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8o The Meritorhm Mce 9f i»r Parti.
Hell torments tormcnts of hcll for ever and ever ; for hell torments are confined
arc confiicd to to thc proper pUcc of hell.
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of hSrtKforc
Reafon cAnntt be ( faith Mr. Broughttn in a Manufcript ) how in
Bonecanfuffcr r6«/ World 4 jujt foul cor4Urufer He/!jorro'i(>fS : niithtr did art\
the Torments tf ^., ,, ^ ^ i , , , , , , , tt •'
hell inthisiife. pliMbU^rom God evirgiMTtce thdt waj : h nAturAi light the HeA
then mxj judge ( as Aratw, C^tenander^, and fpimenides ) an,
When God h«th for the ^ords of the old Ttfldment ,
and their pro^erfenfe, the He
then^forGrim- ^'"'^ ftatio» majf ']udge
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and for the Greckjrc&amem theGrcek^
m« andLo- from whom the language is taken: But neither Grcti^ nor He
ludjes"^'*^ brews ^ill give anj whit of help to themwhofaj that our Lor,
fufferedthe torments of he/It andfuch as ciinemn hoth, Will not Ion
find afprobation.
Again tbe fame Authtu in3no:her manu'cript (airh thu^:
fenfe of all the words in the Bible are plai»,(ither by natural light
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{ (iich as learned Po:ts do handle ) or elfc they are by Gods autheri.
tyfome where explained : But no Wordes in all the Bible do exprefs
any thing that (^hrifl fttffered thc tvrath of God for our fms, there-
J9re it is nojmatl impiety for men, from general ( Metaphorical
termeSy to gather fuch ajlrange particular j rone that ever fpakt
Greek, ( Spirit or man) gathered hell Torments for the jufl from
Haides, orfrom any other Greekjr Hebrew text.
Again thc fame Author atiirmcth in Rev. 11.7. that Hell placet
and hell torments are not in this life.
And trusly it fccms to me that th /
14. 10. and Jo/ewoi
Throne ofthc high before th0 throne of the Lamb -^
do afcertd,
konno^'bein' ^^^'^ ^«*^ "5, that all mensfeuls {both gioi and bad )
themjdi^or Eccl. J.!, and the Hebrew Dodorsdoholdgi-nerally, that
T»lh, ^liT ^f'^ ^^ '«^*^'^ ^^ "^('^ *f heaven^ and learned Mr. Richardfon doth
affirm'. pp bably conjetSurc in his PhtlofophicalAnnotations on Gen. i .that
Hell place is feAted\'>Pithin the Element offre: and why may it not
be foj feeing that place is next before thc Throne ofrhc Lamb,
where hhn doth place it.' Rev. 14. 10. and ir ij ccrtainc bjf
Z«^fV parable, that hell is feated neer unto heaven, orelfethe
comparifr»ns that Luke ufeth to defcribe their neernUs were abfurJ.
I. He defcribes their nctrnefs by tivo perfons talking together,
the one in Heaven place, and the other in hul place. 2. He
defjribe^ their neerncfs by feeing cach-othcrs CiTe, Lukj r