'1 he fitjfering, or, Pa !five Confcience. 18) and foot) that theycould 'no~ _keep offthofe ~a·p. 1 ~. hunger:..ftarved creatures, W~Ich were kept ..#ag.Ccnr. without rneat alfo pu !·poH~ly , that they 4 .cap.,. n,1ight faft~n u~on ~he bodies oF thofegodly Ex Thecdg· rnen ; which hngrmg and nuferable death reto. I ihey under-went,yet was not their faith 'lnd patiepce at all born down, faith the 'Hifio... -;rian. They ~hofe much rather to lie in fuch· ~Lakeartificially fropt, and tO be eaten up aliveWith thofe Vermin, their Cottfcience . ~eing preferv~d, then to yeeld up this Fort of Con[ci<:nce for fear of any earthly tprments,tobe eaten up while alive withguilt and horrour ofConfcience. Andwhendead, ~o beboundhand and foot, and cafi into an in- .fernal Lake · of fire a11d brimfrone,eternally fiopt up, there to ~e converfc1nt with filthy fpirits, and to be ~a~enqpwith thofe helliill furies. Yea, to make an end, for it is impoflible tp mention.all, Laflantiu-! faith not ,onely the men among the Cbrifiia~1s, and tliofc of . ' J!rpnger years· aQd hearts, but even our women~ and li,ttle chil9ren (faith he) have &t;~Z!}Ji ~ndun:d all tormen~s, and been too hard corp~ri1 'lli– for rheir Toqpentors; no rack, no fire could ri ejufmodi fetch fo much as agroan from them : which /aceratiothe flouteR: Theeves ahd Malef..1Cl:ors among' nes pe?[errt • · · · · · nequeHnt their Per[ecurors could pot uqdergo, but exclama~t theywoul~ roare and crie out .through im- & gemir:U patience, and difabilitie to endure them. edurtt ; -1 . . . . · · . · Noftri autem (ttt de vms tactttm) p"eri, & muliercul~ tortereJ [uo1 taciti vin-: f¥rtt, P" e~ro.mere i/Jis ~emi~1~m. nt.citnis porejJ. LsCt.l.~.cap. I3· But · · •
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