
             if
             the
             most
             furious
             Creatures
             in
             the
             World
             were
             mustered
             up
             together
             ,
             and
             let
             loose
             upon
             them
             to
             t●…ar
             them
             in
             pieces
             and
             devour
             them
             ;
             if
             they
             were
             tormented
             with
             the
             most
             exquisite
             torments
             ,
             which
             can
             possibly
             proceed
             from
             any
             second
             causes
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             no
             more
             than
             the
             biting
             of
             a
             Flea
             ,
             or
             the
             Prick
             of
             a
             Pin
             in
             comparison
             with
             these
             immediate
             strokes
             of
             Gods
             vengeance
             ,
             and
             the
             burning
             under
             the
             fire
             of
             his
             indignation
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             The
             Fire
             of
             Hell
             I
             believe
             will
             be
             in
             part
             real
             ,
             I
             mean
             that
             fire
             whereby
             the
             body
             sha●…
             
             be
             afflicted
             ,
             I
             judge
             that
             as
             the
             torture
             will
             be
             real
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             fire
             whereby
             it
             will
             be
             tortured
             will
             be
             real
             too
             ;
             of
             all
             senses
             the
             feeling
             is
             most
             capable
             of
             being
             cruciated
             and
             afflicted
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             the
             objects
             of
             this
             sense
             fire
             is
             most
             afflictive
             and
             painful
             ,
             and
             therefore
             God
             hath
             appointed
             fire
             to
             be
             for
             the
             punishment
             of
             the
             body
             ;
             indeed
             other
             senses
             will
             be
             afflicted
             too
             ,
             the
             ear
             with
             hideous
             noises
             ,
             shreeks
             ,
             and
             yellings
             of
             fellow
             damned
             Sinners
             ;
             the
             eye
             with
             fearful
             ghastly
             and
             horrible
             spectacles
             ,
             the
             smell
             with
             suffocating
             odious
             and
             nasty
             stench
             ,
             worse
             than
             of
             Carrion
             ,
             or
             that
             which
             cometh
             out
             of
             an
             open
             sepulchre
             ;
             but
             the
             feeling
             will
             be
             most
             afflicted
             by
             the
             devouring
             and
             eternally
             burning
             Fire
             ,
             which
             the
             wicked
             shall
             be
             thrown
             into
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             not
             dispute
             whether
             this
             real
             fire
             of
             Hell
             will
             be
             such
             as
             our
             culinary
             fire
             ,
             (
             I
             mean
             that
             in
             our
             Chimneys
             )
             which
             sometime
             creeps
             into
             Houses
             ,
             and
             is
             of
             so
             great
             force
             us
             to
             burn
             down
             Cities
             ,
             and
             seiseth
             upon
             all
             combustible
             matter
             before
             it
             ,
             and
             which
             will
             continue
             no
             longer
             than
             it
             is
             fed
             by
             such
             gross
             matter
             ;
             or
             whether
             it
             will
             be
             more
             purely
             Elementary
             fire
             ,
             such
             as
             Philosophers
             affirm
             to
             be
             between
             the
             upper
             Region
             of
             the
             Air
             ,
             and
             the
             lower
             Orb
             of
             the
             Heavens
             ;
             or
             whether
             it
             will
             be
             such
             fire
             as
             sometimes
             breaks
             forth
             out
             of
             the
             bosom
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             at
             the
             mouth
             of
             flaming
             Mountains
             ,
             of
             which
             some
             think
             there
             are
             vast
             treasure
             below
             ,
             beyond
             whatever
             did
             ever
             appear
             to
             the
             eye
             ;
             such
             as
             did
             send
             forth
             those
             ●…aming
             and
             burning
             streams
             from
             Mount
             Aetna
             of
             late
             ,
             which
             at
             least
             will
             help
             us
             to
             conceive
             something
             what
             the
             Lake
             of
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             will
             be
             ;
             or
             whether
             it
             will
             be
             a
             fire
             created
             on
             purpose
             by
             God
             ,
             Sulph●…rions
             and
             stincking
             like
             unto
             ,
             but
             far
             
             beyond
             that
             which
             was
             raised
             upon
             the
             wicked
             of
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             ,
             which
             of
             all
             burnings
             that
             ever
             have
             been
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             I
             conceive
             did
             most
             lively
             represent
             the
             burnings
             of
             Hell
             Fire
             ;
             I
             shall
             not
             ,
             I
             cannot
             determine
             in
             this
             case
             ;
             but
             am
             most
             inclinable
             to
             think
             this
             fire
             will
             be
             immediately
             created
             by
             God
             ,
             differing
             from
             all
             fires
             that
             ever
             have
             been
             in
             the
             feirceness
             of
             it
             ,
             which
             by
             the
             word
             of
             Gods
             Power
             will
             be
             made
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             breath
             of
             hi●…
             indignation
             will
             be
             kindled
             ,
             and
             kept
             alive
             to
             eternity
             without
             any
             fuel
             to
             feed
             it
             ,
             except
             the
             bodies
             of
             the
             wicked
             ,
             which
             though
             they
             shall
             be
             tormented
             by
             it
             ,
             shall
             never
             be
             consumed
             by
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               CHAP.
               IV.
            
             Concerning
             the
             properties
             of
             Hell-fire
             .
          
           
             THere
             are
             seven
             properties
             of
             Hell-fire
             .
          
           
             
               First
               ,
               It
               will
               be
               a
               great
               Fire
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               It
               will
               be
               a
               dark
               fire
               .
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               It
               will
               be
               a
               feirce
               fire
               .
            
             
               Fourthly
               ,
               It
               will
               be
               an
               irresistible
               fire
               .
            
             
               Fifthly
               ,
               It
               will
               be
               a
               continual
               fire
               .
            
             
               Sixthly
               ,
               It
               will
               be
               an
               unquenchable
               fire
               .
            
             
               Seventhly
               ,
               It
               will
               be
               an
               everlasting
               fire
               .
            
          
           
             First
             ,
             The
             fire
             of
             Hell
             which
             shall
             burn
             the
             wicked
             will
             be
             a
             
               great
               Fire
            
             .
             We
             have
             seen
             some
             great
             fires
             ,
             which
             have
             burned
             many
             Houses
             together
             ,
             such
             as
             that
             in
             1666.
             which
             burned
             down
             the
             greater
             part
             of
             London
             ;
             but
             this
             fire
             of
             Hell
             will
             be
             so
             great
             ,
             as
             to
             burn
             all
             wicked
             persons
             together
             ,
             all
             the
             wicked
             will
             be
             in
             flames
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             the
             greatness
             of
             this
             fire
             is
             set
             forth
             ,
             Isa.
             30.
             33.
             
             Tophet
             
             
               is
               prepared
               of
               Old
               ,
               he
               hath
               made
               it
               deep
               and
               large
               ,
               the
               pile
               thereof
               is
               Fire
               and
               much
               Wood
               ,
               the
               breath
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               li●…e
               a
               stream
               of
               Brimstone
               doth
               kindle
               it
               .
               Tophet
            
             doth
             signifie
             Hell
             ,
             the
             place
             where
             the
             damned
             shall
             be
             tormented
             ,
             of
             which
             before
             ,
             God
             hath
             made
             it
             deep
             and
             large
             ,
             the
             depths
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             or
             the
             depths
             of
             the
             Sea
             are
             nothing
             in
             comparison
             with
             the
             depths
             of
             Hell
             ;
             for
             those
             depths
             have
             a
             bottom
             ,
             but
             this
             is
             called
             the
             bottomless
             pi●…
             ,
             Rev.
             20.
             1.
             
             It
             is
             deep
             and
             large
             ,
             of
             vast
             capacity
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             sufficient
             to
             contain
             all
             the
             Sinners
             of
             the
             Old
             World
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Sinners
             of
             this
             world
             ,
             who
             have
             lived
             or
             shall
             live
             in
             every
             generation
             ,
             until
             the
             time
             of
             the
             Worlds
             dissolution
             .
             The
             pile
             thereof
             is
             Fire
             and
             much
             Wood
             ;
             as
             much
             Wood
             being
             kindled
             doth
             make
             a
             great
             Fire
             ,
             so
             this
             Fire
             though
             it
             have
             no
             real
             Wood
             ,
             but
             that
             which
             will
             be
             equivalent
             ,
             will
             be
             very
             great
             ,
             especially
             being
             kindled
             by
             the
             breath
             of
             the
             Almighty
             ,
             as
             the
             breath
             of
             the
             Lord
             kindled
             those
             showers
             of
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             ,
             which
             came
             down
             from
             Heaven
             upon
             S●…dom
             and
             Gomorrah
             ,
             so
             the
             breath
             of
             the
             Lord
             will
             kindle
             those
             streams
             of
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             which
             shall
             be
             in
             Hell.
             
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             Hell
             Fire
             will
             be
             a
             
               dark
               Fire
            
             ,
             there
             will
             not
             be
             the
             least
             glimmering
             of
             light
             in
             that
             doleful
             place
             ,
             which
             will
             add
             to
             the
             horrour
             thereof
             ,
             Hell
             is
             called
             by
             the
             name
             of
             utter
             darkness
             ,
             Math.
             25.
             30.
             
             It
             is
             ca●…led
             blackness
             of
             darkness
             for
             ever
             ,
             Iude
             13.
             
             There
             will
             be
             no
             light
             of
             Gods
             countenance
             ,
             not
             the
             least
             smothing
             of
             his
             brow
             ,
             his
             wrath
             will
             be
             poured
             ●…orth
             without
             mixture
             into
             the
             cup
             of
             his
             indignation
             which
             th●…y
             must
             drink
             of
             ▪
             Rev.
             14.
             10.
             
             There
             will
             not
             be
             the
             least
             light
             of
             comfort
             ,
             nothing
             
             but
             weeping
             and
             wailing
             and
             gnashing
             of
             teeth
             ;
             there
             will
             not
             be
             the
             light
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             or
             the
             Moon
             ,
             or
             the
             Candle
             ,
             and
             the
             fire
             it self
             will
             give
             no
             light
             ,
             all
             will
             be
             dark
             and
             black
             ,
             black
             Devils
             ,
             black
             Bodies
             ,
             black
             Souls
             ,
             and
             they
             may
             without
             light
             have
             perceivance
             one
             of
             another
             ,
             as
             Devils
             have
             now
             unto
             whom
             light
             is
             of
             no
             use
             ;
             or
             if
             there
             be
             a
             duskish
             light
             there
             ,
             to
             represent
             one
             anothers
             ruful
             countenances
             ,
             and
             other
             fright-ful
             spectacles
             ,
             be
             sure
             there
             will
             be
             no
             refreshing
             light
             ,
             th●…re
             the
             damned
             will
             be
             in
             a
             place
             and
             state
             of
             darkness
             for
             ever
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             Hell-fire
             will
             be
             a
             
               feirce
               Fire
            
             .
             The
             Fire
             of
             Sodom
             ,
             of
             Aetna
             ,
             yea
             ,
             of
             London
             in
             the
             day
             of
             it's
             burning
             was
             feirce
             ,
             but
             no
             Fire
             burnt
             so
             feirce
             as
             Hell
             Fire
             will
             do
             .
             The
             Fire
             of
             Gods
             anger
             and
             wrath
             will
             burn
             feircely
             ,
             now
             it
             doth
             but
             smoke
             against
             Sinners
             ,
             then
             it
             will
             break
             forth
             into
             a
             flame
             ;
             tongue
             cannot
             express
             how
             feircely
             the
             wrath
             of
             God
             will
             burn
             ,
             when
             hereafter
             it
             shall
             seise
             upon
             the
             Ungodly
             ,
             Psal.
             90.
             11.
             
             
               W●…o
               knoweth
               the
               power
               of
               thine
               anger
               ?
               even
               according
               to
               thy
               fear
               so
               is
               thy
               wrath
               .
            
             The
             power
             of
             the
             anger
             ,
             which
             any
             creature
             may
             have
             may
             be
             known
             ,
             it
             is
             finite
             ,
             it
             is
             limited
             ,
             it
             reacheth
             no
             further
             than
             the
             body
             ▪
             but
             
               who
               knoweth
               the
               power
               of
               Gods
               anger
               ?
            
             it
             being
             infinite
             ,
             and
             unlimited
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             will
             reach
             the
             soul
             ,
             and
             most
             grieviously
             torment
             the
             Soul
             through
             it's
             immediate
             impressions
             .
             
               According
               to
               thy
               fear
               so
               is
               thy
               wrath
               ,
            
             that
             is
             according
             to
             the
             fear
             which
             we
             may
             have
             of
             thee
             :
             the
             wrath
             of
             man
             is
             not
             proportiable
             ,
             unto
             the
             fear
             which
             we
             may
             have
             of
             it
             ,
             we
             often
             fear
             that
             men
             can
             do
             more
             than
             they
             are
             realy
             able
             ;
             but
             the
             wrath
             of
             God
             is
             commensurate
             and
             
             proportionable
             unto
             the
             greatest
             fears
             thereof
             ,
             yea
             doth
             far
             exceed
             ;
             he
             can
             afflict
             more
             than
             our
             fears
             are
             able
             to
             conceive
             ,
             and
             that
             because
             of
             the
             infinite
             power
             of
             his
             wrath
             ,
             God
             will
             hereafter
             make
             the
             power
             of
             his
             wrath
             known
             ,
             as
             Rom.
             9.
             22.
             and
             how
             feircely
             then
             will
             it
             burn
             ?
             the
             fire
             also
             which
             will
             torment
             the
             bodies
             of
             the
             wicked
             will
             be
             very
             feirce
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             so
             feirce
             ,
             as
             to
             torment
             every
             part
             from
             the
             crown
             of
             the
             head
             unto
             the
             foot
             ,
             and
             every
             part
             in
             extremity
             ,
             in
             the
             utmost
             extremity
             ,
             and
             that
             beyond
             the
             present
             capacity
             .
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             Hell-fire
             will
             be
             an
             
               irresistible
               fire
            
             ,
             all
             the
             power
             of
             Hell
             with
             their
             combined
             forces
             ,
             shall
             not
             be
             able
             to
             make
             the
             least
             resistance
             against
             the
             fire
             of
             Gods
             anger
             ,
             Nah.
             1.
             6.
             
             
               Who
               can
               stand
               before
               his
               indignation
               ?
               and
               who
               can
               abide
               in
               the
               feirceness
               of
               his
               anger
               ?
               his
               fury
               is
               poured
               out
               like
               fire
               ,
               and
               the
               Rocks
               are
               thrown
               down
               by
               him
               .
               Isa.
            
             27.
             4.
             
