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The four last things viz. death, judgment, heaven, hell, practically considered and applied in…
The four last things viz. death, judgment, heaven, hell, practically considered and applied in several discourses / by William Bates.
London: printed for Brabazon Aylmer, 1691
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.
2. The mournful Thoughts shall be always sixth upon what is tormenting. The Soul in conjunction with the Body cannot always apply it self to one sort of Objects. For the Ministry of the sensible Faculties is requisite to its Operations. And the Body must be supported by Eating and Drinking and Rest, which interrupts troublesome Thoughts. Besides, the variety of Objects and Accidents here avert the Mind sometimes from what is afflicting. But the separate Soul is in no dependence on the Body, and after their reunion, there shall be no necessity of Food or Sleep, or any other animal actions to support ⟨p. 505⟩it, but it shall be restored to a new capacity for new Torments, and preserved in that miserable State by the power of God. There will be nothing then to divert the lost Soul from sad Reflections upon its Misery. There are no lucid intervals in Hell.
2. The mournful Thoughts shall be always fixt upon what is tormenting. The Soul in conjunction with the Body cannot always apply it self to one sort of Objects. For the Ministry of the sensible Faculties is requisite to its Operations. And the Body must be supported by Eating and Drinking and Rest, which interrupts troublesom Thoughts. Besides, the variety of Objects and Accidents here avert the Mind sometimes from what is afflicting. But the separate Soul is in no dependance on the Body, and after their reunion, there shall be no necessity of Food or Sleep, or any other animal actions to support ⟨p. 505⟩it, but it shall be restored to a new capacity for new Torments, and preserved in that miserable State by the power of God. There will be nothing then to divert the lost Soul from sad Reflections upon its Misery. There are no lucid intervals in Hell.
3. All the tormenting Passions will then be let loose at once upon the guilty Creature. And if there be no single Passion so weak, but heightened, will break the Spirit, and render Life so miserable, that a Man will take Sanctuary in the Grave to escape; how miserable is the Condition when the most fierce and united Passions war against the Soul? This is signified by the never-dying Worm that gnaws on the tenderest parts, and of quickest sense. Shame, Sorrow, Despair, Fury, Hatred and Revenge are some of that brood of Vipers that torment the Damned.