3dly, That the Souls of Wicked Men and Impenitent Sinners, at the very moment of their departure out of their Bodies, are adjudg'd into the Unspeakable and Unallayable Torments of Hell.

Which I further evidenc'd, by examining the Text still more particularly, and considering, as it is here represented, viz.

II. That the Rich Man being in grievous Torments in Hell, and seeing Lazarus in Abraham's Bosom, earnestly entreated, That this once Miserable, but now Happy Lazarus, might come to him with one Drop of Water to cool his Tongue, who was so lamentably tormented in that Flame.

From which I shew'd,

1st, That tho' the Original Word, translated Hell, be often used for the Grave, yet in this Place it cannot be understood so; for it truly signifies Hell, properly so call'd, as it imports the Place of the Damned.

2dly, That this Text, being a Parable, a Figurative and Comparative Way of Speaking, by which our Blessed Saviour (thro' Things which we do understand) would bring us to the Apprehension of Spiritual and Heavenly Things; we ought not to suppose Heaven to be so near Hell, as that there should be any Correspondence or Converse between the Inhabitants of those two vastly distant and different Places: Neither are we to take the Words strictly and literally, which represent to us the Rich Man as if he were lifting up his Eyes, and begging of Abraham, he would send Lazarus, That with the tip of his Finger dipp'd in Water he would cool his Tongue: For Souls have neither Eyes, nor Fingers, nor Tongue, nor Bosom: Neither can any such Consequence be drawn from hence, as if the Saints in Heaven might be pray'd to; for these are Parabolical Expressions and Similitudes, whereby we are taught (so far as we are able to apprehend) what the State of the other World is; which I explain'd, by shewing,

3dly, That there is a Place of Rest, wherein we shall have a Communion with the Saints, and the same Felicity which is enjoy'd by ABRAHAM, the Friend of GOD, as he is call'd in Scripture.

4thly, That there is also a Place of Torment, where the Misery of Damned Souls shall encrease, by their being made sensible (as Dives was) of the Glory and Happiness of those whom in this Life they have scorn'd, despis'd and abus'd; and (perhaps) been Instruments (thro' their Cruelty and Barbarity) to hasten to those Blessed Mansions they are now in.

5thly, That there shall come a Time when the proudest Sinner will be glad of the Help of the meanest Saint, but shall not obtain it. Father Abraham, send Lazarus, cries the Rich Man in the Text, but to no purpose, because too late. 'Tis as if he had said, Send to me that happy Lazarus, whom when alive, and in great Poverty and Misery, I suffer'd to lie at my Gates full of Sores, and ready to starve and perish, and I would not relieve him.

6thly, That the State of the Damned is such, as is depriv'd even of the least degree of Comfort and Satisfaction. Dives desires but so much