             
               Who
               would
               set
               the
               Briers
               and
               Thorns
               against
               me
               in
               Battel
               ?
               I
               would
               thorow
               them
               ,
               I
               would
               burn
               them
               together
               .
            
             Briers
             ,
             Thorns
             ,
             dried
             Stuble
             ,
             Chaff
             cannot
             resist
             a
             consuming
             fire
             ,
             so
             neither
             shall
             the
             wicked
             be
             able
             to
             resist
             the
             fire
             of
             Gods
             jealousie
             ;
             and
             the
             real
             Fire
             prepared
             in
             Hell
             for
             the
             body
             ,
             will
             burn
             with
             that
             feirceness
             that
             it
             will
             master
             and
             prevail
             over
             all
             ,
             none
             shall
             be
             able
             to
             keep
             off
             it's
             force
             ,
             it
             will
             pierce
             thorow
             and
             thorow
             every
             part
             of
             the
             body
             :
             we
             read
             of
             the
             three
             Children
             which
             were
             preserved
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             the
             fiery
             Furnace
             ,
             so
             that
             not
             so
             much
             as
             the
             smel
             of
             the
             Fire
             was
             upon
             their
             Garments
             ;
             but
             none
             shall
             be
             preserved
             from
             burning
             in
             this
             fiery
             Furnace
             ,
             indeed
             the
             wicked
             shall
             not
             be
             burnt
             up
             and
             quite
             consumed
             ,
             but
             they
             shall
             be
             always
             burning
             ;
             For
          
           
           
             Fifthly
             ,
             Hell-fire
             will
             be
             a
             
               continual
               Fire
            
             ;
             other
             firessometimes
             are
             in
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             out
             ,
             but
             this
             fire
             will
             be
             always
             in
             ,
             always
             burning
             without
             any
             intermission
             ,
             and
             always
             burning
             in
             the
             same
             high
             degree
             of
             intension
             ,
             there
             will
             be
             no
             aswagement
             of
             the
             Flames
             of
             Gods
             anger
             ,
             no
             abatement
             of
             the
             Fire
             of
             Hell
             ,
             this
             Fire
             will
             be
             always
             alike
             hot
             ,
             and
             always
             hot
             in
             the
             highest
             degree
             .
          
           
             Sixthly
             ,
             Hell-fire
             will
             be
             an
             
               unquenchable
               Fire
               .
               Math
            
             3.
             12.
             
             
               But
               will
               burn
               up
               the
               Chaff
               with
               unquenchable
               Fire
               .
               Mark.
            
             9.
             44.
             
             
               Where
               their
               worm
               dieth
               not
               and
               the
               Fire
               is
               not
               quenched
               .
            
             Now
             the
             fire
             of
             Gods
             anger
             before
             it
             break
             forth
             into
             so
             vehement
             a
             flame
             may
             be
             quenched
             by
             the
             Blood
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ;
             and
             the
             Fire
             of
             Hell
             may
             be
             prevented
             ,
             but
             hereafter
             it
             will
             be
             too
             late
             ,
             no
             Sacrifice
             will
             be
             accepted
             then
             to
             appease
             Gods
             wrath
             ,
             and
             if
             all
             the
             Waters
             of
             the
             Sea
             could
             be
             poured
             upon
             the
             flames
             of
             Hell-fire
             ,
             they
             would
             not
             put
             them
             out
             ;
             And
             therefore
             .
          
           
             Seventhly
             ,
             Hell-fire
             will
             be
             an
             
               everlasting
               Fire
               .
               Math.
            
             25.
             42.
             
             
               Depart
               from
               me
               ye
               cursed
               into
               everlasting
               Fire
               ,
               prepared
               for
               the
               Devil
               and
               his
               Angels
               .
               Rev.
            
             14.
             11.
             
             
               And
               the
               smoke
               of
               their
               torment
               ascendeth
               up
               for
               ever
               and
               ever
               .
            
             This
             Fire
             will
             be
             ever
             burning
             ,
             and
             the
             damned
             will
             be
             ever
             tormented
             therein
             :
             Extremity
             and
             Eternity
             are
             the
             two
             most
             bitter
             ingredients
             of
             the
             damned's
             torments
             ,
             who
             can
             set
             forth
             the
             Eternity
             of
             the
             wicked's
             punishment
             in
             Hell-fire
             ?
             this
             Eternity
             is
             immeasurable
             ,
             it
             is
             incomprehensible
             ;
             all
             the
             Rays
             of
             the
             Sun
             may
             more
             easily
             be
             comprehended
             in
             a
             small
             room
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Waters
             of
             the
             Sea
             contained
             in
             a
             small
             nutshel
             ,
             than
             boundless
             Eternity
             be
             conceived
             by
             
             our
             finite
             and
             shallow
             understanding
             ;
             none
             have
             shaddowed
             Eternity
             ,
             and
             set
             it
             forth
             better
             than
             those
             who
             have
             shown
             how
             infinitely
             short
             all
             measures
             and
             numbers
             do
             fall
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             applyed
             to
             the
             space
             of
             it's
             duration
             .
             One
             expresseth
             himself
             thus
             on
             this
             subject
             in
             another
             language
             :
             suppose
             ten
             thousand
             years
             past
             ,
             after
             that
             an
             hundred
             thousand
             Millions
             of
             years
             past
             ,
             after
             that
             ten
             hundred
             thousand
             Million
             of
             Millions
             of
             years
             past
             ,
             and
             yet
             you
             are
             not
             come
             to
             the
             end
             of
             Eternity
             ,
             no
             nor
             to
             the
             middle
             of
             Eternity
             ;
             yea
             ,
             you
             are
             but
             at
             the
             beginning
             of
             it
             ;
             add
             unto
             this
             the
             number
             of
             all
             the
             thoughts
             of
             Angels
             and
             Men
             ,
             of
             all
             the
             motions
             in
             every
             Creature
             ,
             of
             all
             the
             grains
             of
             sand
             which
             would
             fill
             ten
             thousand
             Worlds
             ;
             gather
             all
             the
             minutes
             of
             time
             ,
             from
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             Creation
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             all
             the
             numbers
             of
             Arithmetick
             that
             can
             possibly
             be
             conceived
             ,
             and
             all
             this
             is
             but
             the
             beginning
             of
             Eternity
             .
             How
             long
             will
             Eternity
             last
             ?
             Always
             .
             When
             will
             Eternity
             end
             ?
             Never
             .
             As
             long
             as
             Heaven
             shall
             continue
             to
             be
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             God
             shall
             continue
             to
             be
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             Saints
             shall
             be
             happy
             in
             the
             enjoyment
             of
             God
             ,
             so
             long
             shall
             the
             wicked
             be
             tormented
             in
             the
             Fire
             of
             Hell.
             We
             may
             apprehend
             the
             everlastingness
             of
             this
             Fire
             of
             Hell
             ,
             but
             we
             cannot
             comprehend
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               CHAP.
               V.
            
             Concerning
             the
             Persons
             that
             shall
             burn
             eternally
             in
             the
             Flames
             of
             Hell.
             
          
           
             IT
             is
             upon
             the
             wicked
             that
             the
             Lord
             will
             rain
             this
             horrible
             Tempest
             of
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             in
             Hell
             ▪
             all
             the
             workers
             of
             iniquitie
             ,
             all
             that
             live
             and
             dye
             in
             their
             Sins
             must
             suffer
             the
             vengeance
             of
             Eternal
             fire
             .
             These
             are
             the
             Chaff
             which
             shall
             be
             cast
             into
             the
             unquenchable
             Fire
             .
             Math.
             3.
             12.
             
             These
             are
             the
             tares
             which
             shall
             be
             bound
             up
             in
             bundles
             to
             be
             burnt
             .
             Math.
             13.
             30.
             
             These
             are
             the
             Goats
             ,
             which
             shall
             be
             condemned
             to
             everlasting
             fire
             .
             Math.
             25.
             41.
             
             Look
             into
             a
             few
             places
             where
             in
             the
             plain
             Letter
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             the
             persons
             are
             described
             ,
             that
             shall
             be
             the
             subject
             of
             everlasting
             torment
             in
             Hell-fire
             .
             Math.
             13.
             41
             ,
             42.
             
             
               The
               Son
               of
               Man
               shall
               send
               forth
               his
               Angels
               ,
               and
               they
               shall
               gather
               out
               of
               his
               Kingdom
               all
               things
               that
               offend
               ,
               and
               them
               which
               do
               iniquity
               ;
               and
               shall
               cast
               them
               into
               a
               Furnace
               of
               Fire
               ,
               there
               shall
               be
               wailing
               and
               guashing
               of
               teeth
               .
               Rom.
            
             2.
             6
             ,
             8
             ,
             9.
             
             
               Who
               will
               render
               to
               every
               man
               according
               to
               his
               deeds
               ,
               to
               them
               that
               are
               contentious
               ,
               and
               do
               not
               obey
               the
               truth
               ,
               but
               obey
               unrighteousness
               ,
               indignation
               and
               wrath
               ,
               tribulation
               and
               anguish
               upon
               every
               soul
               of
               Man
               ,
               that
               doth
               evil
               of
               the
               Iew
               first
               ,
               and
               also
               of
               the
               Gentile
               .
            
             2
             Thess.
             1.
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9.
             
             
               The
               Lord
               Iesus
               shall
               be
               revealed
               from
               Heaven
               with
               his
               mighty
               Angels
               in
               flaming
               ,
               taking
               vengeance
               on
               them
               that
               know
               not
               God
               ,
               and
               obey
               not
               the
               Gospel
               ;
               who
               shall
               be
               punished
               with
               everlasting
               destruction
               ,
               from
               the
               presence
               of
               the
               Lord
               and
               the
               glory
               of
               his
               Power
               .
            
             Take
             one
             place
             more
             amongst
             many
             ,
             Rev.
             21.
             8.
             
             But
             
             
               the
               fearful
               and
               unbelieving
               ,
               and
               the
               abominable
               ,
               and
               Murderers
               ,
               and
               Where-mongers
               and
               S●…rceers
               ,
               and
               Idolaters
               ,
               and
               all
               Lyars
               shall
               have
               their
               part
               in
               the
               Lake
               ,
               which
               burneth
               with
               Fire
               and
               Baimstone
               .
            
             I
             shall
             spake
             more
             of
             the
             persons
             ,
             when
             I
             come
             to
             the
             application
             ,
             which
             I
             would
             chiefly
             insist
             u●…n
             ,
             the
             Doctrine
             being
             so
             well
             known
             ,
             and
             therefore
             I
             shall
             but
             briefly
             touch
             upon
             the
             reason
             ,
             why
             the
             wicked
             shall
             be
             eternally
             tormented
             in
             the
             flame
             of
             Hell
             ,
             and
             so
             come
             to
             the
             Use
             ,
             which
             I
             mainly
             intend
             .
          
           
             R.
             The
             torment
             of
             the
             wicked
             in
             Hell
             is
             a
             punishment
             ,
             and
             therefore
             hath
             a
             respect
             unto
             Sin
             ,
             the
             guilt
             of
             which
             doth
             lay
             the
             wicked
             under
             an
             obligation
             hereunto
             ,
             and
             layeth
             God
             under
             an
             Obligation
             to
             inflict
             this
             punishment
             upon
             them
             .
             Sin
             is
             the
             violation
             of
             a
             Holy
             and
             Righteous
             Law
             ;
             and
             an
             offence
             of
             an
             Infinite
             Majesty
             ,
             whose
             Justice
             requireth
             infinite
             satisfaction
             ,
             which
             it
             can
             receive
             no
             other
             way
             from
             Sinners
             themselves
             ,
             than
             by
             their
             undergoing
             the
             punishment
             of
             Hell
             ,
             although
             this
             punishment
             be
             not
             infinite
             in
             regard
             of
             the
             quality
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             infinite
             in
             regard
             of
             it's
             duration
             ,
             and
             therefore
             the
             torments
             of
             the
             wicked
             shall
             have
             no
             end
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               CHAP.
               VI.
            
             Application
             .
             1.
             
             Use
             of
             Examination
             .
          
           
             WHen
             you
             had
             the
             relation
             of
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah's
             burning
             ,
             you
             might
             think
             this
             was
             done
             long
             ago
             ,
             and
             look
             upon
             your selves
             as
             unconcern'd
             ;
             when
             you
             had
             the
             Relation
             of
             Aetna's
             burnings
             ,
             you
             might
             think
             this
             was
             done
             a
             far
             off
             ,
             and
             look
             upon
             your selves
             as
             unconcern'd
             ;
             but
             when
             we
             come
             to
             discourse
             of
             Hell-burnings
             ,
             here
             you
             all
             are
             concern'd
             ;
             those
             burnings
             are
             past
             ,
             these
             are
             burnings
             to
             come
             ,
             those
             were
             burnings
             for
             a
             while
             ,
             these
             will
             be
             burnings
             for
             ever
             ;
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             children
             of
             men
             will
             be
             cast
             into
             these
             burnings
             ,
             and
             very
             few
             comparatively
             will
             escape
             :
             O
             what
             a
             vast
             number
             of
             all
             kindreds
             ,
             and
             Nations
             ,
             and
             Languages
             will
             there
             be
             tormented
             for
             ever
             in
             Hell
             !
             what
             a
             vast
             number
             of
             Christians
             ,
             yea
             ,
             of
             professours
             of
             the
             Gospel
             !
             you
             had
             need
             to
             look
             to
             it
             ,
             that
             none
             of
             you
             be
             found
             in
             the
             number
             .
          
           
             The
             dreadfulness
             of
             these
             everlasting
             burnings
             ,
             me
             thinks
             should
             stir
             you
             up
             with
             all
             sollicitousness
             and
             utmost
             diligence
             ,
             to
             enquire
             whether
             you
             are
             in
             danger
             ,
             and
             how
             you
             might
             do
             to
             escape
             .
          
           
             The
             most
             Men
             and
             Women
             that
             live
             this
             day
             upon
             the
             face
             of
             the
             Earth
             are
             in
             danger
             of
             being
             thrown
             into
             the
             flames
             of
             Hell
             ;
             the
             whole
             World
             may
             be
             devided
             into
             two
             parts
             ,
             they
             are
             either
             such
             as
             are
             in
             a
             state
             of
             nature
             ,
             or
             such
             as
             are
             in
             a
             state
             of
             grace
             ,
             the
             former
             are
             many
             thousand
             times
             the
             
             greater
             number
             ,
             and
             the
             Apostle
             telleth
             us
             expressely
             that
             such
             are
             Children
             of
             Wrath
             ,
             Eph.
             2.
             3.
             
             And
             if
             children
             ,
             then
             heirs
             ;
             the
             children
             of
             God
             are
             heirs
             of
             Heaven
             ;
             the
             children
             of
             wrath
             ,
             who
             also
             are
             called
             the
             children
             of
             the
             Devil
             ,
             are
             heirs
             of
             Hell.
             The
             later
             only
             (
             I
             mean
             such
             as
             are
             in
             a
             state
             of
             grace
             )
             are
             in
             a
             state
             of
             Salvation
             ,
             they
             only
             are
             free
             from
             all
             obligation
             to
             the
             punishment
             of
             Hell
             ,
             having
             Interest
             in
             Christ's
             satisfaction
             .
             There
             are
             two
             ways
             ;
             in
             one
             of
             which
             all
             the
             Sons
             and
             Daughters
             of
             men
             may
             be
             found
             ,
             Math
             ,
             7.
             13.
             14.
             
             One
             is
             a
             narrow
             way
             ,
             which
             hath
             a
             strait
             Gate
             ,
             and
             very
             few
             are
             to
             be
             found
             therein
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             the
             way
             of
             Holiness
             of
             self-denial
             ,
             of
             Mortification
             and
             Gospel-obedience
             ,
             and
             although
             this
             be
             the
             way
             of
             Life
             and
             Salvation
             ,
             the
             way
             to
             glory
             and
             honour
             and
             everlasting
             happiness
             ,
             yet
             it
             hath
             but
             few
             passengers
             ,
             few
             take
             this
             course
             :
             the
             other
             is
             a
             broad
             way
             ,
             which
             hath
             the
             greatest
             crowd
             and
             throng
             although
             it
             lead
             unto
             destruction
             ,
             and
             this
             is
             the
             way
             of
             Sin
             ,
             the
             way
             of
             Profaness
             ,
             Licentiousness
             ,
             Unrightiousness
             ,
             disobedience
             ;
             this
             is
             the
             course
             of
             the
             World
             ;
             this
             way
             hath
             a
             wide
             Gate
             ,
             and
             many
             there
             be
             that
             go
             in
             thereat
             ,
             and
             the
             reason
             our
             Saviour
             giveth
             ,
             because
             the
             other
             way
             hath
             so
             strait
             a
             Gate
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             difficulty
             of
             it's
             passage
             ;
             namely
             ,
             the
             wicket
             of
             regeneration
             ,
             few
             attempt
             to
             go
             thorow
             this
             strait
             passage
             ,
             or
             if
             they
             do
             attempt
             they
             are
             quickly
             discouraged
             with
             the
             difficulty
             ,
             and
             so
             let
             it
             alone
             ,
             taking
             the
             broader
             ,
             because
             the
             easier
             way
             of
             Sin
             ,
             the
             steps
             of
             which
             will
             certainly
             take
             hold
             of
             Death
             and
             Hell.
             
          
           
             I
             beseech
             you
             all
             with
             the
             greatest
             seriousness
             to
             examine
             your selves
             ,
             whether
             you
             be
             in
             a
             state
             of
             
             Nature
             ,
             or
             in
             a
             state
             of
             Grace
             ?
             you
             have
             been
             all
             born
             once
             ,
             have
             you
             been
             born
             again
             ?
             you
             have
             been
             born
             of
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             have
             you
             been
             born
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ?
             you
             have
             born
             the
             Image
             of
             the
             Earthly
             Adam
             ,
             do
             you
             bear
             the
             Image
             of
             the
             Heavenly
             Adam
             ?
             you
             are
             partakers
             of
             the
             Humane
             Nature
             ,
             are
             you
             partakers
             of
             the
             Divine
             Nature
             ?
             have
             you
             new
             and
             clean
             hearts
             ?
             are
             they
             changed
             ?
             do
             you
             lead
             new
             and
             Holy
             lives
             ?
             are
             they
             reformed
             ?
             I
             beseech
             you
             examine
             which
             of
             the
             two
             ways
             you
             are
             walking
             in
             ;
             is
             it
             the
             broad
             way
             of
             Sin
             and
             wickedness
             ?
             or
             is
             it
             the
             narrow
             way
             of
             Faith
             and
             Holiness
             ?
             these
             are
             questions
             of
             great
             moment
             to
             be
             resolved
             in
             ,
             your
             everlasting
             weal
             or
             wo
             ,
             your
             Salvation
             or
             Damnation
             doth
             depend
             upon
             them
             ;
             if
             you
             be
             brought
             into
             a
             state
             of
             Grace
             ,
             and
             are
             got
             in
             thorow
             the
             strait
             Gate
             ,
             into
             the
             narrow
             way
             ,
             you
             are
             made
             Men
             and
             Women
             ,
             happy
             you
             that
             ever
             you
             were
             born
             ,
             you
             not
             shall
             perish
             with
             the
             wicked
             ,
             but
             most
             assuredly
             attain
             eternal
             Life
             and
             glory
             :
             but
             if
             you
             be
             in
             a
             state
             of
             Nature
             ,
             if
             you
             be
             in
             the
             broad
             way
             ,
             and
             continue
             therein
             to
             the
             end
             of
             your
             lives
             ,
             you
             are
             undone
             Men
             &
             Women
             ,
             wo
             be
             to
             you
             that
             ever
             you
             were
             born
             ,
             Heaven
             will
             be
             shut
             upon
             you
             ,
             and
             Hell
             will
             be
             opened
             unto
             you
             ,
             where
             you
             shall
             be
             unconceivably
             and
             eternally
             tormented
             in
             the
             flames
             of
             that
             unquenchable
             fire
             .
          
           
             Take
             heed
             that
             you
             do
             not
             mistake
             your
             state
             and
             way
             ;
             thousands
             have
             gone
             to
             Hell
             through
             a
             mistake
             ;
             it
             is
             very
             easie
             to
             mistake
             ,
             it
             is
             difficult
             not
             to
             mistake
             ,
             and
             no
             mistake
             is
             worse
             than
             ▪
             this
             mistake
             ;
             all
             is
             not
             Gold
             that
             glisters
             ,
             all
             is
             not
             grace
             ,
             that
             hath
             the
             show
             of
             it
             ,
             all
             are
             not
             in
             the
             way
             to
             Heaven
             that
             pretend
             to
             it
             ,
             many
             deceive
             others
             much
             &
             
             deceive
             themselves
             much
             more
             .
             Nothing
             is
             likely
             to
             hinder
             you
             more
             effectually
             from
             attaining
             grace
             than
             ungrounded
             conceits
             that
             you
             already
             have
             it
             ,
             if
             you
             should
             nourish
             in
             your selves
             a
             false
             Faith
             ,
             and
             false
             Hope
             ,
             they
             would
             be
             so
             far
             from
             saving
             you
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             fasten
             you
             the
             more
             strongly
             in
             Sathans
             Chains
             ,
             whereby
             he
             will
             the
             more
             unperceivably
             and
             inevitably
             drag
             you
             unto
             Hell.
             And
             think
             if
             you
             should
             go
             out
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             under
             a
             mistake
             with
             fair
             ,
             but
             groundless
             hopes
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             shall
             find
             your selves
             unalterably
             judg'd
             by
             God
             unto
             Hell
             ,
             how
             this
             will
             render
             the
             lose
             of
             Heaven
             the
             more
             bitter
             ,
             and
             the
             pains
             of
             Hell
             the
             more
             grievous
             ;
             the
             disappointment
             of
             happiness
             ,
             especially
             so
             great
             happiness
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             overtaken
             with
             misery
             ,
             especially
             so
             great
             misery
             ,
             and
             that
             when
             all
             means
             are
             cut
             off
             for
             ever
             ,
             of
             attaining
             the
             one
             or
             avoiding
             the
             other
             ,
             this
             will
             be
             unspeakable
             vexations
             .
             And
             let
             me
             tell
             you
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             better
             to
             be
             mistake
             on
             the
             other
             hand
             than
             on
             this
             ,
             it
             is
             better
             to
             fear
             when
             you
             are
             gracious
             ,
             than
             to
             hope
             when
             you
             are
             ungracious
             ,
             a
             dangerless
             fear
             is
             better
             than
             a
             fearless
             danger
             ,
             the
             former
             may
             cause
             you
             to
             go
             droopingly
             for
             a
             while
             towards
             Heaven
             ,
             the
             later
             if
             it
             cause
             you
             to
             go
             merrily
             ,
             it
             will
             also
             cause
             you
             to
             go
             securely
             and
             surely
             to
             Hell.
             
          
           
             I
             need
             not
             spend
             time
             (
             neither
             may
             I
             least
             this
             Volume
             swell
             to
             big
             )
             in
             telling
             you
             that
             Idolaters
             ,
             and
             Adulterers
             ,
             and
             Drunkards
             ,
             and
             Swearers
             ,
             and
             Blasphemers
             ,
             and
             Scoffers
             of
             Religion
             ,
             and
             Persecuters
             of
             Gods
             People
             ,
             and
             Thieves
             ,
             and
             Murderers
             ,
             and
             Lyars
             ,
             and
             Apostates
             ,
             and
             profane
             persons
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             more
             notorious
             Workers
             of
             Iniquity
             shall
             have
             their
             part
             in
             the
             Lake
             ,
             which
             burneth
             with
             
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             ;
             amongst
             whom
             if
             any
             of
             you
             who
             ●…ast
             your
             eyes
             upon
             these
             lines
             be
             numbered
             ▪
             and
             your
             conscience
             with
             a
             slight
             reflection
             do
             accuse
             you
             herein
             ,
             give
             me
             leave
             to
             hold
             you
             a
             little
             by
             the
             arm
             and
             ask
             you
             why
             so
             fast
             ?
             what
             mean●…
             this
             hast
             ?
             why
             so
             furious
             ?
             what
             means
             this
             eager
             pursuance
             of
             lust
             ?
             Do
             you
             know
             whom
             you
             serve
             ?
             and
             do
             you
             think
             what
             your
             wages
             will
             be
             ?
             do
             you
             know
             what
             is
             before
             you
             ?
             do
             you
             see
             the
             end
             of
             a
             sinful
             course
             ?
             do
             you
             know
             what
             Hell
             is
             ?
             Is
             it
             desirable
             to
             dwell
             with
             devouring
             Fire
             ?
             do
             you
             think
             to
             escape
             in
             this
             way
             ?
             But
             the
             awakening
             Use
             is
             afterward
          
           
             But
             let
             me
             beseech
             you
             that
             are
             more
             sober
             ,
             and
             although
             professors
             of
             Religion
             to
             examine
             your
             state
             ,
             take
             heed
             you
             do
             not
             deceive
             your selves
             ,
             and
             thereby
             undo
             your selves
             irrecoveably
             .
             Have
             you
             been
             under
             convictions
             of
             Sin
             ?
             and
             these
             followed
             with
             contrition
             !
             and
             that
             backed
             with
             found
             humialiation
             ,
             such
             as
             hath
             rendered
             Sin
             above
             all
             things
             most
             odious
             ,
             and
             your selves
             of
             all
             other
             persons
             most
             vile
             in
             your
             own
             eyes
             ?
             have
             you
             had
             conviction
             of
             Christ's
             Righteousness
             !
             and
             this
             working
             hungering
             desires
             after
             him
             ,
             and
             these
             accompained
             with
             Faith
             ,
             and
             that
             bringing
             you
             to
             Christ
             ,
             choosing
             him
             as
             ●…ost
             precious
             and
             needful
             for
             you
             ,
             casting
             your selves
             upon
             him
             ,
             with
             a
             renouncing
             of
             your
             own
             righteousness
             ,
             accepting
             of
             him
             and
             his
             righteousness
             ;
             resigning
             up
             your
             selve●…
             unto
             him
             ,
             putting
             your
             neck
             under
             his
             Yoke
             ?
             have
             you
             received
             the
             spirit
             enabling
             you
             to
             pray
             ,
             mortifying
             Sin
             ,
             and
             quickning
             you
             unto
             all
             the
             duties
             of
             new
             obedience
             .
             Hereby
             you
             may
             know
             the
             change
             of
             your
             estate
             .
             
             If
             your
             hearts
             remain
             unhumbled
             ,
             unbroken
             for
             〈◊〉
             ;
             If
             you
             are
             strangers
             unto
             the
             work
             of
             Faith
             ,
             ●…nd
             never
             truely
             closed
             with
             Jesus
             Christ
             ;
             if
             you
             ●…re
             without
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             under
             the
             power
             ,
             the
             reigning
             power
             of
             any
             Sin
             ;
             if
             you
             live
             in
             the
             neglect
             of
             prayer
             secret
             and
             with
             others
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             great
             Salvation
             ,
             which
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             hath
             purchased
             ,
             if
             you
             have
             a
             form
             of
             Godliness
             ,
             but
             are
             without
             the
             power
             thereof
             ,
             you
             will
             be
             found
             foolish
             Virgins
             at
             last
             ,
             which
             will
             have
             no
             admittance
             into
             the
             Bride-chamber
             ,
             you
             will
             be
             found
             hypocrites
             ,
             whose
             portion
             is
             the
             burning
             Lake
             ,
             and
             it
             will
             be
             impossible
             for
             you
             to
             escape
             the
             damnation
             of
             Hell.
             Heb.
             2.
             3.
             
             
               How
               shall
               we
               escape
               if
               we
               neglect
               so
               great
               Salvation
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             VII
             .
             2.
             
             Use
             of
             admiration
             at
             the
             security
             the
             wicked
             ,
             showing
             the
             cause
             thereof
             .
          
           
             ARe
             the
             burnings
             of
             Hell
             so
             certain
             ,
             being
             threatned
             by
             God!
             are
             they
             so
             dreadful
             ,
             beyond
             any
             burnings
             that
             ever
             have
             been
             ,
             both
             in
             regard
             of
             feirceness
             and
             duration
             ?
             and
             are
             they
             indeed
             prepared
             for
             the
             wicked
             ,
             and
             all
             graceless
             ,
             Christless
             persons
             as
             their
             deserved
             portion
             ?
             and
             are
             the
             most
             of
             the
             children
             of
             Men
             wicked
             ,
             ungracious
             ,
             unrighteous
             ,
             unregenerate
             ,
             unbelievers
             ,
             who
             are
             already
             condemned
             to
             this
             place
             of
             torment
             .
             Ioh.
             3.
             18.
             
             And
             by
             consequence
             every
             moment
             ,
             while
             such
             ,
             in
             danger
             of
             being
             drag'd
             sorth
             to
             execution
             ?
             Here
             then
             we
             may
             sit
             down
             ,
             and
             wonder
             at
             the
             senslesseness
             and
             carnal
             security
             of
             such
             persons
             ,
             
             especially
             of
             those
             who
             sit
             under
             the
             light
             of
             the
             word
             ,
             which
             doth
             make
             discovery
             of
             all
             thi●…
             most
             plainly
             unto
             them
             ;
             what
             ever
             their
             danger
             be
             ,
             what
             ever
             their
             Sins
             which
             have
             deserved
             Hell
             ,
             what
             ever
             Gods
             threatnings
             of
             everlasting
             burnings
             ,
             what
             ever
             execution
             there
             is
             ,
             and
             hath
             been
             upon
             other
             Sinners
             like
             themselves
             ,
             yet
             they
             are
             without
             any
             fear
             ,
             they
             are
             fast
             asleep
             in
             Sin
             and
             very
             secure
             :
             though
             their
             conscience
             be
             full
             of
             guilt
             ,
             their
             hearts
             full
             of
             lust
             ,
             their
             lives
             full
             of
             Sin
             ;
             though
             their
             steps
             are
             carrying
             them
             forward
             in
             the
             broad
             way
             ,
             which
             leadeth
             unto
             destruction
             ;
             though
             death
             hath
             them
             upon
             the
             chase
             ,
             and
             is
             at
             their
             heels
             ,
             though
             the
             wrath
             of
             God
             pursueth
             them
             hard
             ,
             and
             is
             at
             their
             backs
             ,
             though
             the
             day
             ,
             wherein
             they
             must
             give
             an
             account
             ,
             and
             be
             punished
             for
             their
             iniquity
             ,
             hasteneth
             greatly
             ,
             and
             the
             Judge
             standeth
             at
             the
             door
             ;
             yet
             they
             care
             not
             ,
             they
             fear
             not
             ,
             none
             of
             these
             things
             do
             move
             them
             ,
             none
             of
             these
             things
             do
             trouble
             them
             ;
             they
             eat
             and
             drink
             ,
             and
             sleep
             ,
             and
             buy
             and
             sell
             ,
             and
             plant
             and
             build
             ,
             and
             go
             on
             in
             a
             sinful
             course
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             should
             live
             here
             eternally
             ,
             or
             as
             if
             their
             Soul
             should
             perish
             with
             their
             body
             ,
             and
             all
             these
             things
             foretold
             in
             the
             Word
             ,
             concerning
             future
             retributions
             were
             but
             meer
             fables
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             Some
             are
             thus
             secure
             ,
             through
             an
             Athistical
             perswasion
             that
             there
             is
             no
             God
             ;
             because
             they
             are
             enemies
             unto
             God
             ,
             and
             live
             in
             a
             course
             of
             Rebellion
             against
             him
             ,
             and
             so
             it
             is
             their
             Interest
             and
             desire
             that
             there
             should
             be
             no
             God
             ,
             therefore
             they
             do
             what
             in
             them
             lyeth
             to
             work
             themselves
             unto
             this
             perswasion
             :
             there
             are
             too
             many
             in
             our
             age
             who
             endeavour
             to
             wear
             off
             all
             sentiments
             of
             a
             deity
             from
             their
             mind
             's
             that
             they
             might
             Sin
             freely
             without
             
             any
             check
             and
             control
             ,
             that
             hereby
             they
             might
             arm
             themselves
             against
             the
             thrusts
             and
             wounds
             ,
             which
             the
             Sword
             and
             Arrows
             of
             Gods
             threatnings
             would
             otherwise
             give
             unto
             them
             ,
             and
             that
             by
             this
             means
             they
             might
             still
             the
             noise
             of
             their
             clamorous
             and
             accusing
             consciences
             ,
             which
             otherwise
             would
             give
             them
             no
             rest
             under
             such
             Heaven-daring
             provocations
             ,
             as
             they
             daily
             are
             guilty
             of
             .
             But
             such
             persons
             ,
             if
             they
             will
             not
             believe
             the
             engravings
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             are
             upon
             the
             face
             of
             the
             Universe
             ,
             the
             impress
             of
             infinite
             power
             ,
             and
             an
             invisible
             Deity
             on
             his
             works
             ,
             which
             are
             visible
             unto
             the
             eye
             ;
             they
             shall
             not
             remain
             long
             under
             their
             Atheistical
             apprehensions
             ,
             but
             he
             will
             make
             them
             to
             know
             and
             feel
             that
             there
             is
             a
             God
             by
             the
             immediate
             impressions
             of
             his
             wrath
             upon
             their
             Souls
             ,
             and
             the
             dreadful
             flames
             of
             Hell-fire
             ,
             which
             his
             breath
             will
             kindle
             to
             burn
             their
             bodies
             everlastingly
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             Others
             are
             secure
             ,
             notwithstanding
             their
             danger
             through
             a
             fond
             perswasion
             that
             there
             is
             no
             Hell
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             account
             to
             be
             given
             no
             judgement
             to
             be
             passed
             ,
             no
             punishment
             to
             be
             endured
             after
             this
             life
             ,
             but
             that
             death
             puts
             a
             total
             end
             to
             their
             being
             ,
             and
             that
             for
             ever
             .
             We
             read
             in
             the
             Book
             of
             Wisdom
             Chap.
             2d
             .
             of
             the
             reasonings
             which
             such
             have
             :
             
               Our
               life
               is
               short
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               death
               of
               a
               man
               there
               is
               no
               remedy
               ,
               neither
               was
               there
               any
               man
               known
               to
               return
               from
               the
               Grave
               :
               For
               we
               are
               born
               at
               all
               adventure
               ,
               and
               we
               shall
               be
               hereafter
               ,
               as
               though
               we
               had
               never
               been
               ;
               for
               the
               breath
               in
               our
               Nostrils
               is
               as
               smoke
               ,
               and
               a
               little
               spark
               in
               the
               moving
               of
               our
               heart
               ;
               which
               being
               extinguished
               our
               body
               shall
               be
               turned
               into
               ashes
               ,
               and
               our
               spirit
               shall
               vanish
               as
               the
               soft
               Air
               :
               our
               life
               shall
               pass
               away
               as
               the
               trace
               of
               a
               Cloud
               ,
               or
               like
               a
            
             
             
               Mist
               driven
               by
               the
               Beams
               of
               the
               Sun
               ;
               our
               time
               is
               a
               very
               shaddow
               that
               passeth
               away
               ,
               and
               after
               our
               end
               there
               is
               no
               returning
               ,
               for
               it
               is
               fast
               Sealed
               that
               no
               Man
               cometh
               again
               .
            
             Hence
             they
             are
             secure
             and
             encourage
             themselves
             in
             wicked
             and
             licentious
             practices
             ,
             
               Come
               on
               therefore
               let
               us
               enjoy
               the
               good
               things
               that
               are
               present
               ,
               let
               us
               fill
               our selves
               with
               costly
               Wines
               and
               Ointments
               ,
               and
               let
               no
               flower
               of
               the
               spring
               pass
               by
               us
               ;
               let
               us
               crown
               our selves
               with
               Rosebuds
               before
               they
               be
               Withered
               ,
               let
               none
               of
               us
               go
               without
               his
               part
               of
               our
               voluptuousness
               ,
               for
               this
               is
               our
               portion
               and
               our
               lot
               is
               this
               .
            
             Such
             persons
             they
             live
             like
             Beasts
             ,
             and
             they
             would
             perswade
             themselves
             that
             they
             shall
             dye
             like
             beasts
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             immortality
             of
             the
             Soul
             ,
             that
             there
             will
             be
             no
             resurrection
             of
             the
             body
             ,
             and
             by
             consequence
             no
             punishment
             of
             both
             in
             Hell
             ;
             whereas
             right
             reason
             will
             evince
             ,
             that
             the
             Soul
             being
             a
             spiritual
             substance
             will
             survive
             the
             Body
             ,
             which
             the
             wiser
             Heathens
             have
             acknowledged
             ;
             and
             the
             Scripture
             doth
             clearly
             reveal
             this
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             body
             shall
             be
             raised
             again
             at
             the
             last
             day
             ,
             and
             both
             the
             soul
             and
             body
             of
             the
             wicked
             be
             eternally
             tormented
             in
             Hell
             ;
             which
             Scripture
             being
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             no
             carnal
             reason
             could
             ever
             yet
             disprove
             ,
             these
             things
             are
             as
             certain
             as
             God
             as
             true
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             Others
             if
             they
             have
             not
             drunk
             in
             those
             Atheistical
             and
             Anti-Scriptural
             perswasions
             ,
             which
             some
             are
             besotted
             and
             intoxicated
             withall
             ,
             yet
             are
             secure
             and
             senseless
             of
             their
             danger
             ,
             through
             their
             ignorance
             or
             misapprehensions
             of
             God
             ;
             they
             conceive
             him
             to
             be
             made
             up
             all
             of
             mercy
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             fury
             in
             him
             ,
             that
             however
             sinful
             they
             are
             or
             have
             been
             ,
             yet
             that
             God
             is
             more
             merciful
             ,
             and
             nothing
             more
             easie
             than
             to
             obtain
             a
             Pardon
             ,
             and
             if
             
             they
             call
             on
             his
             name
             and
             cry
             for
             mercy
             ,
             though
             at
             the
             last
             gasp
             (
             what
             ever
             their
             wicked
             lives
             have
             been
             )
             they
             shall
             be
             saved
             ;
             not
             considering
             that
             God
             is
             Holy
             and
             jealous
             ,
             just
             and
             righteous
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             merciful
             and
             gracious
             ;
             and
             that
             such
             as
             go
             on
             still
             in
             their
             trespasses
             have
             no
             share
             in
             his
             mercy
             or
             any
             of
             his
             promises
             .
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             Others
             do
             lull
             themselves
             asleep
             upon
             the
             Bed
             of
             security
             ,
             because
             of
             their
             own
             and
             others
             impunity
             ,
             thus
             abusing
             Gods
             patience
             and
             long-suffering
             ,
             which
             should
             lead
             them
             to
             repentance
             ,
             to
             grow
             more
             hardned
             and
             impenitent
             hereby
             ,
             Rom.
             2.
             4
             ,
             5.
             
             Because
             Sentence
             against
             their
             evil
             works
             is
             not
             speedily
             executed
             ,
             therefore
             their
             hearts
             are
             fully
             set
             in
             them
             to
             do
             evil
             and
             they
             are
             secure
             ,
             Eccles.
             8.
             11.
             
             Not
             considering
             that
             though
             God
             be
             long-suffering
             ,
             yet
             that
             he
             is
             not
             ever-suffering
             ;
             that
             patience
             long
             and
             much
             abused
             will
             at
             length
             break
             forth
             into
             fury
             ;
             not
             considering
             that
             Gods
             vengeance
             ,
             though
             it
             hath
             leaden
             heels
             ,
             yet
             it
             hath
             Iron
             hands
             ,
             and
             though
             the
             Fire
             of
             Gods
             anger
             be
             long
             kindling
             ,
             yet
             that
             it
             will
             be
             longer
             ,
             yea
             for
             ever
             burning
             .
          
           
             Fifthly
             ,
             Others
             quiet
             themselves
             for
             the
             present
             ,
             and
             arm
             themselves
             against
             fears
             of
             Hell
             ,
             through
             their
             intention
             of
             after
             repentance
             and
             reformation
             ;
             however
             they
             indulge
             themselves
             for
             a
             while
             in
             their
             sinful
             course
             ,
             yet
             they
             resolve
             shortly
             to
             become
             new
             Men
             and
             Women
             ,
             to
             turn
             over
             a
             new
             leaf
             ,
             and
             lead
             a
             new
             life
             ,
             and
             to
             become
             as
             Holy
             and
             strict
             as
             the
             best
             ;
             not
             considering
             that
             repentance
             is
             not
             in
             their
             own
             power
             ,
             and
             how
             they
             provoke
             God
             hereby
             to
             deny
             the
             grace
             to
             them
             hereafter
             ,
             and
             to
             remove
             from
             the
             means
             of
             working
             it
             ;
             
             not
             remembring
             how
             many
             thousands
             have
             perished
             with
             such
             intentions
             ,
             which
             never
             have
             been
             put
             into
             execution
             .
          
           
             Sixthly
             ,
             Others
             are
             quiet
             and
             secure
             through
             want
             of
             serious
             consideration
             ,
             what
             their
             guilt
             and
             danger
             is
             ;
             they
             fill
             and
             throng
             up
             their
             time
             so
             full
             with
             worldly
             business
             and
             secular
             employments
             ▪
             that
             they
             leave
             themselves
             no
             room
             or
             leasure
             for
             to
             think
             of
             Sin
             and
             their
             near-approaching
             death
             ,
             and
             future
             wrath
             ,
             and
             the
             eternal
             burnings
             of
             Hell
             ,
             which
             they
             are
             in
             danger
             of
             .
             The
             cares
             of
             this
             world
             and
             the
             deceitfulness
             of
             riches
             do
             choke
             their
             Meditations
             in
             the
             first
             springing
             forth
             of
             them
             that
             no
             fruit
             doth
             come
             from
             them
             to
             perfection
             .
             Did
             but
             guilty
             Sinners
             sit
             down
             one
             quarter
             of
             an
             hour
             every
             day
             ,
             and
             look
             upward
             to
             the
             angry
             God
             who
             frowns
             upon
             them
             ,
             and
             down-ward
             to
             the
             flames
             of
             Hell
             ,
             which
             are
             preparing
             for
             them
             ▪
             and
             forward
             to
             the
             last
             judgement
             ,
             when
             they
             will
             be
             sentenced
             by
             the
             Judge
             to
             dwell
             with
             devouring
             Fire
             ,
             and
             Inhabit
             everlasting
             burnings
             ;
             and
             were
             perswaded
             that
             if
             they
             continue
             in
             Sin
             ,
             they
             can
             by
             no
             means
             escape
             ;
             surely
             the
             could
             not
             be
             so
             secure
             .
          
           
             Seventhly
             ,
             Others
             are
             secure
             though
             they
             are
             going
             on
             in
             the
             way
             of
             Sin
             which
             leadeth
             to
             Death
             and
             Hell
             ;
             because
             the
             most
             of
             the
             children
             of
             Men
             are
             going
             on
             in
             the
             same
             course
             ,
             and
             they
             hope
             they
             shall
             fare
             as
             well
             as
             others
             ;
             their
             Fore-Fathers
             trod
             in
             these
             steps
             ,
             and
             their
             neighbours
             are
             their
             companions
             in
             Sin
             ,
             and
             if
             they
             be
             punished
             at
             last
             in
             Hell
             ,
             they
             think
             they
             shall
             have
             company
             enough
             ,
             and
             bear
             it
             as
             well
             as
             others
             ;
             not
             considering
             how
             intollerable
             the
             wrath
             of
             God
             is
             by
             any
             ,
             and
             that
             their
             company
             in
             Hell
             will
             be
             so
             far
             from
             alleviating
             ,
             
             that
             it
             will
             exceedingly
             heighten
             and
             aggravate
             their
             pain
             and
             torment
             .
          
           
             Eightly
             ,
             Others
             and
             the
             most
             are
             secure
             through
             their
             frequent
             practice
             of
             Sin
             ,
             custom
             in
             Sin
             hath
             taken
             away
             the
             sense
             of
             Sin
             ;
             their
             lusts
             have
             enthralled
             them
             ,
             and
             their
             lusts
             have
             stupifyed
             them
             ,
             however
             conscience
             did
             grumble
             at
             first
             ,
             especially
             when
             they
             first
             ventured
             upon
             some
             more
             notorious
             Sins
             ,
             yet
             now
             they
             have
             shut
             the
             mouth
             of
             conscience
             ,
             they
             have
             charm'd
             and
             feared
             it
             as
             with
             a
             hot
             Iron
             ,
             1
             Tim.
             4.
             2.
             
          
           
             Ninthly
             ,
             Others
             are
             quiet
             and
             secure
             under
             their
             danger
             of
             Hell
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             not
             so
             bad
             as
             others
             ,
             because
             they
             do
             not
             run
             with
             others
             unto
             the
             same
             excesse
             of
             riot
             ,
             and
             have
             escaped
             the
             more
             grosse
             pollutions
             ,
             which
             are
             in
             the
             World
             through
             Iusts
             ;
             especially
             if
             they
             carry
             some
             face
             of
             Religion
             too
             ,
             if
             they
             have
             a
             form
             of
             Godliness
             ,
             and
             employ
             themselves
             in
             all
             the
             ourward
             exercise
             of
             Devotion
             ,
             and
             withal
             have
             had
             some
             inward
             flashy
             affections
             ,
             and
             a
             counterfeit
             of
             all
             saving
             grace
             ,
             though
             they
             never
             were
             truely
             humbled
             for
             Sin
             ,
             emptied
             of
             themselves
             ,
             cut
             off
             the
             old
             stock
             ,
             and
             truely
             by
             Faith
             engrafted
             into
             Christ
             ,
             and
             from
             him
             draw
             vertue
             and
             spiritual
             influence
             ,
             (
             which
             is
             proper
             to
             all
             those
             that
             are
             in
             Christ
             ,
             and
             are
             freed
             from
             condemnation
             through
             him
             .
             Rom.
             8.
             1.
             )
             Thus
             the
             Devil
             and
             the
             deceitful
             hearts
             of
             men
             do
             bewitch
             and
             befool
             the
             most
             ,
             some
             of
             these
             ways
             ,
             to
             sit
             still
             in
             peace
             and
             security
             ,
             until
             destruction
             come
             upon
             them
             suddenly
             ,
             and
             that
             without
             remedy
             ;
             and
             they
             are
             not
             awakened
             out
             of
             their
             spiritual
             slumber
             until
             they
             are
             awakened
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             the
             flames
             of
             Hell.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             VIII
             .
             3.
             
             Use
             of
             Reproof
             and
             Terrour
             for
             the
             awakening
             of
             the
             Wicked
             and
             Ungodly
             ,
             out
             of
             their
             carnal
             security
             ▪
          
           
             HOw
             long
             will
             ye
             sleep
             O
             ye
             Sinners
             ?
             How
             long
             will
             ye
             slumber
             in
             such
             imminent
             danger
             ,
             ye
             Graceless
             and
             Christless
             persons
             ?
             what
             sleep
             under
             the
             light
             ?
             what
             sleep
             upon
             the
             brinks
             of
             the
             burning
             Lake
             ?
             and
             will
             nothing
             rouze
             you
             ,
             and
             awaken
             you
             out
             of
             this
             sleep
             ?
             are
             you
             resolved
             it
             shall
             prove
             the
             sleep
             of
             death
             ?
             shall
             it
             insensibly
             and
             effectually
             usher
             you
             to
             Hell
             before
             you
             are
             aware
             ?
             have
             you
             been
             called
             already
             so
             long
             ,
             so
             loud
             ,
             so
             frequently
             ,
             so
             fervently
             ,
             and
             yet
             do
             you
             deafen
             your
             ear
             ?
             have
             you
             been
             told
             so
             often
             of
             your
             guilt
             and
             danger
             ,
             and
             yet
             harden
             your
             ●…art
             ?
             yet
             will
             you
             hold
             fast
             your
             sins
             ,
             resolving
             not
             to
             let
             them
             go
             what
             ever
             they
             cost
             you
             ?
             have
             your
             hearts
             been
             like
             so
             many
             brazen
             walls
             ,
             beating
             back
             all
             the
             Arrows
             of
             reproof
             ,
             and
             threatnings
             which
             have
             been
             shot
             at
             you
             ?
             or
             are
             they
             like
             Cley
             and
             Mud
             ,
             which
             groweth
             the
             more
             hard
             and
             obdurate
             under
             the
             Sun
             and
             Light
             of
             the
             Gospel
             which
             hath
             shined
             upon
             you
             ?
             have
             no
             Heavenly
             dews
             and
             showers
             of
             the
             Word
             yet
             melted
             and
             softned
             you
             ,
             no
             Fire
             and
             Hammer
             new-moulded
             and
             framed
             you
             ?
             have
             you
             been
             threatned
             with
             Death
             ,
             and
             Wrath
             ,
             and
             Misery
             for
             ever
             ,
             and
             yet
             not
             startled
             ,
             yet
             stupid
             and
             senseless
             ?
          
           
             O
             that
             yet
             at
             length
             you
             might
             be
             awakened
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             the
             Lord
             effectually
             perswaded
             
             ●…o
             lift
             up
             your
             eyes
             ,
             and
             look
             a
             little
             before
             you
             ,
             Younder
             ,
             Younder
             !
             look
             Sinner
             younder
             !
             is
             a
             horrible
             burning
             Tempest
             driving
             towards
             thee
             ,
             a
             dreadful
             burning
             Lake
             preparing
             for
             thee
             ,
             but
             canst
             not
             thou
             see
             it
             ;
             look
             thorow
             the
             perspective
             of
             
             Sodom's
             burnings
             ,
             when
             fire
             came
             down
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             
             Aetna's
             burnings
             when
             Fire
             came
             forth
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             this
             will
             discover
             something
             ;
             but
             the
             perspective
             of
             the
             word
             will
             show
             it
             plain
             ;
             if
             thou
             loo●…est
             upwards
             with
             this
             perspective
             ,
             thou
             maist
             see
             some
             glim●…s
             of
             the
             Glory
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             if
             tho●…
             loo●…est
             dow●…ward
             w●…th
             it
             thou
             maist
             see
             some
             glimps
             of
             the
             Fire
             of
             Hell.
             Look
             doest
             thou
             not
             see
             a
             horrible
             deep
             and
             large
             pit
             filled
             with
             horribly
             burning
             Fire
             ,
             and
             that
             Fire
             filled
             with
             damned
             Men
             and
             Women
             ?
             Lay
             thy
             ear
             to
             the
             mouth
             of
             this
             pit
             ,
             and
             har●…
             what
             the
             dolorous
             complaints
             ,
             what
             the
             shreeks
             and
             yellings
             be
             of
             that
             cursed
             company
             !
             and
             doest
             thou
             not
             perceive
             thy self
             hastning
             forward
             in
             the
             way
             to
             this
             place
             of
             burning
             ?
             and
             wilt
             thou
             go
             forward
             still
             ?
             or
             wilt
             thou
             suffer
             thy self
             to
             be
             carried
             on
             furiously
             by
             thy
             impetuous
             lusts
             ,
             until
             thou
             art
             fallen
             into
             this
             pit
             ,
             and
             there
             be
             no
             po●…sibility
             of
             ever
             getting
             forth
             again
             ?
          
           
             But
             more
             particularly
             I
             shall
             lay
             before
             you
             some
             considerations
             for
             the
             awakening
             of
             the
             secure
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             Think
             how
             doleful
             a
             day
             of
             trouble
             and
             adversity
             is
             like
             to
             be
             to
             you
             ,
             if
             you
             be
             then
             in
             danger
             of
             Hell
             ,
             where
             will
             the
             quiet
             and
             security
             which
             now
             you
             have
             appear
             on
             that
             day
             ?
             possibly
             it
             may
             last
             and
             abide
             with
             you
             so
             long
             as
             the
             warm
             Sun
             of
             prosperity
             doth
             shine
             upon
             you
             ,
             in
             the
             spring
             of
             youth
             and
             sensual
             delights
             ,
             whilst
             you
             thrive
             and
             
             flourish
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             whilst
             your
             friends
             and
             flatterers
             are
             about
             you
             ,
             your
             health
             and
             outward
             peace
             doth
             remain
             with
             you
             ;
             but
             you
             may
             live
             to
             see
             all
             your
             outward
             comforts
             lye
             dead
             before
             you
             ,
             and
             hid
             in
             the
             Grave
             from
             your
             sight
             for
             ever
             :
             your
             Sun
             of
             prosperity
             may
             set
             at
             the
             noon-day
             of
             your
             lives
             ,
             and
             a
             black
             night
             of
             adversiry
             may
             come
             upon
             you
             ;
             stormy
             Winds
             and
             a
             bitter
             cold
             Winter
             of
             trouble
             and
             affliction
             may
             assault
             you
             ,
             &
             wither
             all
             your
             sensual
             pleasures
             like
             the
             herb
             and
             Flower
             of
             the
             Field
             :
             some
             unlooked-for-providence
             may
             blast
             your
             estate
             ,
             and
             your
             name
             ,
             bereave
             you
             of
             your
             dearest
             Friends
             and
             Relations
             ,
             and
             withdraw
             all
             the
             fewel
             and
             provisions
             which
             you
             have
             been
             storing
             ,
             and
             laying
             up
             for
             your
             flesh
             and
             sensual
             satisfactions
             :
             how
             well
             and
             strong
             so
             ever
             you
             are
             for
             the
             present
             ,
             an
             unexpected
             Sickness
             and
             Death-threatning
             distemper
             may
             suddenly
             invade
             you
             ,
             and
             bring
             you
             down
             to
             the
             sides
             of
             the
             pit
             ,
             and
             fill
             you
             with
             such
             pain
             and
             grief
             as
             no
             outward
             enjoyments
             shall
             be
             able
             in
             the
             least
             to
             aswage
             :
          
           
             And
             then
             think
             with
             your selves
             ,
             you
             that
             are
             in
             danger
             of
             Hell
             ,
             what
             dread
             is
             like
             then
             to
             seise
             upon
             you
             like
             an
             armed
             man
             ,
             which
             you
             will
             not
             be
             able
             to
             resist
             ;
             then
             your
             carnal
             security
             will
             fly
             away
             like
             a
             Bird
             or
             a
             Cloud
             ,
             and
             vanish
             like
             smoke
             in
             the
             Air
             ;
             then
             your
             false
             peace
             will
             be
             broken
             and
             torn
             to
             pieces
             ,
             like
             the
             Spider
             Webs
             by
             the
             feirce
             Winds
             ,
             as
             being
             utterly
             unable
             to
             resist
             the
             feirce
             blasts
             ,
             and
             rougher
             assaults
             of
             an
             adverse
             estate
             .
             And
             oh
             how
             doleful
             and
             dismal
             is
             a
             day
             of
             trouble
             like
             to
             be
             to
             you
             ,
             when
             all
             outward
             stays
             and
             comfort
             ,
             and
             all
             nward
             quiet
             and
             peace
             shall
             fail
             together
             ;
             when
             
             there
             are
             storms
             abroad
             ,
             and
             worser
             storms
             at
             home
             ;
             great
             trouble
             without
             ,
             and
             greater
             trouble
             within
             ;
             when
             you
             shall
             fall
             under
             the
             scourge
             of
             outward
             affliction
             ,
             and
             under
             the
             lashes
             of
             an
             accusing
             conscience
             ;
             the
             fear
             of
             Hell
             and
             everlasting
             burnings
             is
             like
             to
             be
             more
             lively
             ,
             and
             afflictive
             in
             a
             day
             of
             trouble
             ,
             than
             when
             prosperity
             doth
             restrain
             conscience
             from
             doing
             it's
             Office.
             
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             Consider
             if
             you
             should
             escape
             the
             greater
             storms
             of
             outward
             affliction
             in
             your
             life
             ,
             yet
             you
             cannot
             escape
             the
             stroke
             of
             death
             ,
             and
             think
             how
             the
             apprehensions
             of
             future
             wrath
             and
             burnings
             are
             like
             to
             consume
             you
             with
             terrours
             at
             your
             later
             end
             ,
             Psal.
             73.
             19.
             
