pains; and as the Martyrs did triumph in the very flames, because their souls were ful of joy, though their bodies were in pain; so though these damned creatures could enjoy all their bodily pleasures, yet the souls sufferings would take away the sweetness of them all.
And it is not onely a soul, but a sinful soul that must suffer; The guilt which still remains upon it, will make it fit for the wrath of God to work upon; as fire will not burn except the fuel be combu∣stible, but if the wood be dry, or it light upon Straw, how fiercely will it burn them? Why, the guilt of all their former sins will be as Tinder or Gunpowder to the damned soul, to make the flames of hell to take hold upon them with fury.
And as the soul, so also the body must bear its part; that body that must needs be pleased whatsoever became of its eternal safety, shall new be paid for all its unlawful pleasures: That body which was so carefully looked to, so tenderly cherished, so curiously drest; that body which could not endure heat, or cold, or an ill smell, or a loath∣some sight; O what must it now endure! How are its haughty looks now taken down! How little will those flames regard its comliness and beauty! But as Death did not regard it, nor the Worms regard it, but as freely feed upon the face of the proud and lustful Dames, and the heart of the most ambitious Lords or Princes, as if they had bin but beggers or bruits; so wil their tormentors then as little pitty their ten∣derness, or reverence their Lordliness, when they shall be raised from their graves to their eternal doom. Those eyes which were wont to be delighted with curious sights, and to feed themselves upon beauteous and comely objects, must then see nothing but vvhat shall amaze and terrifie them; an angry, sin-revenging God above them, and those Saints vvhom they scorned enjoying the Glory vvhich they have lost; and a∣bout them vvill be only Devils and damned souls: Ah then how sadly wil they look back and say, Are all our merry Meetings, our Feasts, our Playes, our vvanton Toyes, our Christmas Games, and Revels come to this? Then those Eares vvhich vvere vvont to be delighted vvith Musick, shall hear the shriekes and cries of their damned companions, Children crying out against their Parents, that gave them incourage∣ment and example in evil, but did not teach them the fear of the Lord: Husbands crying out upon their Wives, and Wives upon their Husbands, Masters and Servants cursing each other; Ministers and People, Magistrates and Subjects charging their misery upon one another, for discouraging in Duty, conniving at sin, and being