+C3, f the Richman,oatat L4z4rt r. whereinto AI1r,shdnobath put long lince, and all 1hail, who walke in the ílcppcs ofhisfaith. indeede, fotneof thefathers haue fpokcn doubtfullyof it ; and the Papills tell vs that it is the L.ambats or brinnnaeof hell , where all our fathers wet e till Chria defcended to bring them out : But can that which is aplaceofioyfull and happy refl,be thebrimmeofhell ? can that which is and is .called a glorious kingdorne behdi e 11.uh.8 . r i.Can it be a prrfon or place of ctaflesdy , that is called fo often in the :Scriptures,the glorious liberty of the fonnes of God ? Can that be fo neare unto , and border upon theplace of tor. :men :ts into hell ; which by Abrahams £j eechof it iii the 26. v r(cfolla :ìng, is fo fire mouecl , that there is a great guile, or gaping.pit betweene ? and can Abraham: boforne2 we:ich is limply good, be taken for that, which (as a father Lich) is neuer taken for good'? Chry smite faith, It is the foremanspsirad1/4: Inborn. de Diuitc. Is paradife hell ? and .1 f. 1mxintheplacebefore,deniesittobehelloranypartof .hell : and how then can it be the skirt of hell : And lertul- la,;nin his fourthbooke again [ Marcion, faith; that heltis ene thing, and _Abrahams bafonuanother. Then A6rahems bofome cannot be hell,nor the canopieofhell. What fhall further fay this alreadyfpoken is fzi; icient tocleare this Scripture, from fending theloule of Lazr,rusto hell, or to any part of helhandtherfore Abrahams bofome in this text is noother then heauen,the feate of and ofthe blclied Saints in light ; an harbourof refl from the waues andSea . of this troublcfon e world:&unto it is the fouleofLaz.arus brought prefetntlyafter hisdeath : from whence learne,that after this lifeof pai>áe and labour, there is nothing butioy and peace to the righteous , fo faith Flay: He,thar is,the righteous perfon , ofwhom he fpakein theformer verfe, (hall enter into peace,that is, prefently after his death,enter, ormake bis entry vponit,Efa.S7.2:God reckoned with thofe in their death, who had receiued their Lords money. The account came not till they died: and therefore faith the text, When the Mauler ofrhofefernFintI returned, (who h faid
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