On the other side see our carelessness. God foret•eth us that a second general destruction shall come▪ not by water▪ but hby fire, the […] ⟨p. 125⟩element of the twain; *which even Heathen also have taken notice of: and that none then shall be saved but those that have ia spiritual Temple or Sanctuary built in their souls, kan house for his Spirit to inhabit, as hard and difficult a piece of work, as ever the making of the Ark was. As NOAH before he could go about that building, he must first fell his wood, saw out his planks, hew out his timber, &c. So before we can raise this spiritual building, we must pull down lan old frame, an erection mof the Devils rearing, that standeth where it must stand, and rid the place of the rubbish and remainders of it: Now this requireth much toil and labour, and will take us up much time: And yet we defer and put off all, and think we ⟨p. 126⟩shall have time enough for it hereafter, though nnone of us are like to live near […] hundred▪ years, none sure to live half an hundred hours to an end. And what would we do, or how would we live, if we were sure that we should not die, ere an hundred years were expired and had past over our heads, when we have no care to provide for the preventing of this peril, being onot sure of a day, not of an hour?
On the other side see our carelesnesse. God foret•eth vs that a second generall destruction shall come▪ not by water▪ but hby fire, the 〈…〉 ⟨p. 125⟩element of the twaine; *which euen Heathen also haue taken notice of: and that none then shall be saued but those that haue ia spirituall Temple or Sanctuary built in their soules, kan house for his Spirit to inhabite, as hard and difficult a peece of worke, as euer the making of the Arke was. As NOA before he could goe about that building, hee must first fell his wood, saw out his planckes, hew out his timber, &c. So before we can raise this spirituall building, we must pull downe lan old frame, an erection mof the Deuils rearing, that standeth where it must stand, and rid the place of the rubbish and remainders of it: Now this requireth much toile and labour, and will take vs vp much time: And yet wee deferre and put off all, and thinke wee ⟨p. 126⟩shall haue time enough for it hereafter, though nnone of vs are like to liue neare 〈…〉 hundred▪ yeeres, none sure to liue halfe an hundred houres to an end. And what would we do, or how would we liue, if wee were sure that wee should not die, ere an hundred yeeres were expired and had past ouer our heads, when wee haue no care to prouide for the preuenting of this perill, being onot sure of a day, not of an houre?
- h2 Pet. 3. 7. Adam pradixit geminum, [Greek or Hebrew]. Joseph. antiq. l. 1. 6. 3. Ab isto No• Deu• […], […] ill• […] •jusdē […]. Brough▪2 Pet. 3. 7. Adam pradixit geminum, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Ioseph. antiq. l. 1. 6. 3. Ab isto No• Deu• 〈…〉, 〈…〉 ill• 〈…〉 •jusdē 〈…〉. Brough▪
- *[Greek or Hebrew]. Sibyl. •rac. l. 4. Et ibid. [Greek or Hebrew]. Justin. apolog. Et cataclysmum factum, & deflagrationem futuram Sibylla vaticinata est. Lactant. de ira Dei, cap. 23. [Greek or Hebrew]. Sibyl. in airostich. apud Euseb. in vita Constant. Decidet è coelis ignisque & sulphuris amnis. Exuret terras […] •polumque. Apud Aug. de civit. Dei l. 18. c. 23. Stoici omnia inflammanda, iterumque futura asseruerunt. Athenag. de resurr. Hinc annus ille maximus, cujus hyems summa est Calaclysmus sive diluvio, aestas Ecpyrosts, i. mundi incendium: (unde & [Greek or Hebrew] dicta. Ex Menipp. conviv. Athen. dipnoseph. l. 14 Nam his alternis temporibus mundus tum exignescere, tum exaquescere videtur. Censorin. de nat. die c. 18. [Greek or Hebrew]. Tragicus apud Clem. strom. l. 5. & Euseb. praepar. lib. 13. cap. 13. Essè quoque in satis reminiscitur affore tempus, Quo mare, quo tellus, correptaque regia coeli Ardeat, & mundi moles operos• laboret. Ovid. met. l. 1. Communis mundo superest rogus, olsibus astra Mixturus &c. Lucan. bell. Phars. l. 1. Aqua & ignis terrenis dominantur. Ex his ortus & interitus est. Quandocunque placuere res novae mundo, sic in nos mare emittitur, ut desuper fervor ignis, cùm aliud genus exitij placuit. Cùm enim fatalis dies dil•vij venerit, aestus solutus legibus fine modo strtur, ratione eadem qua conflagratio futura est. Alterutrum fit, cùm Deo visam ordiri meliora, vetera finire. Sen. quaest. not. l. 3. c. 27, 28. Cùm tempus advenerit, quo se mundus renovaturus extinguat, ignibus vastis torrebit, incendetque mortalia &c. Idem ad Marc. c. 26. Eventurum putant Si, ut ad extremum mundus omnis ignescat. Cic. de nat. Der. l. 2. & ardoré deflagret. Idem Acad. lib. 4. De Stoicis idem Numenius apud Euseb. Sed & de Epicareit Minutius in Octavio.