CHAT .S. Epiftleto the 7he/fslenians. iTE a.3. f 4°5 fore. Secondly,as trawl/ ; painfull : The anguifh, and paine of it,who may conceiue i The Scriptures,the ber ter to fatten the imprefíìion in our hearts,haue been plea fed to make choife of fuch companions, as belt ferue to exprcfle it to our apprehenfion. Here it is fet out by the paints ofwomens trauell ; the bitternefl'e whereof that . fexe cal witnefre in other Scriptures iris expreired by the paines of fire, Nothing more painfull to the fenfe, than fire : of fires, nonemore fcalding, or noyfome,than that of Brimftonn ; fuch, and more painfull arc the tor. merits that Day brings vpon the world of the ungodly. Diuines haue referred all to theft two heads : Fitft, they call ;mum damni. Second, poenam[infra. The good things whereof they are deprived ; as the pre - fence of God , the ioyes that neither ere bath feene, nor care heard, nor the heart of man conceiued. The tor- ments they feele,are fuch, as all earthlythings are too lit- tle to exprefIe : the Brick-kills of 'Egypt, the Furnace of Babel, or if there be any thing a man can conceiue more torturing, arc all but Flea - bites, to the anguifh and hor- rible torment they then fuller. To this if we addc the laft .circunrflance ; that it is ine citable, what can be added to declare the horror ? The Creatures are all then feruiceableto the will & appoint- ment of the Iudge ; Graue and Sea Line vp their dead, Angels, as Gods Míniflers,prefent them to Chrifls Tri- bunal!, They are brought in indeed, e flying to themoux- twines to fallon them, and to the rock! to cover them, from the pretence of him that fits vpon the Throne. But all in vaine : The power ofGod,his Iuftice,and rruth,all glori fe. themfelues in their defiruíîion. His mercie then in refpeit of the effet}s thereof towards them, ceafeth ; that Day h ís aday ofwrath, and declaration of the itrft itedge- ment ofGod.Lord,Lord,open veto vs,fay the foolifh Vir -. gins. What hear: they ? but `Depart from me, yeecurled, ixto etterlaf mg fire. Thus fudden, painful!, and vnauoid- B b 4 able, r ss f Reuel :ao.r3. s Reuel. 6.IS, 16. hROnl.g.7f.
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