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

First, The fire of Hell which shall burn the wicked will be a great Fire. We have seen some great fires, which have burned many Houses together, such as that in 1666. which burned down the greater part of London; but this fire of Hell will be so great, as to burn all wicked persons together, all the wicked will be in flames at the same time, the greatness of this fire is set forth, Isa. 30. 33. Tophet ⟨p. 102⟩is prepared of Old, he hath made it deep and large, the pile thereof is Fire and much Wood, the breath of the Lord, li•e a stream of Brimstone doth kindle it. Tophet doth signify Hell, the place where the damned shall be tormented, of which before, God hath made it deep and large, the depths of the Earth, or the depths of the Sea are nothing in comparison with the depths of Hell; for those depths have a bottom, but this is called the bottomless pi•, Rev. 20. 1. It is deep and large, of vast capacity, it will be sufficient to contain all the Sinners of the Old World, and all the Sinners of this world, who have lived or shall live in every generation, until the time of the Worlds dissolution. The pile thereof is Fire and much Wood; as much Wood being kindled doth make a great Fire, so this Fire though it have no real Wood, but that which will be equivalent, will be very great, especially being kindled by the breath of the Almighty, as the breath of the Lord kindled those showers of Fire and Brimstone, which came down from Heaven upon Sodom and Gomorrah, so the breath of the Lord will kindle those streams of Fire and Brimstone which shall be in Hell.

First, The fire of Hell which shall burn the wicked will be a great Fire. We have seen some great fires, which have burned many Houses together, such as that in 1666. which burned down the greater part of London; but this fire of Hell will be so great, as to burn all wicked persons together, all the wicked will be in flames at the same time, the greatness of this fire is set forth, Isa. 30. 33. Tophet ⟨p. 102⟩