1. The Greeks vniuer­sally since their ton­gue hath bene in re­cord, holding truly in speach, that mans soule is immortall, Place the soules of the dead in Hades. But vvher they should place it, that could not be knovvē of thē vvhich had not faith to perceaue that by the vvord of God tvvo vvorldes vvere made.

2. Saturne and Iapetus, sent of Iuppiter into Hades, held the other Haemisphere. And Plato in Phae­done proueth that seing the earth is in the middes, Hades ūder the earth, [Page 2] to our Situation, must be as far as the heauens.

3. Eustathius vpō Homer cal­ting Haden for Iapetꝰ the half globe vnseen, shevveth that some place Haden beyond the Ocean. And Homer, in Vlysses iourney to Ha­des, placeth it beyond the gates of the Sunne.

4. The Greek fathers follovv the Heathen in Phrase: vvho term the place of all dead, [...] vnder the ground. Yet they knovv that Abraham and such vvere in the Heauenly city. by Eb. XI. and that doth Basilius confess vpon ps. 15, & 115, & 116. & many fathers in frag­ments vpon the psalmes ioyned to Athanasius. And Athanasius in mo places then tvventie shevveth that Hades to our L. vvas Holy A­dams, & holy Abrahams Lodging. [Page 3] And vvhē the Porters of Hades trē ­bled: in that father, it vvas not for feare least the vvicked should be rid from Gehenna: but least all the faithfull should arise. And Euen Gehēna in Chrysologus is by abuse of term Abrahams Lodg: vvhom & the rich man Eadem regio conti­nebat. VVhat vicinity is to soules in their vvorld vve cannot tell. And as vve see the sun so far off better thē a man distant forty pases: So the speach passeth of Abraham vvith E­leazar that made God his strength, to the tormented: as though there vvere but a dingle, valley, or great ditch betvvixt them: yet theyr lis­tance may be far: though vve must be spoken too: as mans capacity holdeth. And, by our Lords vvar­rant, Hades hath Abraham no lesse then the rich man. In that vvord [Page 4] Luc. 16. The Lord allovveth the general notiō of heathē Greek: That Hades is the place of all kynde of Soules: Faithfull & faithles.

5. By Iosephus in Photius Li­brarj The bosom of Abraham is in Hades: and by the true Philo the Greek Ievv of Alexandria, Abrahā leaving mortality is ioyned to the People of God, enioying vncorrup­tiō, made equall vnto Angels. And this sentence a late Ievv R. Azarias hath translated into Ebrevv: as be­ing the Ievves comon opinion.

6. The learned Theodoret cō ­mendeth Platoes iudgment for double iudgments in Hades: ioy for the iust: & prison for the vniust. And he accepteth Platoes terms, though Plato knevv not vvher Hades vvas.

7. The Ievves in Zoar made from Symeon Ben Iochaj, of S. [Page 5] Pauls time, haue Gehenna for the vvicked: & Paradise for the Godly. And no third place. And in Aboth Rabbj Nathan Moses & all faithful are presently caryed to Gods throne. and rest vnder the throne. as the martyrs vnder the Altar. Ap. 6.

8. Our L. confirming the Ie­vves terme of Paradise, telleth the thief This day shalt thou be vvith me in Paradise. The Ievves vvere taught by Prophets termes for the vvorld to come: and those vvould the holy ghost confirm in the nevv Testament.

9. Some Greek fathers, not knovving Paradise for soules Lodge vsed from the Prophets scholers, thought it opened first to the thief: and so, Hades for the fathers to be a degree Lovver: as doth Basil on pf. 49. yet he checketh himself.

[Page 6] 10. S. Paul disputing vvith E­brevves in their plain maner, to Greeks vvas hard in this Eb. XI. God providing better for vs, that they vvithout vs should not be per­fected. He denyed not to Abel, E­noch, Noe, Melchizedek Abrahā, Isaak, Iacob, Moses, Barac, Gedeon, Iepthe, Samson, Samuel, David his 37 vvorthies strong in Battel, the Sareptane, the Sunamite, Elias & vexed prophets, Ananias, Azarias, Misael & Daniel & the Machabees, vvho dyed for hope of the better re­surrection, he denied not to these all ioy, that tbe Martyrs had: But disputed hovv the Lavv made no­thing perfect in doctrine: vvith­out the Gospel manifested vnto vs, seen to the old fathers far off.

11. S. Paul vvas not a Lord of faith, but a teacher. And so he [Page 7] vvas to speak vpon grounds vvhich his enemies could not deny. And he protesteth he bringeth no nevv Principles. That Christ vvas to suf­fer, & being the first from the dead should shevv Light ūto the vvorld: this vvas all his difference from the Scribes. And his Epistle to the E­brevves in euery membre comba­teth vvith the Talmudiqnes: vvhos speaches yf the Greek fathers had knovven, Abrahams Hades had not bene thought, one thought in ioy differing from his Iudaique Pa­radise: vvherin he vvas equall to Angels.

