A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, writtenA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written

1. In regard of heat. The fire in a landscape which is Ignis pictus, or their purgatory fire, which is Ignis fictus: is a better representation of elemental fire, than elemental is of eternal fire. That furnace whose heat was septupled, and the ••mes licked up them for whom it was not meant; was raging, but not a glowing spark to hell.

1. In regard of heate. The fire in a lantschip which is Ignis pictus, or their ••rgatory fire, which is Ignis fictus: is a better representation of elementall fire, than ••ementall is of eternall fire. That furnace whose heate was septupled, and the ••mes lick'd up them for whom it was not meant; was raging, but not a glow••g sparke to hell.

2. In regard of light: our fire comforts in shining, that is oppressed with horrible darkness. Cremationem habet, lumen non habet, Greg. Vim comburendi reti••, illuminandi amisit, Basil. It retains the property of burning, it hath lost the ••operty of shining. Therefore it is called Hades sine sole domus: Jude calls it the •ack darkness. The darkness of Egypt was strange and fearful, so thick that it •as palpable: yet a mere holy day to hell. The Poets described it by Cimmerian likeness; an Italian territory betwixt Baiae and Cumae, where the Cimerij inhabit: •environed with hills, and over-shadowed with supercilious and hanging promon•ries, that the Sun never comes at it.

2. In regard of light: our fire comforts in shining, that is oppressed with horble darkenesse. Cremationem habet, lumen non habet, Greg. Vim comburendi reti, illuminandi amisit, Basil. It retaines the property of burning, it hath lost the operty of shining. Therefore it is called Hades sine sole domus: Iude cals it the ack darkenesse. The darkenesse of Aegypt was strange and fearefull, so thick that it as palpable: yet a meere holy day to hell. The Poets described it by Cimerian knesse; an Italian territory betwixt Baiae and Cumae, where the Cimerij inhabite: environed with hils, and over-shadowed with supercilious and hanging promonries, that the Sun never comes at it.