The defence of the article: Christ descended into Hell VVith arguments obiected against the truth of the same doctrine: of one Alexander Humes. All which reasons are confuted, and the same doctrine cleerely defended. By Adam Hyll, D. of Diuinity.

Humes. Sectio. 16.

In the end of your Sermon you bring vs two incon∣ueniences if this article be not beleeued. First, that men would doubt whether there were an hell. Secondly whether Christ had redeemed vs thence. In deede you take the way to make men doubt thereof, to see lear∣ned men to striue about that which all the world doth knowe to be true. If you be remembred you tolde the people in the beginning of your Sermon that neyther M. Wisdome, nor M. Chalfort did doubt of this article, and why are you now contrary to your self. Why would you haue it seene that these inconueniences would fol∣low. If you should not be beleeued & beare the world in hand that we take away both hell, and the benefit of Christes death. This is good Rhetorique, but it is ill Diuinitie. It was your part to haue delt plainely, and

to haue told the people. If you would needes speake thereof, that neither you nor we did doe either of these points, and that thereof they had no matter to doubt, but to walke as the children of God, if they would ey∣ther auoide the one, or possesse the other.