A64987:136

Fire and brimstone from heaven, from earth, in hell, or, Three discourses I. Concerning…

Name: Fire and brimstone from heaven, from earth, in hell, or, Three discourses I. Concerning…
Author: Thomas Vincent

Fire and brimstone from heaven, from earth, in hell, or, Three discourses I. Concerning the burning of Sodom and Gomorrah formerly, II. Concerning the burning of Æetna, or Mount Gibel more lately, III. Concerning the burning of the wicked eternally, with fire and brimstone / by Thomas Vincent ...

Thomas Vincent 1634–1678London: printed for George Calvert, 1670

[4], 140 p. · 39k words · Wing V437 · ESTC R23063

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Fire and Brimstone from Earth, in the burning of Aetna, or Mount Gi… › Chapter 2: Concerning the Mountain of Aetna or Gibel in the general.

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:133p. 55

I shall add but one Author more, and that is of a late Geographer, namely Varenius, who in his first Book of Geography, page 105. doth both describe this Mount, and giveth relation of one notable eruption of fire not much above a hundred years since.

I shall add but one Author more, and that is of a late Geographer, namely Varenius, who in his first Book of Geography, page 105. doth both describe this Mount, and giveth relation of one no•able eruption of fire not much above a hundred years since.

:134p. 55–56

Celeberrimus est Aetna Siciliae Mons, hodie Gibel, e cujus vertice flammae & fumi longissima distantia in ⟨p. 56⟩Mari Mediterraneo cernuntur. Etsi continua sit flammarum & fumor•m ejaculatio, tamen interdum majori impetu furit▪ Anno 1537▪ a primo die Maii ad duodecimum tremuit […] Sicily; deinde ingens & horrendus […] & fragor auditus est, quasi magna tormenta bellica exploder•tur, […] est multorum aedificiorum per totam insul•m […]. Hae• sae•itia per undecim dies cum conti•nasset, […] fuit, vel hiatu se ap•ruit hic ind• terra, un• magna vis s•amma & ig•is pr•rupit, qu• intra quatuor dies omnia absumpta sunt & […], quae […] ultra quinque leucarum distantia ab Aetna aberant. Polo pst crater qui est in vertice montis per tres intgros dies ingentem copiam Faillae & inerum ejecit, quae non tantum per totam inulam aispersa fuit, sed etiam trans Mare in Italiam delay: & Naves in Mari cum ducentis leucis a Sicily abessent, & Venetias tenderent damnum passae sunt. That is

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The book

Title as printed

Author

Thomas Vincent 1634–1678

Place

London

Bookseller

George Calvert

Year

1670

Size

[4], 140 p.

Words

39,438

Catalogue

Wing V437 · ESTC R23063

Text

EEBO-TCP A64987

Passages

298

Sections

Title page

Fire and brimstone from heaven, from earth, in hell, or, Three discourses I. Concerning…

CHAP. III. Concerning the Antecedents of the late eruption of Mount Aetna.

CHAP. IV. Concerning the Eruption it self of Fire and Brimstone from Mount Aetna.

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

CHAP. III. Concerning the Antecedents of the late eruption of Mount Aetna.

CHAP. IV. Concerning the Eruption it self of Fire and Brimstone from Mount Aetna.