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NOw must I haue a gentle disputation with certaine tender hearts of our own religion, who thinke that God, who hath iu•…•… doomed the damned vnto 〈◊〉〈◊〉 fire, wil after a certaine space, which his goodnesse shal thinke fit for the merit of each mans guilt, deliuer them from that torment. And of this opinion was (a) Origen, in farre more pittiful manner, for he held that the diuells themselues after
a set time▪ 〈◊〉〈◊〉, should bee loosed from their torments, and become bright 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉, •…•…hey were before. But this, and other of his opinions, chief∣ly▪ 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 •…•…-volution of misery and blisse which hee held that all 〈◊〉〈◊〉 should runne in, gaue the church cause to pronounce him Anathema: 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 had lost this seeming pitty, by assigning a true misery, after a while, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 blisse, vnto the Saints in heauen, where they (if they were true) could neuer 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to •…•…aine. But farre other-wise i•…•… their tendernesse of heart, which •…•…old that this freedome out of hell shall onely be extended vnto the soules of the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 after a certaine time appointed for euery one, so that all at length shall 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to bee Saints in heauen. But if this opinion bee good and true, because it is 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the farther it extendeth, the better it is: so that it may as well 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 freedome of the deuills also, after a longer continuance of time. W•…•… 〈◊〉〈◊〉▪ 〈◊〉〈◊〉 it with man kinde onely, and excludeth them? •…•…ay but it dares 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉▪ they dare not extend their pitty vnto the deuill. But if any one 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉▪ go•…•… beyond them, and yet sinneth in erring more deformedly, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 •…•…ly against the expresse word of GOD, though hee thinke to shew the more pitty herein.
ORigen (a) in] Periarch lib. Of this already. (b) Include the freedome] So did Origen, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 likewise made good Angels become deuills in processe of time, according to his ima∣•…•… circum-•…•….