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A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, writtenA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written
A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, written by the blessed apostle St. Peter. By Thomas AdamsA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written by the blessed apostle St. Peter. By Thomas Adams
London: printed by Richard Badger and Felix Kyngston for Jacob Bloome, 1633London: printed by Richard Badger and Felix Kyngston for Iacob Bloome, 1633
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
4. Elemental fire as it burns, so it consumes: hell fire rageth more and wa••th less. The reprobate shall have the punishment uri, to be burned; not the happiness exuri, to be wasted. Poenae gehennales puniunt, non finiunt corpora, Pro••. Iron will hold burning long, yet consumeth: in hell there is neither cessati•• of fire burning nor of matter burned. It is a fire of consummation, not of conception: Ignis absolvens non disolvens. If it were terminable, it might be tolerable: […] being endless, it must be easeless.
4. Elementall fire as it burnes, so it consumes: hell fire rageth more and wa••th lesse. The reprobate shall have the punishment vri, to bee burned; not the ••ppinesse exuri, to be wasted. Poenae gehennales puniunt, non finiunt corpora, Pro••. Iron will hold burning long, yet consumeth: in hell there is neither cessati•• of fire burning nor of matter burned. It is a fire of consummation, not of con••ption: Ignis absolvens non disolvens. If it were terminable, it might be tollerable: 〈…〉 being endlesse, it must be easelesse.
5. Our elemental fire may be quenched, that never goes out. This is maintained with wood, and put out with water: that as it hath nothing to maintain it, so nothing to extinguish it. There shall be weeping of eyes, no mitigation of flames: if there be any tears, they shall rather be like oil to feed and nourish it, than like water to put it out.
5. Our elementall fire may be quenched, that never goes out. This is maintained with wood, and put out with water: that as it hath nothing to maintaine it, so nothing to extinguish it. There shall be weeping of eyes, no mitigation of flames: if there be any teares, they shall rather be like oile to feed and nourish it, than like water to put it out.