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fire_n	die_v	hell_n	worm_n	3,808	5	10.0013	5	false

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A15396	A catholicon, that is, A generall preservative or remedie against the pseudocatholike religion gathered out of the catholike epistle of S. Jude, briefly expounded, and aptly, according to the time, applied to more then halfe an hundreth of popish errours, and as many corruptions of manners. With a preface seruing as a preparatiue to the catholicon, and a dyet prescribed after.; A catholicon.	Willet, Andrew, 1562-1621.	1602 (1602)	STC 25673; ESTC S114006	113,250	270

belongeth to Gods iustice that they should neuer want punishment that would neuer haue beene without sinne God punisheth the will as well as the acte as he rewardeth the will 2. Cor. 8. 12. Applicat 1. For the solution of certaine doubts first whether hell fire be a materiall or spirituall fire Answ. We neither Hell fire not onely corporal thinke the same to be onely spirituall as Hierome imputeth to Origen Gehenna tormenta non ponit in suppliciis sed conscientia peccatorum that he thought hell torment not to consist in punishment but in the conscience of sinners neither is the fire corporall onely as Augustine seemeth to be of opinion that the deuils may be tormented with a corporall fire but our opinion is that hell fire shall be both a spirituall torment to the soule and a corporall punishment to the bodie as it is called the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone Reuel 21. 8. Mark 9. 46. the worme dieth not there is the torment of conscience the fire neuer goeth out that is which tormenteth the bodies Secondly it is obiected howe it may stand with Gods iustice to punish twice Whether one sinne may be twice punished for the same sinne and so Hierome seemeth to thinke vpon these wordes of Nahum 1. 9. Non consurget tribulatio duplex affliction shall not come twice that the Sodomites Egyptians Israelites were but temporally punished Answ. 1. The Apostle saith The Sodomites suffer euerlasting fire that as they were consumed with fire and brimstone once and that countrey remaineth yet accursed as we may see Deut. 29. 23. beeing nowe turned to the dead sea so they are for euer tormented in hell their burning flames of vnnaturall lust are punished with euerlasting flames 2. That place of the prophet hath no such meaning but onely that the Lord will punish throughly at once that he shall not neede to punish the second time as Abishai saith He would not smite Saul againe 1. Sam. 26. 8. 3. Amongst men it is a very good rule not to punish twice for the same sinne where there is hope of amendment but where they are incorrigible they may punish often as God punished Pharao with one plague after another because his heart was still hardned Dauid was chastised but once with the death of the childe because he repented And as godlinesse hath the promises both of this life and the next 1. Tim. 4. 8. so it is iust that impietie should haue the punishment of both Thirdly against the papists let it be obserued that onely make the greater sinnes which they call mortal and deadly worthy of condemnation and there are seauen of Error 19. them pride enuie wrath idlenesse couetousnesse gluttonie lust whereas all sinnes of themselues deserue death Rom. 6. 23. but in Christ both these and all other are pardonable Ioh. 1. 29. Fourthly all Atheists are here conuinced that beleeue no hell who shall feele it before they beleeue it if they take not heede let vs then feare God that is able to punish bodie and soule Math. 10. 28. and let vs by repentance clense our selues from these sinnes so shall they neuer waigh vs downe to hell 1. Cor. 6. 11. The sixt lecture Uers. 8. Likewise these dreamers The Apostle proceedeth to describe the sinnes of these hypocrites hauing thus propounded the examples of Gods iudgements first he chargeth them with three sinnes vncleannesse despising of gouernment enuie in speaking euil of things they know not v. 10. wherein they are like to the example before expressed in vncleannesse to the Sodomites enuie to the angels rebellion to the Israelites as afterwards also he resembleth them to three other examples to Cain for enuie to Balaam for vncleannesse who gaue that counsell to Balaack to allure Israel to defile thēselues for rebellion to Core Dreamers 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 They are called dreamers not as Ioseph was called a Doctr. 1. Dreamers in religion what they are dreamer 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gen. 37. 19. for his dreames were no dreames but true visions but they are called dreames in two respects both in regard of their ignorance they imagined to themselues many opinions and erroneous doctrines and for their sense because it is dull as he that dreameth and sleepeth feeleth nothing as Eccles. 5. 2. Multitude of businesse causeth dreames and their foolish imaginations breed vaine and false opinions Lot perceiued nothing in his sleepe Gen 19. Doctrin That we be not as dreamers or sleepers in matters of religion either without iudgement or affection Testim Eph. 5. 14. Awake thou that sleepest which he expoundeth v. 17. to vnderstand what the will of God is Examp. Such a dreamer was Balaam Numb 24. 14. 15. who had his eies shutte vp and dreaming of his reward went on as in a sleepe to curse Israel such a dreamer was Nicodemus Ioh. 3. vtterly ignorant in the matter of regeneration as one a sleepe Exornat Who are like to those dreamers Isay 29. 8. that dreame of meate and drinke beeing hungrie and thirstie and yet are not a whit fuller so are they which feed themselues with their owne dreames and fansies Aitiolog As the heauinesse of the eies is the cause of sleepe Math. 26. 43. so the heauinesse or hardnesse of the heart is the cause of the slumber of the soule Eph. 4. 18. hardenesse of heart 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is the cause of ignorance Rom. 11. 7. 8. hardnes of heart causeth the spirit of slumber 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Applicat 1. Against the papists whose doctrine is knowne to be fuller of fables Error 20. ●op●●y full of dreames and dreames then any religion in the world beside so they dreame of purgatorie fire of Christs carnall presence in the sacrament their doctrine of merits of adoration of images inuocation of Saints what are they but meere dreames 2. Against carnall professours to whome the mysteries of religion seeme to be but dreames as Psal. 126. 1. they thought their deliuerance to be as a dreame and as Act. 12. 15. they thought the maide to be mad for saying Peter was at the doore euē such dreaming and drousie professours of the word are many nowe a daies Defile the flesh by fornication other vnlawfull lusts and vncleannesse giuing Doct. ● themselues to all licentiousnesse Doctrin That we should not defile our bodies with vncleane lusts with riot excesse but possesse them in holinesse Testim 1. Thess. 4. 4. possesse their vessels in holinesse wherein he alludeth to the vse of the lawe who vsed holy vessels for holy things 1. Sam. 21. 5. Exemp Such vncleane persons were the Nicolaitanes in the Church of Pergamus who like vnto Balaam taught the people to commit fornication and the false prophetesse Iezabel in Thyatyra Reuel 2. 15. 20. Contrarie example in Peter Act. 10. 14. who as he ate nothing polluted so committed no vncleane acte and S. Paul was vnrebukable as concerning the law Phil. 1.