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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
Fire and Brimstone from Earth, in the burning of Aetna, or Mount Gi… › Chapter 10 › Here Note.
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.
First, That as the World of old was drowned by Water: so that the World that now is shall be consumed by Fire; as certainly as the former was; s• certainly the later shall be, and as dreadful as the Flood was to Sinners on that day: so dreadful and much more dreadful will the Fire be to Sinners on the last day.
Secondly, It is by the Word of the Lord that this general Conflagration shall be effected, by the Word of the Lord the World was made, and by the Word of the Lord the World was Drowned, and ⟨p. 83⟩by the Word of the Lord the world shall be burned. In his word he hath foretold it, and by his Word he will effect it.
Secondly, It is by the Word of the Lord that this general Conflagration shall be effected, by the Word of the Lord the World was made, and by the Word of the Lord the World was Drown'd, and ⟨p. 83⟩by the Word of the Lord the world shall be burn'd. In his word he hath foretold it, and by his Word he will effect it.
Thirdly, The Heavens and Earth are said to be reserved in store for fire; when the Old World was drowned, it was only the Earth and Inhabitants thereof, the Heavens were untouched, and the Earth also did remain undissolved, and the same Earth did appear afterwards, when the Flood was drawn off by God: but at the last day the Heavens and Earth too shall be dissolved by Fire; not by subterranean Fire as some imagine, and that, as when the World was drowned, the Fountains of the great deep were opened, and the Waters kept before in Store-houses were brought forth, which overwhelmed the Earth: so that there are Fountains of Fire in the bowels of the Earth, and that there it is kept in Store-houses, all which then shall be opened, and that the fire shall break forth in a more dreadful flame then ever was seen at Mount Aetna, and set the whole Fabric of the World on ire. For as was said before we read nothing of this in the Scripture; it is said, that the Heavens and Earth are kept in store for Fire, but it is not said that fire is kept in store for them. Besides how can we conceive that any Subterranean fire should have power to reach and dissolve the Heavens?