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

Justin giveth other reasons of this Fire, Lib. 4. Ca•. 1. Est antem terra tennis & fragilis, cavernis quibusdam▪ fistulisque ita penetrabilis, ut ventorum tota ferme flatibus pateat; nec non & ignibus generand•s, n•triendisque solely ipsius naturalis materia: quippe intrinsecus stratum sulphur & bitumine traditur: quae res facit ut spiritu cum igne inter interior a luctante, frequenter & compluribus l•cis nunc flammas, nunc vaporem, nunc •umum eructet. Indo denique Aetnae montis per tot socula durat incendium. The meaning in brief is this, The earth in that place being so thin and hollow, and penetrable by the Winds and the nature of the soil so Sulphurous, and so fit matter for the begetting and nourishing of Fire, the motion of the Wind closed in, doth kindle the Fire which belcheth forth in smoke and flames, and hence it is that the burning of Aetna hath endured for so many ages. Unto which he addeth a little after, speaking of the fall of the Waters. Eade• caus• etiam Aetnae Montis •erpetuos ignes f•cit; ⟨p. 71⟩Nam aquarum ille con•ursus, r•tum secum spiritum in imum sundum trahit, atq•e ibi suffecat• tamdiutenet, donec per spiramenta Terrae diff•sus nutrimenta ignis incendat. The cause of Aetna's perpetual Fire is from the great and perpetual fall of the Water, near at hand which carrieth down the Wind and Air, and suffocateth it at the bottom, whence it breatheth away through some crevices of the Earth, towards the Mountain, and this kindleth and bloweth up the Flames.

Iustin giveth other reasons of this Fire, Lib. 4. Ca•. 1. Est antem terra tennis & fragilis, cavernis quibusdam fistulisque ita penetrabilis, ut ventorum tota ferme flatibus pateat; nec non & ignibus generands, ntriendisque soli ipsius naturalis materia: quippe intrinsecus stratum sulphure & bitumine traditur: quae res facit ut spiritu cum igne inter interior a luctante, frequenter & compluribus lcis nunc flammas, nunc vaporem, nunc umum eructet. Indo denique Aetnae montis per tot socula durat incendium. The meaning in brief is this, The earth in that place being so thin and hollow, and penetrable by the Winds and the nature of the soil so Sulphurious, and so fit matter for the begetting and nourishing of Fire, the motion of the Wind closed in, doth kindle the Fire which belheth forth in smoke and flames, and hence it is that the burning of Aetna hath endured for so many ages. Unto which he addeth a little after, speaking of the fall of the Waters. Eade caus etiam Aetnae Montis erpetuos ignes fcit;