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Jude 1:7

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

and which is sometimes expressed by brimstone, and a lake burning with fire and brimstone, Re 20:10. Some think respect is had to the purifying of houses with sulphur, to drive away demons, and remove impurity, to make them fit to dwell in ; and others think it refers to the burning of sulphur in houses at funerals, to testify and exaggerate mourning .

So Syr. Ar & Schmidt. Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 35. c. 35. Scheuchzer. Physic. Sacr. vol. 4. p. 709, 710. Vid. Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 35. c. 15. Theocrit. Idyll. 25. ver. 95. Homer. Odyss. 22. prope finem. Vid.

Menochium de Repub. Heb. l. 8. c. 6. col.

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