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3 By the addition and mixture of it: not fire alone, but fire mingled with Brimstone; a matter fit not to allay it, but increase it. Extendit, non extenuat flammam sulphur. The perplexing properties of Brimstone are three: to burn darkly, sharply, loathsomely. Darkly to grieve the sight, sharply to afflict the sense, loathsomely •o offend the smell. The Scripture, to describe the extreme tortures of fire, adds often Brimstone. ^fFire and much wood, ²and the breath of the Lord like a river of brimstone to kindle it. Where is both a Prosopopoia in the Breath, and a Topographia in the Brimstone: both figures to express the furious indignation of the Author, and fierce severity of the Act. For the Allegory of Breath, to denote the rage of Saul against •he lambs of Christ, he is said to^g Breath out slaughter. To signify the Lords wrath against sinners, he is said to breath out fire. For Brimstone, it makes fire more terrible; darkening the splendour of it to the sight, sharpening the ferve• of it to the sense, and augmenting the stench of it to the smell.

3 By the addition and mixture of it: not fire alone, but fire mingled with Brim•tone; a matter fit not to allay it, but encrease it. Extendit, non extenuat flammam •ulphur. The perplexing properties of Brimstone are three: to burne darkely, sharpe•y, loathsomely. Darkely to grieve the sight, sharpely to afflict the sense, loathsomly •o offend the smell. The Scripture, to describe the extreme tortures of fire, addes often Brimstone. ^fFire and much wood, ²and the breath of the Lord like a river of brimtone to kindle it. Where is both a Prosopopoia in the Breath, and a Topographia in the Brimstone: both figures to expresse the furious indignation of the Author, and fierce everity of the Act. For the Allegory of Breath, to denote the rage of Saul against he lambes of Christ, he is said to