Now the greater the corruption, the vaster the destruction. Some think the the Igneum diluvium, fiery deluge shall descend no higher than did the watery; It may be the earth shall be burned; that is the worst guest at the table, the common sewer of all other creatures: but shall Calum transire, the heavens pass away? It may be Coelum aëreum, the airy heaven; but shall Sydereum, stellatum, the starry heaven, whe•• God hath printed such figures of his glory? yes, Coelum, elementum, Terra, when Ig•• ubique ferox ruptis regnabit habenis. The former deluge is called the worlds wi••, the next the worlds summer. The one was frigido elemento, with a cold and […] element: the other shall be calido, with an element hot and dry. But what then […] become of the Saints? they shall be delivered out of all; walking like those that servants in the midst of that great furnace, the burning world, and not be scorc•••, because there is one among them, to deliver them,i The Son of God, their R•d• mer. But shall all quite perish? no, there is rather a mutation, than an aboli••• of their substance.k Thou shalt change them, and they shall be changed: changed, […] abolished. Transit mundus & concupiscentia egus; the concupiscence shall pass, nor the essence: Figura non natura. In the altering of an old garment, we destroy it not, […] trim it, refresh it, and make it seem new. They pass, they do not perish: […] dross is purged, the metal stays. The corrupt quality shall be renewed, […] all things restored to that original beauty wherein they were created.l The […] all things is at hand: an end of us, an end of our days, an end of our ways, an […] of our thoughts. Qui ab universalitate te excipit, te decipit. If a man could say […] Jobs messenger, Ego solus aufugi, I alone am escaped, it were somewhat; or might find an Ark with Noah. But there is no Ark to defend from that heat, but […] the bosom of Jesus Christ.m I have seen an end of all perfection: if perfection […] earth have an end, imperfection cannot long continue. una dies dabit exitum, e•••. There shall be an end of our eating, an end of our building, an end of our cove•• scraping, an end of our works, and end of our selves, but no end of our souls: an• if we be found in the faith, no end of our blessedness, for then begins a w• without end. Of these three observations, I desire to make three application.
Now the greater the corruption, the vaster the destruction. Some thinke the the Igneum diluvium, fiery deluge shall descend no higher than did the watery; It may be the earth shall be burn'd; that is the worst guest at the table, the common sewer of all other creatures: but shall Calum transire, the heavens passe away? It may be Coelum aëreum, the airy heaven; but shall Sydereum, stellatum, the starry heaven, whe•• God hath printed such figures of his glory? yes, Coelum, elementum, Terra, when Ig•• ubique ferox ruptis regnabit habenis. The former deluge is called the worlds wi••, the next the worlds summer. The one was frigido elemento, with a cold and 〈…〉 element: the other shall be calido, with an element hot and dry. But what then 〈…〉 become of the Saints? they shall be delivered out of all; walking like those that servants in the midst of that great furnace, the burning world, and not be scorc•••, because there is one among them, to deliver them,i The Sonne of God, their R•d• mer. But shall all quite perish? no, there is rather a mutation, than an aboli••• of their substance.k Thou shalt change them, and they shall be changed: changed, 〈…〉 abolished. Transit mundus & concupiscentia egus; the concupiscence shall passe, nor the essence: Figura non natura. In the altering of an old garment, we destroy it not, 〈…〉 trimme it, refresh it, and make it seeme new. They passe, they do not perish: 〈…〉 drosse is purged, the metall stayes. The corrupt quality shall bee renewed, 〈…〉 all things restored to that originall beauty wherein they were created.l The 〈…〉 all things is at hand: an end of us, an end of our dayes, an end of our waies, an 〈…〉 of our thoughts. Qui ab universalitate te excipit, te decipit. If a man could say 〈…〉 Iobs messenger, Ego solus aufugi, I alone am escaped, it were somewhat; or might find an Arke with Noah. But there is no Arke to defend from that heate, but the bosome of Iesus Christ.
- iDan. 3.25.
- kPsal. 102.27.
- l1 Pet. 4.7.
- mPsal. 119.96
