Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	air_n	earth_n	element_n	2,424	5	9.4906	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02192	Tormenting Tophet: or A terrible description of Hel able to breake the hardest heart, and cause it quake and tremble. Preached at Paules Crosse the 14. of Iune 1614. By Henry Greenvvood, Master of Arts, and preacher of the word of God.	Greenwood, Henry, b. 1544 or 5.	1615 (1615)	STC 12336; ESTC S120478	32,344	94

centrum terrae Thinketh that it is about the centre of the earth The Apostles that preached to the Iewes vsed the word Gehenna from the Hebrewes which they well vnderstood and Saint Iames writing to the Iewes sayth The tongue is inflamed of Gehenna of hell but the rest of them that preached to the Gentiles vsed the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which name was knowne vnto them and they tooke it to be a place vnder the earth where the wicked after this life were punished Tartarus which is vsed for Hel is so farre vnder the earth as Heauen is aboue the earth sayth Hesiodus The Poet speaking of it sayth Tartarus ipse bis patet in praeceps tantum .i. Tartarus is twice as deepe as Heauen is high The Rabbines hold Hell to bee below as Rabbi Abraham sayth Sheol makom c. Sheol is a deepe place opposed to Heauen which is on high And Rabbi Leui sayth Sheol hi mattah c. Sheol is absolutely below and is the centre The Scriptures also place Hell below Sheol beneath is moued for thee to meete thee at thy comming Moses calleth it the lower hell Fire is kindled in my wrath and shall burne vsque ad infernum inferiorem to the bottome of hell The Psalmist calleth it a déepe pit Let him cast them into the fire and into the deepe pits that they rise not And in another place he calleth it the Pit of Perdition Iohn calleth it a Burning Lake in the Reuelation which must needs bee below Salomon speaketh of the depth of this place saying The gh●sts of an harlot are in the depth of hell And againe The way of Life is on high to auoyde from hell beneath Thus it is manifest that Hell is beneath in the lowest parts of the workemanship of God But precisely to say where whether in the centre of the centre of the world or in the ayre or in the water or vpon the earth it is not reuealed neyther is it needful for vs to know but surely it shall bee in the most remote place from Heauen which is in and about the earth for the soules of the righteous when they are dissolued from their bodies do presently passe to the locall place of Coelum Empyraeum and the soules of the damned are constrayned to stay below in the lowest Elements where they are and shall be tormented for euermore But if a man be too curious in this poynt I would wish him conferre with Socrates who being asked what was done in hell said Hee neuer went thither nor communed with any that came from thence By which answere he derided the curiosity of the demander Euclides as Maximus writeth being demaunded of one what the Gods did and with what things they were best delighted sayde As for other things I know not but I am sure of this that they hate all curious persons But this is not the thing we ayme at in this depth of Hell This word Deepe doth bewray vnto vs the impossibility of getting out once in for God hath made Hell so déepe as there is no bepe of crawling out In inferno nulla redemptio In hel there is no redemption Therefore Infernus ab inferendo dictus quia ita inferuntur praecipitantur vt nunquam ascensuri sint that is Hell is sayde of casting in for they shall bee so cast downe as they shall neuer haue hope or power of cravvling out Infernus saith Hugo est profundus fine fundo that is A deepe vvithout bottome That party that had not on the wedding garment was not onely cast into hell but hee was also bound hand and foot and all to shew the impossibility of getting forth once in Binde him hand and foote and cast him into vtter darkenes Now alas if a man be bound hand and foot and cast into a well fiue thousand fadomes deepe what hope hath he of euer comming out so hell is deep and he that is once tumbled in shall neuer come forth more This is euident by the speech of Diues who said O Father Abraham send Lazarus or some from the dead that my brethren may not come into the like place of torment What is the reason that Diues begged not for his own passage from thence vnto them who was able to haue taught the dolours of hell by wofull experience O he knew that that had been bootelesse for he saw ingentum hiatum A great gulfe set betwixt heauen and hell that made the passage impossible In earthly prisons and dungeons a man by some or other meanes happily may get out but hell is deepe so deepe as Heauen Earth and Hell can neuer helpe one poore soule forth This then well considered should Vse 1 worke deepe humiliation in the soules of euery of vs that so grace may receyue vs and not this deepe deuoure vs. One depth cryeth and calleth out for an other the depth of hell calleth to vs for answerable humiliation hee that will not bee humbled for his sins héere shall bee humbled and tumbled to the deepe of hell hereafter God giueth grace to the humble yea the déeper thou art in the Law the higher shalt thou be in the Gospel the deeper in hell the higher in heauen a bucket the déeper it goeth into the well the more water it bringeth vp with it so the déeper a man is humbled for sinne the more shall bee his grace of saluation Humble your selues therefore vnder the mighty hand of God that yee may bee all exalted in the day of Visitation In this déep was the poore Publican when in bitternesse of heart he vttered these words Lord be mercifull to me à sinner A sinner by birth a sinner by life a sinner by thought a sinner by word a sinner by worke a sinner by sins of omission a sinner by sinnes of commission a sinner beforè my conuersion a sinner many thousand times since my conuersion Lord bee mercifull to me a lamentable sinner Vse 2 Againe séeing hell is so deepe as once in no hope of crawling out Let vs seeke the Lord while hee may bee found and call vpon him while hee is neare Ecce nunc tempus acceptum Behold novv the accepted time behold novv is the day of saluation This life is the time wherein wee must worke out our salúation with feare and trembling if after this life we will bée fréede from the deepe damnation of Tophet The irrationall creatures themselues are very carefull to take their times and seasons as saith the Prophet Ieremy 8.7 The Storke the Turtle Crane and the Svvallovv obserue their times and seasons there is a time when the Swallow is with vs in England and there is a time when hee takes his leaue of vs. That silly creature in the sixt of the Prouerbs Gathereth in Summer to maintaine the poore life of it in Winter So should wee take our