Ultima, = the last things in reference to the first and middle things

The other I mean to speak of was an Italian, ¹under the Jurisdiction of Venice, called Francis Spira, who being excessively covetous of money, and for fear of the world having renounced the truth, which before he professed, he thought at last he heard a direful voice speaking to him; Thou wicked wretch, thou ⟨p. 80⟩hast denied me, thou hast broken thy vow; hence Apostate, and bear with thee the sentence of thy eternal damnation: at this voice he trembling and quaking fell down in a swoon; and after recovering himself, he professed that he was captivated under the revenging hand of the great God of heaven, and that he heard continually that fearful sentence of Christ, now past on his own soul: his friends to comfort him propounded many of Gods promises, recorded in Scripture; Oh but my sin (said he) is greater then the mercy of God: nay, answered they, the mercy of God is above all sin; God would have all men to be saved: it is true (said he) he would have all men that he hath elected to be saved; but he would not have Reprobates to be saved; and I am one of that number: after this roaring out in the bitterness of his spirit, he said, It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. These troubles of mind brought him to a distemper of body, which the Physicians perceiving, they wished him to seek some spiritual comfort: those comforters come, and observing the distemper to arise from the sense and horror of hell pains; they ask him, Whether he thought there were any worse pains then what he endured? he said, He knew there were far worse pains; yet do I desire nothing more, said he, then that I may come to that place, where I may be sure to feel the worst, and to be freed from fear of worse to come.

The other I mean to speak of was an Italian, ¹under the Jurisdiction of Venice, called Francis Spira, who being excessively covetous of money, and for fear of the world having renounced the truth, which before he professed, he thought at last he heard a direfull voice speaking to him; Thou wicked wretch, thou ⟨p. 80⟩hast denied me, thou hast broken thy vow; hence Apostate, and bear with thee the sentence of thy eternall damnation: at this voice he trembling and quaking fell down in a swoon; and after recovering himself, he professed that he was captivated under the revenging hand of the great God of heaven, and that he heard continually that fearfull sentence of Christ, now past on his own soul: his friends to comfort him propounded many of Gods promises, recorded in Scripture; Oh but my sinne (said he) is greater then the mercy of God: nay, answered they, the mercy of God is above all sinne; God would have all men to be saved: it is true (said he) he would have all men that he hath elected to be saved; but he would not have Reprobates to be saved; and I am one of that number: after this roaring out in the bitterness of his spirit, he said, It is a fearfull thing to fall into the hands of the living God. These troubles of mind brought him to a distemper of body, which the Physicians perceiving, they wisht him to seek some spirituall comfort: those comforters come, and observing the distemper to arise from the sence and horrour of hell pains; they ask him, Whether he thought there were any worse pains then what he endured? he said, He knew there were farre worse pains; yet do I desire nothing more, said he, then that I may come to that place, where I may be sure to feel the worst, and to be freed from fear of worse to come.