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

Thirdly, Hell-fire will be a fierce Fire. The Fire of Sodom, of Aetna, yea, of London in the day of it's burning was fierce, but no Fire burnt so fierce as Hell Fire will do. The Fire of Gods anger and wrath will burn fiercely, now it doth but smoke against Sinners, then it will break forth into a flame; tongue cannot express how fiercely the wrath of God will burn, when hereafter it shall seize upon the Ungodly, Psal. 90. 11. W•o knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear so is thy wrath. The power of the anger, which any creature may have may be known, it is finite, it is limited, it reacheth no further than the body▪ but who knoweth the power of Gods anger? it being infinite, and unlimited, and such as will reach the soul, and most grievously torment the Soul through it's immediate impressions. According to thy fear so is thy wrath, that is according to the fear which we may have of thee: the wrath of man is not proportiable, unto the fear which we may have of it, we often fear that men can do more than they are really able; but the wrath of God is commensurate and ⟨p. 104⟩proportionable unto the greatest fears thereof, yea doth far exceed; he can afflict more than our fears are able to conceive, and that because of the infinite power of his wrath, God will hereafter make the power of his wrath known, as Rom. 9. 22. and how fiercely then will it burn? the fire also which will torment the bodies of the wicked will be very fierce, it will be so fierce, as to torment every part from the crown of the head unto the foot, and every part in extremity, in the utmost extremity, and that beyond the present capacity.

Thirdly, Hell-fire will be a feirce Fire. The Fire of Sodom, of Aetna, yea, of London in the day of it's burning was feirce, but no Fire burnt so feirce as Hell Fire will do. The Fire of Gods anger and wrath will burn feircely, now it doth but smoke against Sinners, then it will break forth into a flame; tongue cannot express how feircely the wrath of God will burn, when hereafter it shall seise upon the Ungodly, Psal. 90. 11. Wo knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear so is thy wrath. The power of the anger, which any creature may have may be known, it is finite, it is limited, it reacheth no further than the body but who knoweth the power of Gods anger? it being infinite, and unlimited, and such as will reach the soul, and most grieviously torment the Soul through it's immediate impressions. According to thy fear so is thy wrath, that is according to the fear which we may have of thee: the wrath of man is not proportiable, unto the fear which we may have of it, we often fear that men can do more than they are realy able; but the wrath of God is commensurate and