of theRich anw,andLazarus. 23 ning is, Once in hell,euerin it. One vfeth this comparifon, Asa man' that is, to be preíked to death, calleth for more, and more weight, but cannot haue it t fo all the condemned to fecond death, thtough an extremity oftorments in that lakeofdeath, call for death, that there fight bee an end : but death Oyes from them, that is, end there isnone, nor any to bee ho- ped for: For when fomany thoufands ofyeares are pall, as haue beene momentsoftime Lance time began, the tor- mentsofthe damned cannot end that are endleffe. TheReafons. Where there isno repentance of fine, there is no end oftorments for (inne. After death, and in hell, there canbe no repentance: for Repentance is by the Minilferyofthe word, and the vie ofit is in this lifeonely, 2. Tarn. 2.25. Apoc. 2.2T. Secondly, fo long asthe damned continue fnfull,fo long they Thal be tormented :butthey muff needs euer he Cnfùll in hell : and therefore in hell, euer bee tormented: This oylecan neuer be (pent, the oyle offinne: and ther. fire the wrathof God which is as fire to the fame, mua e; uer borne : and whohall quench it Thirdly, they that defpife the coun fell ofGod again(' themfelues g and therefore will notheare when God cal - leth; muff make account to call, to wit, too late with this Richmari in heil, and not bee he: rd,`Promx. 24, 28.And ifthey bee not heard, how can theybee delivered? and if they bee, how can the Scripture be true? A terror to thofe, whovfe fo ill the fhort time of their vie. repentance; feeing when they be gonehence, they Ihall findno way to it; though as Efou) theyfeeke it with tears, I-/eb. i 2.17. Betides, what fooles, and how vnwife are they who will purchafe eternal' torments with lo fhort pleafures? May theynot fay, as a King once fayde; who being inforced in an extrearne third of water, to yeelde himfélfe to the errmie : after heehaddrunkeof the wa- ter fo dearely bought, brake out into thefe words : For
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