             Death
             hath
             a
             grim
             aspect
             ,
             and
             looks
             with
             a
             feirce
             countenance
             upon
             guilty
             Souls
             ;
             and
             when
             this
             enemy
             shall
             assault
             and
             wound
             you
             ,
             when
             your
             last
             sickness
             shall
             come
             &
             prove
             ▪
             mortal
             to
             you
             ;
             when
             the
             Phisitian
             shall
             give
             you
             over
             and
             leave
             you
             ,
             your
             friends
             shall
             mourn
             and
             stand
             weeping
             about
             you
             ,
             when
             death
             hath
             seised
             upon
             the
             extream
             parts
             of
             your
             body
             ,
             and
             the
             cold
             clammy
             sweats
             are
             upon
             you
             ,
             and
             then
             you
             apprehend
             the
             second
             death
             near
             yo●…
             ,
             which
             will
             immediately
             follow
             upon
             the
             first
             death
             ,
             when
             you
             think
             that
             whilst
             Friends
             are
             conveying
             your
             body
             to
             your
             Grave
             ,
             that
             Devils
             shall
             drag
             your
             Souls
             to
             Hell
             ;
             how
             are
             you
             then
             like
             to
             awake
             in
             horrour
             ,
             despair
             and
             utter
             confusion
             ?
             the
             dying
             sobs
             and
             G●…oans
             of
             some
             guilty
             Sinners
             ,
             when
             awakened
             at
             their
             entrance
             in
             at
             the
             port
             of
             death
             are
             dreadful
             ,
             but
             the
             inward
             anguish
             of
             the
             heart
             is
             beyond
             all
             compass
             of
             conceit
             ,
             or
             expression
             of
             tongue
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             But
             think
             how
             fearful
             the
             seperation
             of
             your
             Souls
             and
             Bodies
             will
             be
             ,
             think
             with
             what
             
             dread
             your
             spirits
             will
             appear
             before
             God
             ,
             when
             your
             consciences
             shall
             furiously
             charge
             you
             with
             guilt
             of
             all
             the
             Sins
             which
             ever
             you
             committed
             ,
             and
             you
             have
             not
             one
             pardon
             to
             show
             ,
             nor
             one
             word
             to
             answer
             for
             your selves
             ;
             when
             being
             examined
             and
             accused
             and
             found
             guilty
             ,
             you
             shall
             be
             condemned
             unto
             eternal
             punishment
             ,
             think
             oh
             think
             what
             your
             horrour
             is
             like
             then
             to
             be
             .
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             Think
             of
             the
             day
             of
             doom
             ,
             when
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             shall
             come
             .
             I
             mean
             when
             he
             shall
             come
             down
             from
             Heaven
             to
             judge
             the
             World
             ;
             when
             the
             Graves
             shall
             be
             opened
             and
             you
             called
             forth
             to
             appear
             before
             him
             ,
             and
             the
             Book
             of
             your
             conscience
             shall
             be
             opened
             ,
             and
             all
             your
             Sins
             made
             manifest
             to
             the
             whole
             World
             ,
             and
             having
             nothing
             to
             answer
             when
             you
             shall
             be
             Sentenced
             to
             everlasting
             Fire
             :
             
               Depart
               from
               me
               ye
               cursed
               into
               everlasting
               Fire
               prepared
               for
               the
               D●…vil
               and
               his
               Angels
               ,
            
             and
             when
             the
             Lord
             shall
             then
             drive
             you
             out
             of
             his
             presence
             into
             Hell
             ,
             O
             what
             will
             you
             shreeks
             and
             out-cryes
             be
             at
             that
             day
             ?
             See
             my
             Book
             
               of
               Christ's
               certain
               and
               sudden
               appearance
               to
               Indgement
               .
            
          
           
             Fifthly
             ,
             Think
             of
             the
             punishment
             of
             Hell
             it self
             ,
             which
             you
             will
             be
             condemned
             unto
             ;
             and
             that
             ,
          
           
             
               First
               ,
               What
               will
               there
               be
               taken
               from
               you
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               What
               there
               will
               be
               denied
               unto
               you
               .
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               What
               there
               will
               be
               inflicted
               upon
               you
               .
            
          
           
             First
             ,
             Think
             what
             in
             Hell
             will
             be
             taken
             from
             you
             ,
             all
             your
             riches
             will
             be
             taken
             away
             ,
             riches
             will
             then
             take
             the
             wing
             and
             be
             gone
             ,
             and
             you
             shall
             never
             set
             your
             eye
             upon
             them
             any
             more
             ;
             you
             shall
             never
             buy
             and
             sell
             ,
             and
             get
             gain
             any
             more
             ,
             never
             purchase
             Houses
             and
             Lands
             ,
             and
             Inheritance
             more
             ,
             and
             not
             then
             have
             so
             much
             Land
             left
             ,
             as
             whereon
             to
             set
             the
             
             sole
             of
             your
             foot
             ,
             all
             your
             money
             and
             estate
             wlil
             perish
             with
             your selves
             ,
             and
             oh
             how
             poor
             and
             miserable
             will
             you
             perceive
             your selves
             then
             to
             b●…
             when
             you
             are
             deprived
             of
             all
             your
             riches
             and
             treasures
             on
             Earth
             ,
             and
             instead
             thereof
             are
             made
             to
             possess
             treasures
             of
             wrath
             ?
             your
             honour
             also
             will
             be
             taken
             away
             ,
             and
             everlasting
             shame
             and
             contempt
             shall
             be
             poured
             upon
             you
             .
             Although
             you
             may
             be
             raised
             to
             a
             higher
             seat
             than
             the
             ordinary
             rank
             now
             ,
             then
             you
             must
             stand
             upon
             even
             ground
             with
             the
             meanest
             ,
             even
             such
             whom
             you
             would
             think
             scorn
             to
             set
             with
             the
             Dogs
             of
             your
             Flock
             ,
             or
             to
             employ
             in
             the
             meanest
             office
             about
             you
             :
             the
             crown
             will
             then
             be
             pluckt
             from
             the
             Head
             ,
             and
             the
             Robe
             be
             torn
             from
             the
             back
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             honour
             of
             wicked
             great
             ones
             belaid
             in
             the
             dust
             ;
             and
             they
             will
             find
             no
             more
             respect
             in
             Hell
             than
             other
             men
             ;
             wicked
             Princes
             and
             Noblemen
             ,
             wicked
             Knights
             and
             Gentlemen
             will
             have
             none
             to
             bow
             to
             them
             there
             ,
             and
             do
             them
             homage
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             High-born
             Ladies
             that
             are
             not
             New-born
             (
             what
             ever
             they
             have
             here
             )
             will
             find
             no
             Courtship
             hereafter
             ,
             but
             will
             be
             handled
             as
             roughly
             ns
             meanest
             of
             their
             attendants
             .
             All
             your
             sensual
             delights
             and
             pleasures
             will
             then
             be
             at
             an
             end
             ,
             they
             are
             now
             but
             for
             a
             season
             ,
             Heb.
             11.
             25.
             
             Yea
             ,
             but
             for
             a
             moment
             ,
             Iob.
             20.
             5.
             
             Sometimes
             they
             fail
             before
             the
             life
             is
             at
             an
             end
             ,
             be
             sure
             hereafter
             they
             shall
             have
             an
             eternal
             Period
             :
             In
             Hell
             there
             will
             be
             no
             Feasting
             and
             delicious
             fare
             to
             pamper
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             no
             carowsing
             and
             drinking
             Wine
             in
             Bowles
             ,
             no
             chanting
             to
             the
             sound
             of
             the
             Viol
             ,
             no
             singing
             ,
             dancing
             and
             making
             merry
             ;
             the
             glutton
             shall
             there
             have
             no
             sweet
             morsels
             ,
             the
             drunkard
             no
             sweet
             draughts
             ,
             no
             ●…or
             so
             much
             as
             a
             drop
             of
             Water
             to
             cool
             and
             refresh
             
             him
             :
             the
             wanton
             shall
             no
             more
             melt
             in
             la●…ivious
             embraces
             ,
             nothing
             will
             remain
             of
             all
             your
             sweetnesses
             and
             pleasures
             here
             ,
             but
             the
             bitter
             remembrances
             accompained
             with
             unutterable
             grief
             and
             and
             gr●…ans
             ,
             and
             the
             intollerable
             sting
             and
             bitings
             of
             the
             never
             dying-worm
             of
             conscience
             ,
             what
             ever
             you
             have
             prized
             and
             pleased
             your selves
             withal
             here
             ,
             you
             will
             then
             be
             stript
             of
             all
             ,
             and
             oh
             how
             bitter
             will
             this
             be
             to
             lose
             all
             that
             which
             you
             now
             so
             much
             esteem
             and
             love
             ,
             and
             place
             your
             chief
             happiness
             in
             ?
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             Think
             what
             in
             Hell
             will
             be
             denied
             unto
             you
             ;
             you
             shall
             be
             denied
             admission
             into
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Heaven
             ;
             when
             you
             see
             Abraham
             ,
             and
             Isaac
             ,
             and
             Iacob
             ,
             and
             many
             from
             the
             East
             ,
             and
             West
             ,
             and
             North
             ,
             &
             South
             ,
             come
             and
             sit
             down
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God
             ;
             when
             you
             shall
             see
             all
             the
             Saints
             of
             all
             ages
             shine
             like
             the
             Sun
             ,
             and
             be
             caught
             up
             in
             the
             Clouds
             to
             meet
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             be
             crowned
             by
             him
             and
             received
             to
             inherit
             the
             Kingdom
             prepared
             for
             them
             ,
             ye
             shall
             be
             shut
             out
             ▪
             no
             room
             will
             be
             found
             for
             you
             there
             ;
             you
             could
             find
             no
             room
             for
             Christ
             in
             your
             hearts
             here
             ,
             and
             he
             will
             find
             no
             room
             for
             you
             in
             his
             Kingdom
             hereafter
             ,
             The
             loss
             of
             Heaven
             of
             that
             unspeakable
             happiness
             ,
             which
             the
             Angels
             and
             Saints
             shall
             have
             in
             the
             immediate
             Vision
             and
             Fr●…ition
             of
             God
             ;
             when
             you
             come
             to
             understand
             what
             it
             is
             ,
             will
             appear
             as
             many
             observe
             to
             be
             greater
             than
             the
             punishment
             of
             sense
             ;
             especially
             this
             l●…sse
             will
             be
             most
             grievous
             unto
             you
             ,
             who
             have
             had
             discoveries
             and
             proffers
             of
             it
             ,
             but
             neglected
             and
             refused
             it
             ,
             preferring
             some
             base
             lusts
             before
             it
             ▪
             O
             how
             will
             you
             then
             be
             ready
             to
             tear
             your selves
             to
             pi●…ces
             for
             madness
             and
             vexation
             !
          
           
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             Think
             what
             punishment
             in
             Hell
             will
             be
             inflicted
             upon
             you
             .
          
           
             
               First
               ,
               The
               soreness
               and
               intollerableness
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               The
               sureness
               and
               unavoidableness
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               The
               neerness
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               Fourthly
               ,
               The
               everlastingness
               of
               it
               .
            
          
           
             First
             ,
             Consider
             the
             soreness
             and
             intollerableness
             of
             Hell's
             torments
             ,
             and
             that
             both
             of
             the
             pain
             ,
             which
             there
             you
             shall
             feel
             in
             your
             bodies
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             anguish
             which
             shall
             be
             put
             upon
             your
             souls
             ;
             If
             you
             be
             found
             amongst
             the
             Wicked
             and
             Ungodly
             at
             the
             last
             ,
             your
             bodies
             shall
             be
             tormented
             in
             every
             part
             in
             the
             flames
             of
             Hell-fire
             ;
             no
             pain
             is
             more
             grievous
             now
             to
             the
             body
             ,
             than
             the
             pain
             of
             Fire
             ;
             but
             what
             is
             the
             extinguishable
             Fire
             on
             Earth
             ,
             in
             comparison
             with
             the
             unquenchable
             Fire
             of
             Hell
             ?
             what
             is
             the
             Fire
             of
             Mans
             kindling
             in
             comparison
             with
             the
             Fire
             of
             Gods
             kindling
             ?
             what
             is
             Fire
             fed
             by
             Wood
             in
             comparison
             with
             Fire
             fed
             by
             the
             breath
             of
             God
             ?
             no
             Fire
             here
             can
             torment
             like
             to
             the
             fire
             which
             God
             hath
             prepared
             for
             the
             bodies
             of
             the
             wicked
             hereafter
             .
             You
             have
             seen
             fiery
             Ovens
             ,
             and
             you
             have
             heard
             of
             Nebecadnezzars
             fiery
             furnace
             ,
             should
             your
             bodies
             now
             be
             thrown
             into
             such
             fires
             ,
             you
             would
             find
             them
             horribly
             painful
             ,
             but
             the
             pains
             of
             Hell-fire
             will
             be
             ten
             thousand
             times
             more
             horrible
             and
             tormenting
             :
             your
             bodies
             now
             cannot
             endure
             much
             pain
             ,
             without
             expiring
             which
             puts
             an
             end
             thereunto
             ;
             but
             hereafter
             God
             will
             strengthen
             your
             bodies
             to
             endure
             ,
             they
             shall
             have
             greater
             strength
             and
             quicker
             sense
             ,
             and
             so
             more
             capacity
             for
             pain
             ,
             and
             they
             shall
             be
             filled
             to
             the
             uttermost
             of
             their
             capacity
             ;
             
             your
             bodies
             shall
             never
             dye
             ,
             and
             they
             sha●…
             be
             filled
             with
             pain
             in
             extremity
             ,
             and
             that
             to
             eternity
             ;
             this
             will
             be
             very
             sore
             .
             All
             the
             tortures
             that
             ever
             were
             invented
             by
             the
             most
             mischievous
             mind
             ,
             or
             executed
             by
             the
             most
             cruel
             Tyrant
             on
             any
             whom
             they
             have
             had
             the
             greatest
             spleen
             unto
             ,
             are
             not
             so
             much
             as
             the
             least
             gentle
             touch
             in
             comparison
             with
             the
             torture
             ,
             which
             the
             least
             member
             of
             the
             damned
             shall
             endure
             in
             Hell.
             
