An exposition of the principles of religion

2. They shall be cast into hell fire, that is, they shall be filled with the vengeance of God, they have here but a drop of it, as it were; if we consider all the punishments that all the men of the world have had and suffered, they are nothing to this, but as a flea-biting in comparison of this: That which is the ⟨p. 58⟩worst, their wickedness shall increase daily, though they be full of Gods vengeance, yet their sin shall increase it still.

2. They shall be cast into hell fire, that is, they shall bee filled with the vengeance of God, they have here but a drop of it, as it were; if we consider all the punishments that all the men of the world have had and suffered, they are nothing to this, but as a flea-biting in comparison of this: That which is the ⟨p. 58⟩worst, their wickednesse shall increase daily, though they be full of Gods vengeance, yet their sin shall increase it still.

Q. But if the wicked are full of Gods vengeance, how can their punishments be increased?

A. They shall every day be made more capable of bearing punishment: As a glass, though it be full, yet if it be made bigger, it will hold more: So, though a man be full of misery, yet by sin he shall be made capable to suffer more and more. It shall be eternal, there shall be no end of their misery, for their punishment shall increase daily, so that a man shall be a Devil incarnate, as it were.

A. They shall every day be made more capable of bearing punishment: As a glasse, though it bee full, yet if it be made bigger, it will hold more: So, though a man bee full of misery, yet by sinne he shall be made capable to suffer more and more. It shall be eternall, there shall be no end of their misery, for their punishment shall encrease daily, so that a man shall be a Devill incarnate, as it were.