London's lamentation, or, A serious discourse concerning the late fiery dispensation that turned our…

But if it be material fire, then it may be quenched: besides we Object. see by common experience, that material fire in a short time will consume and spend it self. Neither can we see how material fire can make impressions upon Spirits, as the Devils and souls of men are.

But if it be material fire, then it may be quencht: besides we Object. see by common experience, that material fire in a short time will consume and spend it self. Neither can we see how material fire can make impressions upon Spirits, as the Devils and souls of men are.

First, Don't we find, that the Bush burned and was not consumed? Answ. Though all clothes by daily experience wax old; ¹yet when the Israelites were in their wilderness condition; their clothes did not wax old, Deut. 8. 4. Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell these forty years. Neh. 9. 41. Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the Wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not. Their clothes were never the worse for wearing. God by his Almighty Power kept their clothes from waxing old: and so God by his Almighty Power can keep the fire of Hell unquenchable. But,

First, Don't we find, that the Bush burned and was not consumed? Answ. Though all cloaths by daily experience wax old; ¹yet when the Israelites were in their wilderness condition; their clothes did not wax old, Deut. 8. 4. Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell these forty years. Neh. 9. 41. Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the Wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not. Their clothes were never the worse for wearing. God by his Allmighty Power kept their clothes from waxing old: and so God by his Allmighty Power can keep the fire of Hell unquenchable. But,