          
           
             Some
             of
             you
             have
             had
             extream
             pain
             in
             your
             heads
             ,
             others
             have
             had
             extream
             pain
             in
             your
             bowels
             ,
             others
             have
             been
             extreamly
             afflicted
             with
             pain
             in
             your
             legs
             ;
             others
             have
             felt
             much
             torture
             with
             the
             pain
             of
             your
             teeth
             ;
             but
             if
             you
             live
             and
             dye
             in
             Sin
             ,
             you
             shall
             be
             extreamly
             and
             eternally
             tortured
             with
             pain
             in
             every
             part
             ,
             your
             eyes
             shall
             be
             full
             of
             pain
             ,
             your
             tongues
             full
             of
             pain
             ,
             your
             hands
             full
             of
             pain
             ,
             your
             heads
             full
             of
             pain
             ,
             your
             backs
             full
             of
             pain
             ,
             your
             bellies
             full
             of
             pain
             ,
             your
             feet
             full
             of
             pain
             ,
             from
             the
             crown
             of
             your
             head
             unto
             the
             sole
             of
             your
             feet
             ,
             no
             part
             shall
             be
             free
             ;
             your
             bodies
             shall
             roul
             and
             tumble
             in
             flames
             ,
             and
             there
             burn
             with
             horrible
             pain
             ,
             and
             yet
             never
             be
             consumed
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             anguish
             of
             your
             Soul
             will
             far
             exceed
             the
             tortures
             of
             your
             bodies
             ,
             and
             here
             words
             fail
             ,
             conceptions
             fall
             short
             ;
             who
             can
             tell
             how
             the
             worm
             of
             conscience
             will
             bite
             !
             how
             dreadful
             the
             lashes
             of
             your
             consciences
             will
             be
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             let
             loose
             (
             as
             Gods
             executioners
             )
             with
             full
             rage
             upon
             you
             ?
             who
             can
             utterthe
             anguish
             you
             shall
             endure
             under
             the
             immediate
             impressions
             of
             God's
             wrath
             upon
             your
             souls
             ;
             this
             will
             exceed
             what
             ever
             can
             be
             inflicted
             by
             the
             means
             of
             any
             second
             causes
             :
             The
             punishment
             of
             Hell
             fire
             will
             be
             very
             sore
             and
             intollerable
             ,
             such
             
             as
             are
             tender
             cannot
             without
             unutterable
             fear
             and
             grief
             bear
             the
             thoughts
             of
             being
             burned
             alive
             here
             on
             Earth
             ,
             and
             oh
             the
             shre●…kings
             of
             such
             persons
             ,
             when
             they
             have
             been
             brought
             to
             the
             fire
             ,
             and
             the
             flames
             have
             begun
             to
             seise
             upon
             them
             !
             O
             I
             cannot
             endure
             it
             !
             O
             I
             cannot
             endure
             it
             !
             how
             intollerable
             then
             will
             Hell-fire
             be
             !
             many
             Martyrs
             have
             endured
             great
             tortures
             in
             their
             bodies
             with
             much
             patience
             ,
             some
             were
             slain
             with
             the
             Sword
             ;
             some
             burnt
             with
             fire
             ,
             some
             scourged
             with
             whips
             ,
             some
             stabbed
             with
             Iron
             forks
             ,
             some
             their
             skins
             pluckt
             off
             whilst
             alive
             ,
             some
             their
             tongues
             cut
             out
             ,
             some
             stoned
             to
             death
             ,
             some
             starved
             with
             hunger
             &
             cold
             ,
             some
             dismembred
             and
             naked
             to
             the
             shame
             of
             the
             World
             ;
             and
             yet
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             all
             their
             pains
             they
             have
             had
             a
             composed
             minde
             ;
             yea
             ,
             sometimes
             have
             been
             filled
             with
             joy
             ;
             God
             hath
             not
             suffered
             man
             to
             inflict
             upon
             them
             more
             than
             he
             hath
             given
             them
             strength
             to
             bea●…
             ;
             but
             there
             will
             be
             no
             patience
             to
             undergo
             the
             pains
             of
             Hell
             ;
             the
             spirit
             will
             uttterly
             sink
             under
             the
             the
             heavy
             burden
             and
             pressure
             thereof
             ,
             especially
             the
             pressure
             of
             that
             pure
             and
             weighty
             wrath
             ,
             which
             shall
             be
             immediately
             upon
             the
             soul.
             The
             terrours
             of
             conscience
             here
             and
             foretasts
             of
             wrath
             ,
             are
             intollerable
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             Prev
             .
             18.
             14.
             
             
               The
               spirit
               of
               man
               will
               sustain
               his
               infirmity
               ,
               but
               a
               wounded
               spirit
               who
               can
               bear
               ?
            
             If
             the
             body
             be
             infirm
             and
             weak
             ,
             full
             of
             distemper
             and
             pain
             ,
             yet
             whilst
             the
             spirit
             is
             whole
             and
             sound
             ,
             whilst
             there
             is
             peace
             within
             ,
             the
             spirit
             may
             sustain
             this
             ,
             and
             bear
             up
             under
             it
             :
             but
             if
             the
             spirit
             be
             wounded
             by
             the
             Arrows
             of
             the
             Almighty
             shot
             into
             it
             ,
             who
             can
             bear
             it
             ?
             if
             God
             let
             fall
             some
             scalding
             drops
             of
             his
             wrath
             upon
             the
             spirit
             ,
             if
             he
             kindle
             a
             spark
             of
             Hell-fire
             in
             ye
             conscience
             ,
             who
             
             can
             endure
             it
             ?
             no
             Balm
             nor
             Physitian
             on
             Earth
             can
             cure
             such
             wounds
             ,
             no
             Earthly
             riches
             or
             sensual
             delights
             can
             aswage
             these
             inward
             griefs
             and
             horrours
             ,
             which
             by
             the
             hand
             of
             God
             are
             imprinted
             upon
             the
             Spirit
             :
             when
             the
             wicked
             are
             filled
             with
             dispairful
             agonies
             ,
             through
             apprehension
             of
             future
             approaching
             wrath
             ,
             and
             there
             remaineth
             nothing
             but
             a
             fearfull
             looking
             for
             of
             Judgement
             and
             fiery
             indignation
             ,
             which
             shall
             devour
             the
             adversaries
             ,
             Heb.
             10.
             26.
             this
             is
             enough
             to
             sink
             the
             heart
             of
             the
             stoutest
             under
             it's
             burden
             .
             And
             if
             the
             wounds
             of
             the
             Spirit
             herebe
             so
             intollerable
             ,
             what
             will
             those
             be
             which
             the
             Lord
             with
             such
             mighty
             force
             and
             by
             his
             immediate
             hand
             shall
             give
             hereafter
             ?
             if
             you
             cannot
             bear
             some
             drops
             of
             God's
             wrath
             now
             ,
             what
             will
             you
             do
             when
             the
             full
             Viols
             of
             Gods
             wrath
             shall
             be
             poured
             out
             upon
             you
             ,
             if
             you
             be
             found
             under
             the
             guilt
             of
             sin
             ?
             if
             you
             cannot
             endure
             the
             sparks
             of
             Hell-fire
             ,
             how
             will
             you
             endure
             the
             flames
             ,
             and
             most
             burning
             heat
             thereof
             ?
             If
             the
             foretasts
             of
             Hell
             affect
             ye
             heart
             with
             such
             horrour
             ,
             and
             the
             fears
             thereof
             fill
             the
             Spirit
             with
             such
             amazement
             ,
             what
             will
             Hell
             it selfs
             do
             when
             the
             pains
             and
             anguish
             thereof
             is
             beyond
             the
             greatest
             fears
             ,
             and
             highest
             conceptions
             thereof
             ?
          
           
             Should
             you
             fall
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             most
             cruel
             Men
             to
             torture
             and
             Massacre
             you
             ,
             this
             would
             be
             fearful
             ;
             should
             you
             fall
             under
             the
             power
             of
             Devils
             to
             tear
             and
             rend
             you
             ,
             this
             would
             be
             more
             fearful
             ;
             but
             to
             fall
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             God
             ,
             this
             will
             be
             most
             fearful
             ,
             this
             you
             cannot
             bear
             ,
             and
             yet
             if
             wicked
             you
             must
             bear
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             to
             eternity
             ,
             and
             can
             you
             sleep
             still
             in
             Sin
             ,
             under
             the
             thoughts
             of
             such
             danger
             ?
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             Consider
             the
             sureness
             and
             unavoidabieness
             of
             Hell-fire
             ;
             nothing
             is
             more
             sure
             than
             what
             
             God
             hath
             revealed
             in
             his
             Word
             ,
             and
             nothing
             more
             unavoidable
             than
             what
             God
             hath
             threatned
             ;
             and
             such
             is
             the
             tormenting
             of
             the
             wicked
             and
             Ungodly
             in
             the
             flames
             of
             Hell-fire
             .
             Whilst
             you
             are
             here
             upon
             the
             Earth
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             possibility
             of
             escaping
             future
             torments
             ;
             Pardon
             ,
             P●…ace
             ,
             and
             Salvation
             are
             attainable
             :
             If
             you
             lay
             your
             Sins
             to
             heart
             ,
             if
             you
             confess
             and
             forsake
             them
             ,
             you
             may
             find
             mercy
             ;
             if
             by
             faith
             you
             apply
             your selves
             unto
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             you
             shall
             not
             perish
             ▪
             but
             obtain
             eternal
             life
             .
             But
             if
             go
             on
             still
             in
             your
             trespasse
             ,
             if
             you
             live
             and
             dye
             in
             a
             state
             of
             impenitency
             and
             unbelief
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             impossible
             for
             you
             to
             escape
             :
             Indeed
             could
             you
             make
             you
             party
             good
             against
             God
             ,
             could
             you
             gather
             forces
             together
             ,
             and
             wage
             War
             against
             Heaven
             and
             obtain
             the
             Victory
             ▪
             you
             might
             avoid
             the
             threatned
             punishment
             ;
             but
             alas
             God
             is
             infinite
             in
             power
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             permit
             any
             such
             attempts
             ,
             you
             will
             not
             be
             able
             to
             hold
             up
             head
             or
             hand
             against
             him
             :
             who
             can
             stand
             in
             his
             sight
             when
             once
             he
             is
             angry
             ?
             God
             will
             bind
             all
             the
             Devils
             and
             wicked
             men
             and
             women
             together
             in
             chains
             of
             darkness
             ,
             stronger
             than
             any
             Iron
             chains
             ,
             and
             none
             shall
             be
             able
             to
             make
             any
             resistance
             .
             Could
             you
             hide
             your selves
             at
             the
             last
             day
             from
             his
             eye
             ;
             could
             you
             fly
             from
             his
             presence
             into
             some
             remote
             corner
             ,
             could
             you
             creep
             under
             some
             Rock
             or
             Mountain
             ,
             and
             there
             be
             covered
             from
             his
             view
             you
             might
             think
             to
             escape
             ;
             but
             this
             cannot
             be
             ,
             Gods
             eye
             will
             follow
             you
             ,
             and
             his
             hand
             will
             reach
             you
             whither
             soever
             you
             go
             :
             Could
             you
             by
             your
             Prayers
             and
             Tears
             move
             God
             to
             compassion
             ,
             and
             prevail
             for
             mercy
             as
             now
             you
             may
             do
             ,
             there
             might
             be
             some
             hopes
             of
             avoiding
             this
             punishment
             ,
             but
             〈◊〉
             Gods
             ear
             will
             be
             shut
             ,
             and
             the
             doors
             
             of
             mercy
             shut
             against
             you
             for
             ever
             ;
             your
             knocking
             at
             the
             door
             will
             be
             in
             vain
             ,
             it
             will
             never
             be
             opened
             ,
             your
             cryes
             and
             prayers
             will
             be
             no
             purpose
             ▪
             they
             will
             receive
             no
             answer
             .
             Hereafter
             the
             punishment
             of
             Hell
             will
             be
             unavoidable
             by
             the
             wicked
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             Consider
             the
             neerness
             of
             this
             punishment
             of
             Hell.
             The
             sands
             of
             your
             life
             are
             running
             apace
             ;
             the
             time
             of
             your
             abode
             here
             is
             wasting
             very
             fast
             ,
             your
             bodies
             will
             quickly
             be
             in
             the
             Grave
             ,
             and
             if
             you
             dye
             in
             your
             Sins
             ,
             your
             soul
             will
             be
             as
             quickly
             in
             Hell.
             You
             cannot
             long
             escape
             this
             punishment
             ;
             You
             may
             shuffle
             the
             thoughts
             of
             God
             and
             future
             wrath
             out
             of
             your
             minde
             for
             a
             time
             ,
             you
             may
             busie
             your
             thoughts
             about
             other
             thing
             ;
             whilst
             you
             ▪
             are
             here
             ;
             but
             all
             these
             things
             will
             shortly
             shrink
             away
             from
             you
             ,
             and
             leave
             you
             naked
             ,
             and
             you
             must
             stand
             before
             God
             to
             be
             judg'd
             by
             him
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             condemned
             by
             him
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             punished
             by
             him
             ;
             God
             will
             meet
             you
             as
             a
             Bear
             bereaved
             of
             her
             whelps
             ,
             and
             rend
             the
             caul
             of
             your
             heart
             ,
             or
             like
             a
             roaring
             Lion
             ,
             and
             rear
             you
             in
             pieces
             ;
             when
             there
             shall
             be
             none
             to
             deliver
             ;
             God
             will
             take
             you
             into
             his
             hand
             ,
             and
             throw
             you
             out
             of
             his
             presence
             into
             the
             bottomless
             gulph
             of
             unquenchable
             burnings
             :
             me
             thinks
             this
             should
             awaken
             you
             .
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             And
             lastly
             ,
             consider
             the
             everlastingness
             of
             Hell-fire
             ,
             and
             your
             torment
             which
             there
             you
             must
             endure
             ,
             if
             you
             be
             found
             in
             the
             number
             of
             unbelievers
             .
             The
             wrath
             of
             God
             will
             never
             be
             at
             an
             end
             ,
             the
             Worm
             of
             your
             conscience
             will
             never
             dye
             ,
             and
             the
             Fire
             of
             Hell
             will
             never
             go
             out
             ;
             but
             the
             smoke
             of
             your
             torment
             will
             ascend
             up
             for
             ever
             and
             ever
             ,
             when
             you
             have
             been
             the
             space
             of
             as
             many
             Years
             in
             Hell
             ,
             as
             there
             Stars
             in
             the
             Firmament
             ,
             as
             
             there
             are
             drops
             of
             dew
             upon
             the
             Earth
             in
             the
             morning
             ,
             as
             there
             are
             spires
             of
             Grasse
             which
             spring
             out
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             as
             there
             are
             drops
             of
             Water
             in
             the
             Ocean
             ,
             as
             are
             there
             Sands
             upon
             the
             Sea
             shore
             ,
             your
             torments
             will
             be
             as
             far
             from
             being
             aswaged
             ,
             and
             as
             far
             from
             being
             ended
             ,
             as
             at
             the
             first
             minute
             of
             your
             entrance
             into
             this
             dreadful
             place
             .
             As
             there
             is
             an
             infinite
             space
             of
             place
             (
             if
             I
             may
             so
             call
             it
             to
             help
             our
             apprehensions
             )
             beyond
             the
             circumference
             of
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             and
             the
             visible
             World
             in
             comparison
             with
             which
             ten
             thousand
             Millions
             of
             worlds
             would
             not
             fill
             up
             the
             space
             of
             the
             least
             speck
             :
             so
             there
             is
             an
             infinite
             space
             of
             duration
             beyond
             the
             circumference
             and
             bounds
             of
             time
             in
             comparison
             with
             which
             the
             duration
             of
             ten
             thousand
             Millions
             of
             worlds
             for
             ten
             thousand
             Millions
             of
             years
             ,
             would
             not
             be
             so
             much
             as
             a
             Minute
             ,
             or
             the
             least
             imaginable
             instant
             ;
             and
             this
             whole
             eternity
             you
             if
             wicked
             must
             spend
             in
             extremity
             of
             torment
             ;
             the
             real
             length
             of
             eternal
             torment
             cannot
             be
             measured
             ,
             and
             the
             imaginary
             length
             will
             be
             greater
             (
             if
             I
             may
             so
             say
             )
             because
             of
             your
             misery
             .
             If
             a
             short
             time
             of
             misery
             here
             on
             Earth
             seem
             long
             ,
             what
             will
             an
             eternity
             of
             misery
             seem
             to
             be
             in
             Hell
             ?
             when
             the
             body
             is
             in
             health
             ,
             and
             the
             Soul
             is
             sweetned
             with
             delight
             ,
             time
             steals
             away
             insensibly
             ,
             Years
             seem
             Months
             ,
             Months
             Weeks
             ,
             Weeks
             Days
             ,
             Days
             hours
             ;
             but
             when
             the
             body
             is
             sick
             and
             the
             Soul
             imbittered
             with
             sorrow
             ,
             a
             short
             time
             seemeth
             long
             ,
             and
             it
             passeth
             away
             slowly
             in
             our
             apprehension
             ,
             Hours
             seem
             Days
             ,
             Days
             Weeks
             ,
             Weeks
             Months
             ,
             Months
             Years
             ;
             how
             do
             we
             count
             the
             Clock
             ,
             and
             reckon
             the
             Sands
             that
             fall
             in
             the
             glasse
             ,
             and
             time
             seem
             to
             have
             a
             Leaden
             heel
             ;
             how
             long
             then
             will
             the
             eternity
             of
             misery
             in
             extremity
             seem
             
             to
             be
             ?
             I
             believe
             that
             the
             space
             of
             one
             quarter
             of
             an
             hour
             in
             Hell
             will
             seem
             longer
             to
             the
             damned
             than
             a
             whole
             life
             of
             misery
             in
             this
             World
             ;
             yea
             I
             think
             I
             may
             add
             that
             a
             Minutes
             pains
             in
             Hell
             will
             seem
             longer
             to
             the
             wicked
             than
             a
             thousand
             years
             of
             pleasures
             in
             Heaven
             to
             the
             Righteous
             ,
             who
             will
             sweetly
             passe
             forward
             in
             the
             infinite
             duration
             of
             joy
             ,
             without
             the
             least
             trouble
             or
             tediousness
             :
             so
             that
             the
             ternity
             of
             misery
             in
             Hell
             will
             be
             as
             it
             were
             a
             double
             ,
             treble
             ,
             yea
             thousand-fold
             eternity
             .
          