12. Iosephus Book for Abrahās bosom in Hades, fathered vpon I­renęus, Iustine Martyr, & one Ca­ius elected Bishop of the Gentils, in Photius, sheevveth the Greeks co­mon opinion: That they took Ha­des [Page 8] the General to Paradise dise & Gehenna. But vvhen they feared speaches to Rabbins for the thiefes Paradise, & hovv the Patri­arks had not perfection vvithout vs. yet Theophilact vvrestleth vvell vp on S. Luc. 23. vvith both poincts. But novv 1400. yeares the Greeks haue staggered: Saying vvell and tottering vpon their ovvn sayings.

13. VVithout knovvledge of Rabbins & Heathen Greeks, none can be a fit Bishop to expoūd soūd­ly the Ebrevv and the Greek Testa­ment: & to shevv Constantly that Hades is the Generall for Heauen & Hell.

14. The Scribes hold vniuer­sally that Sheol neuer distinguish­eth Lots, but vvhen it is taken for a spedy death, vpon vvickednes: and yet then no sure vvarrant, for to be [Page 9] Hell.

15. Yf any vvill be heaping Christians for Sheol to be Hell, a­gainst the most Learned Scribes, Rambam, the greatest Thalmudi (que) that ever vvas: vvho to. 1. 49. in a treatise of repentance svveateth to find the Metaphores for Hell, and all notes of it but neuer durst touch Sheol: yf any vvill make our Bar­barous to teach such Rabbins E­brevv, that mā making us ask off to Turks & Ievves, Laboureth for Machmad more then many thou­sands that take his pay. And such should be bridled not honoured.

[Page 10] 1 The Pope thanketh GOD, vvho sent his S. to Hades, to bring the fathers to Paradise: This thāk is foolish. They vvere & are still in Paradise: the ioyfull part of Ha­des. And they changed not their place, by our Lords passage.

2. Some of ours say: The Church ever held that out L. vvēt to Hell. The Iesuites of Mentz be­ing demaūded of their faith: vvhich is in a Greeke Epistle vvritten by their chief Pater Nicol Serarius vt­terly deny that our L. vvēt to vvorse Lodge then the fathers had. And no old Church vvent further that vvay then the Popish. So our Doc­trine fayleth, and falleth. And of reformed Churches Breame a­lone or vvith small company, hold­eth Hell, to be named in the Creed.

3. Geneua made them selves [Page 11] rediculous to all Graecia: teaching imposibilities: that our L. vvent to paradise: and not to Hades. As if they vvere men & not Animalia.

4. The same in vvord deny the soules immortality. All Plato­niques vvill tell thē that yf the soul be immortall, it must needs go hēce to Hades. Not onely Theodoret named about: but also S. Luc. 16. allovveth Platoes speach. So Ge­neva tongue denyeth the soules immortality: though it have a mind vndenying of it: and a good hope of the vvorld of Soules: better thē the Ievves: vvhich say Gholā haneshamoth Gholam hanechamoth The vvorld of soules is the vvorld of Solace. But alas they hausmal hop, vvho deny Christ our only hope.

5. Geneva, saying: To descēd to Hell is to haue the torments of [Page] Hell: vvould be rediculous to three thousand yeares Greek: none e­uer tooke it so. Therin they do them selves exceeding great iniury: shevving that they misse in vveigh­ty matter: against the Perpetuall vse of the speach.

6. The same teaching in this order that our L. suffred: vvas cru­cified dead and buryed, and suffred: Make the Penner of the Creed to be no Logician: that knevv not in vvhat order things vvere to be spo­ken.

7. The Soules immortality should specially be opened in the Creed: that the body being decla­red, hovv it vvas crucified dead, & buryed: this article vvas needfull: That our Lord his soule vvent vnto the Father. That doth the Greek in speach of the faithfull, signify. [Page 13] This goodly article the Geneveans exclude.

8. The assertion that our L. suf­fred Hell torments, appeareth not true by any Scripture. True mo­desty vvould looke to Scripture phrases in handling our redemtion. The WORD telleth our L. his dan­ger, shame and reproch, vvere vn­speakable: and that God left him ps. 22. vnto paynes and contume­lies there set dovvn. But that GOD forsooke him: that is our ovvne term. The vvord is Leaue. And the psalme expoundeth the vvord. And Shabak in the Gospell, Syria (que) and in Dan. 4. is plainly to leaue. As to leave the stumpes of the tree in the ground.

9. Calvins vncircūspect vvor­des herein gaue Papists much advā ­tage: and troubled all Churches. [Page 14] Greek skill for one vvord vvould haue holpen all.

10. Purgatory falleth vvhē. Ha­des Lodgeth all soules departed: & can haue but Paradise & Gehenna for them.

11. Archb. VVhitgift, vvas vvise vvhen he obteyned by Syr Iu­lius Caesar Q. Elizabeths hand for M. Ieffrey K. felovv of the Kinges Colledge to passe ouer sea to cōfesse his haeresy: vvhile he denyed des­cēding to Hel in the Creed to mean in a Barbarous & shamefull transla­tion a going vp to Paradise. And he vvas thankfull in promise of 400 Lib. ꝑ annū: to his Catechizer. So that he vvould stir no more in the matter. Archb. VVhitg. vvas vvell Learned in the comon kind: and could see. When he the Arch. yeel­ded, the inferior BB. should haue done so: