First▪ I conceive that the fire of Hell will be in part Metaphorical, and that this also will be the most grievous and tormenting, though not to the sense, yet to the soul & to the devils, who can be tormented by no other fire: my meaning is that the Fire which will be Metaphorical, is to be understood of the fierce anger and wrath of the Sin-revenging God, who himself is called a consuming Fire, Heb. 12. 19. And whose anger is often expressed by the Metaphor of fire in the Scripture, and so that everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his Angels, and for the souls of wicked men and women, (which will be accompanied also with a real fire, prepared for their bodies, of which in the next particular) is the everlasting wrath of God, which he hath treasured up against the day of wrath, when he will open and bring forth those treasures, and make immediate impressions thereof upon all damned spirits, which shall burn worse than Fire, and cause greater anguish to the spirit, than any fire can do •o the sense; hence it is said, Heb. 10. 31. It is a ⟨p. 99⟩fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God, and that because the immediate strokes of Gods vengeance, which damned Spirits shall fall under, when he takes them into his own hands to punish them in Hell, will above all things be most intolerable; The Apostle saith, 2 Thess. 1. 8. That the wicked shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the Glory of his Power. This is to be understood causally; as if he should have said, that the destruction of the wicked shall arise from Gods Presence and glorious Power, which will p•t forth it self so mightily, as to glorify it self in the punishment of them in Hell. God will appear in Heaven to the Angels and Saints, in a flame of Love, and make immediate and most sweet impressions thereof upon them, which will be their chief happiness: and God will appear in Hell to Devils and damned Spirits in a flame of wrath▪ as a consuming fire, and make immediate impressions of his wrath upon them, which will be their chief misery; for Sinners to be taken thus into the hands of God, and punished by the fire of his wrath will be more dreadful, than if the most furious Creatures in the World were mustered up together, and let loose upon them to t•ar them in pieces and devour them;
First▪ I conceive that the fire of Hell will be in part Metaphorical, and that this also will be the most grievous and tormenting, though not to the sense, yet to the soul & to the devils, who can be tormented by no other fire: my meaning is that the Fire which will be Metaphorical, is to be understood of the feirce anger and wrath of the Sin-revenging God, who himself is called a consuming Fire, Heb. 12. 19. And whose anger is often expressed by the Metaphor of fire in the Scripture, and so that everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his Angels, and for the souls of wicked men and women, (which will be accompained also with a real fire, prepared for their bodies, of which in the next particular) is the everlasting wrath of God, which he hath treasured up against the day of wrath, when he will open and bring forth those treasures, and make immediate impressions thereof upon all damned spirits, which shall burn worse than Fire, and cause greater anguish to the spirit, than any fire can do •o the sense; hence it is said, Heb. 10. 31. It is a ⟨p. 99⟩fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God, and that because the immediate strokes of Gods vengeance, which damned Spirits shall fall under, when he takes them into his own hands to punish them in Hell, will above all things be most intolerable; The Apostle saith, 2 Thess. 1. 8. That the wicked shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, ana from the Glory of his Power. This is to be understood causally; as if he should have said, that the destruction of the wicked shall arise from Gods Presence and glorious Power, which will p•t forth it self so mightily, as to glorifie it self in the punishment of them in Hell. God will appear in Heaven to the Angels and Saints, in a flame of Love, and make immediate and most sweet impressions thereof upon them, which will be their chief happiness: and God will appear in Hell to Devils and damned Spirits in a flame of wrath▪ as a consuming fire, and make immediate impressions of his wrath upon them, which will be their chief misery; for Sinners to be taken thus into the hands of God, and punished by the fire of his wrath will be more dreadful, than if the most furious Creatures in the World were mustered up together, and let loose upon them to t•ar them in pieces and devour them;