           
             Me
             thinks
             these
             consideration
             should
             startle
             all
             you
             that
             are
             asleep
             in
             Sin
             ,
             me
             thinks
             they
             should
             make
             your
             hearts
             to
             quake
             ,
             and
             every
             joint
             to
             tremble
             ;
             me
             thinks
             the
             Sinners
             in
             Zion
             should
             be
             affraid
             and
             fearfulness
             should
             surprize
             the
             Hypocrites
             ,
             and
             I
             should
             hear
             some
             of
             you
             cry
             out
             ,
             as
             Isa.
             33.
             14.
             
             
               Who
               among
               us
               shall
               dwell
               with
               devouring
               Fire
               ?
               who
               among
               us
               shall
               Inhabit
               everlasting
               burnings
               ?
            
             And
             as
             the
             Jaylor
             ,
             Act.
             16.
             29
             ,
             30.
             
             When
             awakened
             by
             the
             Earth-quake
             ,
             and
             the
             impression
             of
             guilt
             made
             by
             God
             upon
             his
             conscience
             ;
             
               Sirs
               ,
               what
               shall
               we
               do
               to
               be
               saved
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             IX
             .
             4.
             
             Use
             of
             Comfort
             to
             the
             Righteous
             .
          
           
             SUch
             of
             you
             as
             are
             Righteous
             through
             the
             perfect
             Righteousness
             of
             Chri●…
             made
             yours
             by
             Faith
             ,
             without
             the
             imputation
             o●…
             which
             (
             what
             ever
             righteosness
             you
             may
             have
             within
             you
             ,
             because
             imperfect
             )
             it
             is
             impossible
             you
             should
             escape
             the
             damnation
             of
             Hell
             ;
             you
             that
             are
             clothed
             with
             the
             white
             Robes
             of
             Christ's
             Righteousness
             ,
             under
             which
             all
             your
             iniquities
             are
             covered
             ;
             and
             withall
             have
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             given
             unto
             you
             ,
             to
             work
             you
             into
             a
             conformity
             unto
             the
             Image
             of
             Christ
             in
             your
             regeneration
             and
             Sanctification
             ,
             which
             are
             inseparably
             joyned
             unto
             justification
             by
             Faith
             ;
             you
             may
             take
             comfort
             in
             this
             Doctrine
             ,
             which
             is
             matter
             of
             such
             terrour
             unto
             the
             wicked
             and
             Ungodly
             .
             As
             in
             Sampsons
             Riddle
             out
             of
             the
             strong
             and
             feirce
             Lion
             ,
             came
             forth
             Honey
             and
             sweetness
             :
             So
             this
             Doctrine
             which
             looks
             with
             such
             a
             feirce
             aspect
             upon
             those
             which
             are
             out
             of
             Christ
             ,
             yet
             will
             yeild
             sweetness
             unto
             you
             which
             are
             in
             him
             ,
             because
             
               there
               is
               no
               condemnation
               unto
               them
               which
               are
               in
               Christ
               Iesus
               ,
               Rom.
            
             8.
             1.
             
             
               Because
               Iesus
               hath
               delivered
               you
               from
               the
               wrath
               to
               come
               .
            
             1
             Thes.
             1.
             10.
             
             Who
             shall
             lay
             any
             thing
             to
             your
             charge
             ,
             when
             God
             hath
             justified
             you
             ?
             who
             shall
             condemn
             you
             when
             God
             hath
             acquitted
             you
             ?
             Need
             you
             value
             then
             the
             wrath
             of
             men
             ,
             when
             you
             are
             delivered
             from
             the
             wrath
             of
             God
             ?
             Need
             you
             fear
             mens
             threatnings
             of
             temporal
             punishment
             ,
             which
             can
             reach
             no
             farther
             then
             the
             body
             ,
             when
             you
             are
             delivered
             from
             condemnation
             to
             the
             eternal
             punishment
             of
             Soul
             and
             Body
             in
             the
             Lake
             ,
             which
             
             burneth
             with
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             ?
             what
             though
             you
             should
             lose
             your
             estates
             ?
             yet
             since
             you
             are
             not
             in
             danger
             of
             losing
             your
             Souls
             ;
             what
             though
             you
             should
             be
             thrown
             into
             a
             Prison
             on
             Earth
             ?
             yet
             since
             you
             are
             not
             in
             danger
             of
             being
             thrown
             into
             the
             Prison
             of
             Hell
             ,
             you
             may
             take
             comfort
             and
             the
             consideration
             hereof
             may
             alleviate
             all
             your
             fears
             and
             grief
             upon
             the
             account
             of
             any
             pains
             and
             afflictions
             ,
             which
             in
             this
             life
             are
             upon
             you
             ,
             or
             you
             are
             in
             danger
             of
             .
             You
             may
             say
             of
             them
             all
             ,
             these
             are
             not
             the
             torments
             of
             Hell
             ,
             there
             are
             light
             ,
             the
             other
             heavy
             these
             short
             ,
             the
             other
             eternal
             .
             Lift
             up
             then
             your
             heads
             with
             joy
             :
             yet
             a
             little
             while
             and
             you
             shall
             see
             what
             a
             difference
             the
             Lord
             will
             put
             between
             you
             and
             the
             wicked
             ;
             when
             they
             shall
             weep
             ,
             ye
             shall
             laugh
             ;
             when
             they
             shall
             mourn
             ,
             ye
             shall
             be
             glad
             ;
             when
             they
             shall
             cry
             and
             howl
             ,
             ye
             shall
             sing
             and
             leap
             for
             joy
             ;
             when
             they
             shall
             go
             with
             fighing
             to
             Hell
             ,
             and
             everlasting
             horrour
             in
             their
             hearts
             ,
             and
             all
             mirth
             and
             joy
             shall
             flee
             away
             from
             them
             for
             ever
             ;
             ye
             shall
             come
             with
             singing
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             everlasting
             joy
             in
             your
             hearts
             ,
             and
             all
             sorrow
             and
             mourning
             shall
             flee
             away
             and
             never
             any
             more
             be
             found
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             X.
             5.
             
             Use
             of
             Exhortation
             both
             to
             the
             Wicked
             and
             Righteous
             .
          
           
             ANd
             now
             Sinners
             what
             will
             you
             do
             ?
             will
             you
             dare
             to
             go
             on
             in
             that
             broad
             way
             of
             Sin
             ,
             which
             ere
             long
             will
             open
             under
             you
             ,
             and
             let
             you
             down
             into
             the
             horrible
             gulp
             of
             unquenchable
             burnings
             ?
             can
             you
             be
             contented
             with
             a
             portion
             in
             this
             Life
             ,
             and
             to
             receive
             all
             your
             good
             things
             here
             ,
             and
             that
             Fire
             and
             Brimstone
             ,
             and
             everlasting
             burnings
             shall
             be
             the
             portion
             of
             your
             Cup
             hereafter
             ?
             will
             any
             pleasure
             of
             the
             Flesh
             and
             Sin
             for
             a
             season
             countervail
             that
             everlasting
             pain
             and
             misery
             ,
             which
             will
             be
             the
             bitter
             fruit
             and
             consequent
             of
             them
             ?
             Let
             me
             therefore
             exhort
             you
             without
             any
             delay
             to
             come
             out
             of
             the
             broad
             way
             of
             Sin
             ,
             It
             is
             the
             way
             of
             Hell
             ,
             and
             will
             you
             proceed
             any
             further
             in
             it
             ?
             You
             that
             are
             profane
             and
             unclean
             ,
             you
             that
             are
             Swearers
             ,
             Sabbath-breaker
             ,
             Scoffers
             of
             Religion
             ,
             Persecutors
             of
             Gods
             people
             ,
             Drunkards
             ,
             Covetous
             persons
             ,
             yea
             all
             you
             that
             are
             Hypocrites
             ,
             that
             are
             impenltent
             and
             unbelieving
             persons
             ,
             give
             me
             leave
             to
             stop
             you
             in
             your
             course
             ,
             or
             rather
             hearken
             unto
             the
             voice
             of
             God
             in
             his
             Word
             ,
             who
             calleth
             you
             to
             turn
             from
             your
             evil
             ways
             ,
             that
             iniquity
             may
             not
             be
             your
             ruine
             .
             Come
             out
             of
             the
             broad
             way
             ,
             and
             get
             into
             the
             narrow
             way
             .
             It
             hath
             a
             strait
             Gate
             ,
             namely
             the
             Gate
             of
             Regeneration
             ,
             this
             you
             most
             pass
             thorow
             ;
             you
             must
             become
             new
             Creatures
             ,
             get
             new
             hearts
             ,
             and
             lead
             new
             lives
             ,
             you
             must
             walk
             in
             the
             narrow
             way
             of
             mortification
             ,
             self
             denial
             ,
             new
             obedience
             ,
             otherwise
             
             you
             will
             certainly
             be
             numbred
             amongst
             the
             damned
             ,
             who
             will
             be
             everlastingly
             burned
             in
             the
             Fire
             of
             Hell
             ;
             the
             passage
             is
             difficult
             ,
             and
             the
             way
             narrow
             ,
             but
             both
             are
             necessary
             ;
             it
             is
             the
             passage
             from
             Death
             to
             Life
             ,
             and
             the
             way
             from
             Hell
             to
             Heaven
             :
             Nothing
             in
             the
             World
             is
             so
             absolutely
             necessary
             ,
             as
             that
             which
             is
             necessary
             unto
             Salvation
             ;
             better
             the
             belly
             be
             without
             food
             ,
             than
             the
             heart
             be
             without
             grace
             ;
             better
             the
             back
             be
             without
             raiment
             ,
             than
             the
             Soul
             be
             without
             Righteousness
             ;
             better
             be
             starv'd
             ,
             than
             damned
             ;
             better
             be
             hang'd
             than
             burn'd
             ;
             better
             dye
             the
             most
             painful
             temporal
             death
             ,
             than
             endure
             the
             pains
             of
             eternal
             death
             .
             What
             you
             should
             do
             that
             you
             may
             be
             saved
             from
             the
             everlasting
             burnings
             of
             Hell.
             I
             refer
             you
             for
             direction
             in
             my
             Book
             of
             
               Words
               ,
               whereby
               you
               may
               be
               saved
            
             ;
             because
             I
             have
             not
             room
             for
             large
             direction
             here
             .
             [
             But
             ●…ch
             of
             you
             which
             read
             these
             Lines
             ,
             who
             have
             passed
             thorow
             the
             strait
             Gate
             of
             Regeneration
             ,
             and
             are
             got
             into
             the
             narrow
             way
             ;
             you
             are
             safe
             ,
             you
             are
             in
             the
             way
             to
             Heaven
             .
             Learn
             to
             admire
             free
             grace
             ,
             which
             hath
             made
             the
             difference
             between
             you
             and
             Vilest
             Sinners
             ;
             use
             your
             endeavour
             to
             bring
             others
             into
             the
             same
             way
             ,
             commend
             to
             them
             the
             ways
             of
             God
             ,
             both
             by
             your
             Word
             and
             example
             ;
             and
             perseveer
             in
             these
             ways
             to
             your
             lives
             end
             ;
             be
             faithful
             unto
             the
             death
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             receive
             the
             Crown
             of
             Life
             ,
             I
             shall
             shut
             up
             all
             with
             the
             words
             of
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             15.
             58.
             
             
               Therefore
               my
               beloved
               Brethr●…
               be
               stedfast
               and
               unmoveable
               ,
               always
               abounding
               the
               work
               of
               the
               Lord
               ;
               for
               as
               much
               as
               ye
               know
               your
               labour
               is
               not
               in
               vain
               in
               the
               Lord.
            
             When
             the
             wicked
             are
             stedfast
             and
             unmoveable
             in
             the
             ways
             of
             Sin
             ,
             and
             no
             argument
             can
             perswade
             them
             to
             forsake
             those
             ways
             ,
             
             when
             they
             abound
             always
             in
             the
             work
             of
             the
             Devil
             ,
             and
             the
             wages
             which
             they
             shall
             reap
             will
             be
             death
             ,
             and
             wrath
             ,
             and
             everlasting
             burnings
             in
             Hell
             :
             be
             you
             stedfast
             and
             unmoveable
             in
             the
             ways
             of
             the
             Lord
             ▪
             be
             not
             allured
             by
             flatteries
             ,
             not
             affrighted
             out
             of
             them
             by
             threatnings
             ,
             but
             abound
             more
             and
             more
             in
             the
             work
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             your
             reward
             shall
             be
             everlasting
             life
             and
             Glory
             in
             Heaven
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .