/06. OftLa Ri b;98sV,á7EíiI,szsric,. eheLord withPharifaicatllippes, Ifthey verein Hel,they Could. not ta.lke marefoolishly then Tome doe, or to leffe purpofe : nothmgin their mouthes all the day, but what they might be afhamed ofat night, ific were written in a booke,and read veto thew. Is this to redeeme the tim; and towalke wifely Is ourdayebcokewell filled, that is made vp with fuch vanities,as foolifla talking, and foo. lifh ieiling,and things that are ntt comely? Eph.5. 4, If .fuck faea e footifhly in hell, they fpakefooliflily here,and not to any vfe ofgodlyedifying and fo neither therenor Mere were their wordsgood. And fo we fee that one of fee° of hell-torments is, to takeaway all fence andvnderi (landing from thofe that are fo tormented. Now,where this Rich man callech the flame ofhell, a tormenting flame, bee flat weth (as hathbeene noted all ready) that hellfire is a fire oftorment. But this was fpo, ken of - aefore vpon the 13 verle; and fo I patfe to 4bra, his replye, in the verle that followeth. Verle 25, Eta AbrahamAyde, Sonne remember, c. Abraham now replyech: The fumme ofwhich is, that thatfmal l comfort, which was none indzed, or elfe as good as none, couldnot begranted him. And heere hee puttethhim in ret.nembrance (though in fa ac`liue a cone Icience hee could not but remember) that he had hishea nen here, and fo could not haue it vpon the earth, and in hell too : but Lazarrss contrarily : and that therefore La-, zaral bath now changed turnes with him; Lazarus being in the boforneofi'eiicitie, where hee fhalleuer bee comfor- ted, and h.r. in the botcorne ofhell,wherehe fhall neuerfee comfortable day, but be euer tormented. Allo, that there is fuch agt.tlfeofdif}ancefet betweene -the places of their csppofite ahidings; that there is nopalling from one to ant other, or poffibilityofgoing betweene. This is the fumme and meaningofAbrahams replie to the Rich man, in chicle twoverfes,the;z 5.atid 26:whereic may bee
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