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The devils banquet described in four sermons [brace], 1. The banquet propounded, begun, 2.…The deuills banket described in foure sermons [brace], 1. The banket propounded, begunne, 2.…
The devils banquet described in four sermons [brace], 1. The banquet propounded, begun, 2. The second service, 3. The breaking up of the feast, 4. The shot or reckoning, [and] The sinners passing-bell, together with Physic from heaven / published by Thomas Adams ...The deuills banket described in foure sermons [brace], 1. The banket propounded, begunne, 2. The second seruice, 3. The breaking vp of the feast, 4. The shot or reckoning, [and] The sinners passing-bell, together with Phisicke from heauen / published by Thomas Adams ...
London: printed by Thomas Snodham for Ralph Mab, 1614
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.
But to confine my speech to the bounds of my Text, I take it, that by Hell & the depth of it here, is meant the deep bondage of the wicked souls; that they are in the depth of the power of Hell. Satan having by sin a full dominion over their consciences. For Hell is often allegorically taken in the Scriptures, So Jonah gcries unto God out of the belly of Hell. David sung hde profundis: Out of the depth have I cried unto thee oh Lord. So Christ speaks of the unbeliever, that he is ialready damned. And the reprobate are here affirmed in the depth of Hell. This exposition I esteem more natural to the words. For as the godly have a Heaven, so the wicked a Hell, even upon Earth: though both in a spiritual, not a literal sense. The reprobates Hell on earth is double; or of two sorts.
But to confine my speech to the bounds of my Text, I take it, that by Hell & the depth of it here, is ment the deepe bondage of the wicked soules; that they are in the depth of the power of Hell. Sathan hauing by sinne a full dominion ouer their consciences. For Hell is often allegorically taken in the Scriptures, So Ionas gcryes vnto God out of the belly of Hell. Dauid sung hde profundis: Out of the depth haue I cryed vnto thee oh Lord. So Christ speakes of the vnbeleeuer, that hee is ialready damned. And the reprobate are here affirmed in the depth of Hell. This exposition I esteeme more naturall to the words. For as the godly haue a Heauen, so the wicked a Hell, euen vpon Earth: though both in a spirituall, not a literall sence. The reprobates Hell on earth is double; or of two sorts.
- gJon. 2.2.