244 The PaincsofHell how dreadful!. Vpon theThurfeday after life, is likewifehard inhisdeath. Cara afJet in tormentis. Whenhe was in torment,&c. Here is anindefinite tearme,put foravniuerfall. For albeit euery oneof the damned doe fufferthe full meafúre andweight ofhisfinnes ; and (acording to Saint Auflen,and Saint Gregory) fuffer molt in thatparticular, wherein they moft offended; And that thereforethe richmandid fuffer more in his tongue , than any other member of his bodie': yetnotwithstanding, there is notany one that is damned, which doth notgenerally fuffer in all hiswhole bedie , and ineuery part of hisfoule. For,as Heauen is a happineffe, thatimbraceth all happineffe fo Hell,isamifery that includeth all miferies. Therewasneuer yet any tyrant in theworld, inwhofe prifons and dungeons all tormentswereinfliEted at once. But in that ofHell,there is not anytorment,which is not feltat one and thefame instant. Thebody, that (hall generally fuffer : And for this, fire, and cold, will faffice; whichare generali torments. Thefoule fhall likewife generally fuller forrow andpaine, not onlybecaufe the fire (hall burne it, which though corpo- rall , yet null it's flames haue an operatiuevenue andworking vpon the foule ; but becaufe all hopebeing loft ofany kindofjoy whatfoeuer, there(hall there- inbe depofitedall thereafons thatmay be,of forrow and ofmiferie. Likewife there fhall be particular torments for the fences ofthebodic, & forthe faculties ofthe foule ;the eyes null enioy fo much light as fhall ferue to fee fearefull Vi- fions, (fo fayesCirillsuvtkxandrinua) andon the other fide , they (hall fuffer fuch thicke and palpabledarkneffe, that theyfhall imagine themtobe the ghaft- ly fhadowesofdeath. Saint Chryfoßome faith, That they fhall fee tichuge and infinite numbers oftheDamned,taking notice ofall thofe that conuerfed with them in their lifetime, as fathers,grandfathers,brothers,and friends. Andif the varietie&multitude that are in a deepdungeon,if therattingoftheirthains,the clattringoftheirfhackles, their hunger,their nakednefie,the noyfe,coyle,&con- fufronwhichthey make, caufeahorrour in as many as both fee and heare ir; whata terrour thenwill it, be, tofee the miferable torments, and toheare the farefull fhriekes and pittifull outcries of thofe that are damned to the bot- tomleffc pit ofhell ? The cares will fufferwith their howlings, their lamentati- ens,their blafphemies, their curlings,their ragings, their difpairings ; betides the vntunableand harfhmuficke of theDeuills , roaringand yellowing like fo manymad Bulls, that with the dinne and hideoufncffe of the noyfe, Heauen andEarth mighthaue feemed to come together and the wholeframe and ma- chineof theOrbes tohaue crackt and fallen in funder. The finell the tafte,the touch, thewill, thevnder(landing,and the memorie,both irraftible and concu- pifcible, shall not be employed vpon any thing (as Saint Augufine hath noted it) fromwhence they flail notreceiueaioft grieuouspaine and torment. But of all other torments, thatof their defperationwill be the greateft,becaufe there will benowading through this Lake thatburneswith fireand brimftone, nor noend at all to thefe their endleffemiferies. That ten thoufand,nay,a hundred thou- fandyearescontinuance inhell fhallnot fuffice to fatisfie for their finnes,that the fountaineofmercie fhould be(hut vp for euer, not affoording them fo much as one dropofcold water to coole thetongue ; that Godwillnot admit forthe of- fences ofthree daycs, the fatisfaêtion of feuentie times feuen thousands of yeares. This is that MagnumChaos intervos & nos; This is that great Chaos,that huge Gulfe which is fet betweene youandvs ; itisChaos impertranfihile,that im- paffable Gulfe, wherein to fallit is eafie, but togetout impoffible. Many
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