The paines of Hell how dreadful'. the fecond. Sonday in Lent. ,Ser. a5. Many ofthe Saintsvpon this confidcration deepcly weighing thefe things with themfelues,hauemadegreat exclamations ; as S:Chryflome,Petrúa Cryfolo- gu5, and others. Ifwe beleeue (fay they) that this imprifonment is perdurable, this fire is eternal', and that thefe torments areendlclle;'How comes it to paffe that we eat, Hue, and fleepeas we dot' O, themadneffe of thofe Inca who (èeke fit andhandfome dwellingslfq ith ee dayes, andomit to thinkeof thofe eternall habitations which contintt¢,,ymrld without end ! O , the fottifbnffe of thofè whichcouet fuch fhort and tranfitorie contentments ! O,rheblindneffe ofthofè, who for amoment ofpleafure wil aduenturean eternirie ofpain ! Is it much that thefe holySaints lhouldexclaimer Is it muchthat theyMould weepe teares of bloud, whobeleeue that this rich mandoth the in perpetuallflames, becaufe he was pittiles &voyd ofmercy ? feeingon the one fide fumany Lazarufas,nakcd, fuloffores,&driuen,ifnotbeatenaway from our dores;whofe bedsarethehard benches and openporches ofthe Rich; whole meat are the fcrap' and offal's, andoftentimes onely thebare crummes ofthe rich mans boord ; whofe drinke are thewaters of thofe Riuers and Fountaines where the Beans doedrinke; whofewardrobeare rags ; whofe cattle, vermine ; whofeflore,miferie ; whole tablesare theirknees ; andwhofe cups are theirhands : Andon the other fide, fo many Gluttons, who feeding like beans, vomit forth that they ear,at their ta- bles where they fit ; [Menferepletefont vomitu] beeing as emptie ofpittie as theyare full ofwine : [Optima vinodelibuti non compatiebanturPapercontritionem tofeph] who dying (like Oxen ina nall)fat and fulfed,it is no meruaile if(asEfy faith) theymakeHells fides toftretchand crackeagaine, Propter hoedilatauit in- fernue Otfuum. Iwould faine aske force oneof thofewhich heareme this days My fiiend,tel me,Ipray thee, thinkers thou, or haft thouany hope,that thóu art the onlyman- inthis world that (hall hue here for euer ? Doors thoubeleeue that Death fhall one daycome tothe threfholdof thydoore,and callforthee,and that thou mutt hereaftergiuea ftrietaccount of thyworkes, words, andthoughts before the tribunal! feat of God If thou dooft, tell methen againe, Whither thou hadrs rather defire the felicitieof Lazarus inthat other life, or the eternal! torments of this richman r Artthouperfuaded, that thou caneiveare out two thoufand yeares in a bed offire? But if the verie thought thereof caufe feare andhorror in thee, and makes eueriebone and ioynt in thy bodieto fhakeand tremhle,Why dooft thounot feeke to flie from fo great adanger c Flie(faith Saint Außen) yet nowmien to day,whilelathou haft time. Pater Abraham, rogo c-vt mittas Laz,arum,aut rvnum exmortuís. FatherAbraham, Ipray theefendLazarus, or onefrom the Dead &c . orien faith, Thatthis richmandiddefire, That either Lazarus, or force one from the Dead, mightbee fent topreach this point :thinkingwithhimfelfe, That Abra- hammight happely fendhimvetohimfelfe, as to one that by this time verie wel knewhis owne errour ; and that foby this meanshe mighthaue force paufe or breathing time from thefe historments. Whitherthis was fo, or no, it may by Ionicbe doubted ; butthis is a cleerecafe,.That the maine motiuc that mooned him thereunto,was, thedefire that hehad-thathis brethrenandkinsfolke might bédrawnvnto repentance, and.thereby cometo be fared, andefcapethofe in tolerable torments which he indured. Saint chryfoflvme faith , That Abraham didnot yeeld to therichmans. petition, becaufe hee was not abfolute Lord of thatplace : But that our Sauïour Chrift fupplied that defeet , and carried him- X 3 feife :2.45 Why the rich mans petition wasrepelled.
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