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Fire and brimstone from heaven, from earth, in hell, or, Three discourses I. Concerning…
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 ...
London: printed for George Calvert, 1670
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.
And surely, the Inhabitants of the place had been blowing up the Coals of Gods anger before by their Sins; It was not without cause from themselves ⟨p. 69⟩that this judgement was brought upon them. The distance of this Place from Rome is but little, and the difference between them in Idolatry, and all sort of wickedness is reported to be less; Sicily hath drunk deep of the Cup of Fornication, which is in the hand of the Romish Whore, and God made some of them drink something of the Cup of his Wrath and Indignation: yea, Sodomy it self is of frequent practice in those parts, and God brings ruin like unto that of Sodom upon their houses by Streams of Fire and Brimstone, though through infinite patience their persons were preserved.
And surely, the Inhabitants of the place had been blowing up the Coals of Gods anger before by their Sins; It was not without cause from themselves ⟨p. 69⟩that this judgement was brought upon them. The distance of this Place from Rome is but little, and the difference between them in Idolatry, and all sort of wickedness is reported to be lesse; Sicily hath drunk deep of the Cup of Fornication, which is in the hand of the Romish Whore, and God made some of them drink something of the Cup of his Wrath and Indignation: yea, Sodomy it self is of frequent practice in those parts, and God brings ruine like unto that of Sodom upon their houses by Streams of Fire and Brimstone, though through infinite patience their persons were preserved.
The cause under God of these dreadful Eruptions was the Fire in the Bowels of the Mountain, which meeting with a large quantity of combustible matter and kindling it, could not be contained in so strait room, but with such noise and violence brake forth in such flames and streams at the mouth and sides.
The cause under God of these dreadful Eruptions was the Fire in the Bowels of the Mountain, which meeting with a large quantity of combustible matter and kindling it, could not be contained in so streight room, but with such noise and violence brake forth in such flames and streams at the mouth and sides.