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

As we desire to escape the fire of hell, let us avoid the fire of sin. Praeparant i• nita peccata in ignita supplicia. There be certain fiery sins, which shall find fiery punishments; as Nadab both offered and suffered strange fire. There is Ignis nec ardeus […] lucens: Ignis & ardens & lucens: ignis lucens non ardens: ignis ardens non lucens. The•• fire is properly neither burning nor shining, but only stinks and makes a smother sin, a spiritual fire. There is fire both burning and shining; that we call elemen•• fire. There is fire burning and not burning, as the Sun. There is fire burning and not shining, and that's the fire of hell. Thus Paul calls lust a burning: It is better […] marry than to burn. Who then would burn in lust, that fears to burn in hell? […] read of a man, that when he was tempted to lust, would lay his hand on bur•••• coals, concluding; If I cannot endure this for a while, how should I endure […] fire for ever? Rage and malice are burning sinnes. Iratus non vides legem, sed lex • debt iratum. The angry man beholds not the Law, but the Law beholds the a•••• man. Therefore is anger called Excandescentia. They that nourish that fire within them, are nourished for a worse fire without them. Blasphemy is a burning […] ^gThe tongue is a fire, that fireth the whole course of nature, and is fired of hell. Let th•• whose mouths flame with oaths, fear these flaming torments. The rich […] tongue was tormented in fire, because it was used to spit fire against heaven. Drunkenness is a burning sin: ²too much wine is the oil of hells own Lamp. They inflame the reckoning, till they inflame their brains, inflame their bloods, infl••• their bodies: buy as much sickness, as will make up a burning fever; and […] much sin as will serve to inflame their own hell. In the German p•• verb, Fire is of all the genders. Hic ignis, that's fire: Haec ignis, that's a• whore: Hoc ignis, that's wine. the first Chapter of John Verse 5. Mundus pos