elwrr . z.rr a Ci H A P.I . Epßleto the Theffaiondams. Vrt-R,9, in -- extreamefl vengeance infli6led on them, that con- tonne him which ff,eales from heauen. See Heb. 2, 4, 3. 12.25. Vert s. 9. Who (ball be punifhed with euerlaffing deflruclíon from the prefence or face of the Lord, and from the glorie of his power. kiPecification of the vengeance :' where are I. The Hot - neffe of it, degra lion. 2. The continuance, Euerlag- ing. ; . The worker or mean4 inflicting , the Fare of the Lord and the glory of his power. I. Deflrullion: vnderfland, not an abolifhing of their being. Oh how (hall they wifh they had neuer bin,or had bin bruits, or might ceafe to be,when the day of that ven- geance commet h. Rather of their well - being. 21Con efl vi_ to viuere, fed bene viuere. Nor is it worth the name ofbe- ing, to be miferable : fo miferable,as to hue a dying life,to dye a liuing death. s. Euerlafling : their miferie (hall haue no end. Their worme dieth not ; their fire neuer goeth tout : the fire is vnguench eble and euerlaffing. Mar.IO.43,44. Mat.3 I 2. 2 ç. 41, 46. Reafons, i. That fo in endurance, Pith it wilLnot be in weight, there may be proportion betwixt their punifh- ment and finres, wherewith they haue violated that end - lefl'e Maiefllo. s They finned in eternafuo : Its lull therefore they fhould be punifhed in aterno Dei. 3 Their delires to finne were infinite, endlefle : they would hue euer,that they Might finne euer. 4 Their impenitencie is cndlefíe : obflinacie of will-in euill,is one of the linfull penalties of the damned. Millenarieserred through too much pietie, and mifiake of fome Scriptures ; when they promifed, fome, to very Pagans vfe. 45
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