9. The ungodly at death must undergo Gods fury and indignation, Psal. 9. 17. The wicked shall be turned into hell. I have read of a Lodestone in Ethiopia, which hath two *corners, with one it draws the iron to it, with the other it puts the iron from it: So God hath two hands, of Mercy and Justice, with the one he will draw the godly to heaven, with the other he will thrust the sinner to hell: And O how dreadful is that place! It is called a fiery †lake, Rev. 20. 15. A lake, to denote the plenty of Torments in hell; a fiery lake, to show the fierceness of them: Fire is the most torturing Element. Strabo in his Geography mentions a Lake in ⟨p. 280⟩Galilee, of such a pestiferous nature, that it scaldeth off the skin of whatsoever is cast into it: But alas, that Lake is cool, compared with this fiery Lake, into which the damned are thrown. To demonstrate this fire terrible, there are two most pernicious qualities in it. 1. It is Sulphureous, it is mixed with brimstone, Revel. 21. 8. which is unsavoury and suffocating. 2. It is unextinguishable; though the wicked shall be choked in the flames, yet not consumed, Revel. 20. 10. And the Devil was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the Beast and the False Prophet *are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. Behold the deplorable condition of all ungodly ones, in the other world, they shall have a life that always dies, and a death that always lives: May not this affright men out of their sins, and make them become godly, unless they are resolved to try how hot hell fire is?
9. The ungodly at death must undergo Gods fury and indignation, Psal. 9. 17. The wicked shall be turned into hell. I have read of a Loadstone in Aethiopia, which hath two *corners, with one it draws the iron to it, with the other it puts the iron from it: So God hath two hands, of Mercy and Justice, with the one he will draw the godly to heaven, with the other he will thrust the sinner to hell: And O how dreadful is that place! It is called a fiery †lake, Rev. 20. 15. A lake, to denote the plenty of Torments in hell; a fiery lake, to show the fierceness of them: Fire is the most torturing Element. Strabo in his Geography mentions a Lake in ⟨p. 280⟩Galilee, of such a pestiferous nature, that it scaldeth off the skin of whatsoever is cast into it: But alas, that Lake is cool, compared with this fiery Lake, into which the damned are thrown. To demonstrate this fire terrible, there are two most pernicious qualities in it. 1. It is Sulphureous, it is mixed with brimstone, Revel. 21. 8. which is unsavoury and suffocating. 2. It is unextinguishable; though the wicked shall be choaked in the flames, yet not consumed, Revel. 20. 10. And the Devil was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the Beast and the False Prophet *are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. Behold the deplorable condition of all ungodly ones, in the other world, they shall have a life that always dies, and a death that always lives: May not this affright men out of their sins, and make them become godly, unless they are resolved to try how hot hell fire is?
- *Vincentius.
- †[Greek or Hebrew]〈non-Latin alphabet〉
- *Poenam inextinguibilem & foetorem maximum minatur Deus Muscul.
