Isaiah 7:11

Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.

Ver. 11. Ask the sign of the Lord.] Not of any other God, to whom thou art addicted.

Thy God.] From whom thou hast deeply revolted; but of whom thou mightest upon thy return be graciously reaccepted.

Ask it either in the depth.] This was a fair offer to so foul a sinner; but all would not do - no, though he should have had a sight of heaven or of hell for a sign; and yet Bellarmine thinketh that one glimpse of hell were enough to work upon the most hard hearted sinner in the world, and to make him yield to anything.