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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.
CHAP. VII. The Use of the Burning of Aetna.
These late dreadful Eruption of Fire and Brimstone from Mount Aetna, should carry our eyes upward unto God the Author hereof. The Lord hath been lately upon the Earth, he hath shown himself in great Majesty; a Fire hath devoured before him, and it hath been very tempestuous round about; a smoke hath gone out of his mouth and Coals have been under his feet; he hath clothed himself with flames, and of late appeared very terribly in these European parts; he hath not only kindled fires in houses and Cities, turning them into ashes and ruinous heaps, but he hath also kindled a fire in a great Mountain, which hath broken forth with a great flame. We read Psal. 27. The voice of the Lord is powerful, and full of Majesty; the voice of the Lord is upon the Waters, the God of Glory thundereth, the voice of the Lord• upon many Waters; the voice of the Lord shaketh the Wilderness, and maketh Lebanon to Ship like a young ⟨p. 73⟩Unicorn. Such Majesty and Power hath been in Gods voice, which was heard from this Mount; the voice of the Lord hath sounded from the Earth, the God of Glory hath thundered out of the bowels of a great Mountain, whereby the foundations thereof have been so shaken, as if he would have overturned it in his anger. Formerly the Lord brought forth streams of Water out of the hard Rock, and lately he hath brought forth streams of Fire out of the deep Earth. This is the Lord's doing, and it should be marvellous in our eyes; If we wonder at the work, let us wonder more at the Worker; if we admire to hear of such floods of fire, we have more reason to admire Gods infinite Power who hath effected this.
THese late dreadful Eruption of Fire and Brimstone from Mount Aetna, should carry our eyes upward unto God the Author hereof. The Lord hath been lately upon the Earth, he hath shown himself in great Majesty; a Fire hath devoured before him, and it hath been very tempestuous round about; a smoke hath gone out of his mouth and Coals have been under his feet; he hath clothed himself with flames, and of late appeared very terribly in these Europaean parts; he hath not only kindled fires in houses and Cities, turning them into ashes and ruinous heaps, but he hath also kindled a fire in a great Mountain, which hath broken forth with a great flame. We read