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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12996	A treatise on the First Psalme. By Mathew Stonham. Minister and preacher in the cittie of Norwich	Stoneham, Mathew.	1610 (1610)	STC 23289; ESTC S117850	168,319	238

Gregoy Picus Mirandula Apolog. quest 2. alledged for this purpose by Picus Mirandulanus who saith Peccator punitur paena aeterna quia peccauit in suo aeterno id est sine fine A sinner is punished with an euerlasting punishment because he hath sinned in his euerlastingnesse that is without end In his euerlastingnesse that is eyther because when hee liued hee neuer ceased to adde sinne vnto sinne as one lincke is in a cheyne coupled together with another without any intermission for as much as hee neuer brake off his sinne by repentance or else in his euerlastingnesse which commeth more home to the matter because if he had liued longer he had sinned longer if he had liued euer he had sinned euer vnto which consenteth Tho. Aquinas cited in the same place Tho. Aqui● Sentent 4. saying ideo durare paenam damnatorum in aeternum quia culpa durat in aeternum that there●ore the punishment of the damned do last for euer because their fault remaineth for euer It standeth therefore with the iustice of God that he which hath a will euer to sinne should euer bee punished for his sinne neyther tormented nor consumed But mee thinkes I heare some man say how can this stand with the infirmity of the body of man Euer to bee perishing and burning in these flames neuer to bee perished and burnt vppe with them Because I doe and still wish I may ascribe more to the iudgement of other orthodoxal writers of the Church then to mine own shallownesse Let holy August lose this knot and satisfie this August de Ciuitat d●i lib. 21. cap. 4. obiection who in his booke of the Citty of GOD bringeth many examples for the illustrating of the truth of this point vnto vs. The Salamander saith hee liueth in the fire the Mountaynes of Civilie for a greate long continuance of time are burnt with flames and yet remaine whole The sodden flesh of a peacocke as that father speaketh by his owne experience at Carthage corrupteth not for some yeares together chaffe is of a cold nature to keepe snow from melting and yet of a wh●t operation in ripening the fruites which are therein laid vppe ●oales which 〈◊〉 broken with the least pressure of the foote yet in moist places a●● conserued for a very long season Lime which is cold to them that touch it Miraculum apud nos si quod apud Indos A miracle with vs if any bee among the Indians waxeth whot not with the infusion of oyle which is of a whotter nature vppon it but of water which is of a colder temper The Load-stone draweth yron to it but in the presence of the Adamant looseth that vertue Adamas nullis malleis comminutus hir●ino sanguine emollitur The Adamant Which is broken which no hammers yet is softned with Goates blood If the wisedome God doth thus dispose of these matters in nature how much more shall the power of GOD produce more miraculous effects in causes supernaturall to cause the bodyes of the wicked to bee in the fire of hell tormented and not consumed As it made the bodies of the three Children to bee in Nabuchad●ezzars ouen neyther tormented nor consumed Thirdly there is a Remedilesse misery of it If all the Angels in heauen if all the Saintes which haue beene vppon ●a●th Abraham Isaac Iacob all the Prophets Apostles Euangelists Martyrs Confessors c. should become perpetuall Sollicitors and Intercessors to God for a release of this perpetuall punishment yet should they not be able to doe any thing therein but should bee like those whome God sendeth empty away Luke 1. 53. If the Father should make request for the Sonne the Mother for the Daughter they must haue the repulse for the sentence of Christ cannot be reuersed his decree not repealed Oh! how ought wee then to labour to auoid this patternelesse endlesse easelesse perishing In the torture whereof the tormented miscreant would if it weare in his power giue the whole world for one minutes releasement to leaue off to bee wicked to indeauour to be godly that we being not found in the way of the wicked with the way of the wicked we may not perish The second thing which we are to be aduertised of concerning the confusion of the way of the wicked is the time when In that it is not said that it presently doth but that it futurely Shall perish The act of perishing doth testifie Gods iudgement The time that it is not yet but shall bee doth proclaime his mercy Gods Mercy goeth coupled with his Iudgement euen as our sweet Sauiour and his bitter crosse were ioyned together Iudgement and mercy in God bee as two hands in man Iudgement as the left hand Mercy as the right hand and as man is wont to vse his right hand more then his left so is God delighted rather with the vse of Mercy then of iudgement A course of God which shall bee the Close of this Psalme that as it beginneth in Blessednesse so it may end in mercy intimated vnto vs in this that as it is a part of his iudgement that the way of the wicked perisheth so it is an argument of his Mercy that it doth not presently perish but that it futurely Shall perish God giue vs grace that we may not with the wicked ones feele of his Iudgments but with the godly feed of his mercies and that for his sonne Christ Iesus sake to whome together with the Holy spirit three persons and one God bee ascribed all Honour Glory Praise Power and Dominion both now and for euer Amen