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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. 2. Use of admiration at the security the wicked, showing the cause thereof.
Are the burnings of Hell so certain, being threatened by God! are they so dreadful, beyond any burnings that ever have been, both in regard of fierceness and duration? and are they indeed prepared for the wicked, and all graceless, Christless persons as their deserved portion? and are the most of the children of Men wicked, ungracious, unrighteous, unregenerate, unbelievers, who are already condemned to this place of torment. Joh. 3. 18. And by consequence every moment, while such, in danger of being dragged forth to execution? Here then we may sit down, and wonder at the senselessness and carnal security of such persons, ⟨p. 115⟩especially of those who sit under the light of the word, which doth make discovery of all thi• most plainly unto them; what ever their danger be, what ever their Sins which have deserved Hell, what ever Gods threatenings of everlasting burnings, what ever execution there is, and hath been upon other Sinners like themselves, yet they are without any fear, they are fast asleep in Sin and very secure: though their conscience be full of guilt, their hearts full of lust, their lives full of Sin; though their steps are carrying them forward in the broad way, which leadeth unto destruction; though death hath them upon the chase, and is at their heels, though the wrath of God pursueth them hard, and is at their backs, though the day, wherein they must give an account, and be punished for their iniquity, hasteneth greatly, and the Judge standeth at the door; yet they care not, they fear not, none of these things do move them, none of these things do trouble them; they eat and drink, and sleep, and buy and sell, and plant and build, and go on in a sinful course, as if they should live here eternally, or as if their Soul should perish with their body, and all these things foretold in the Word, concerning future retributions were but mere fables.