0/í1lf/1ldh 1 \ IU%///0 (J GENES IS XIX. Ieboz..b.a? api: caret h v.18 24.who(it feemcth)was now come tronc Abraham to Sodom, Genefis 18. Z 2, 33. thy fouls] that is , thy Gf : for fo the Scripture ufually fpeaketh, as, keep hit foule, Job 2,. 6. that is, pre life: tofeeltetbeft:de,is tofeekee ones fife, Exod.4.19. Mat. 2.20. See allo Gen.z.7. and 37.21. /cake not] this commandement (as the like in Gen.z.ly.)was given not to Let alone, but to his wife and children,as the event fheweth, serf. 2 6. and forbiddeth all affe &ation of world- ly things, which draweth from ready obedience unto God. Compare Luke 9.62. Philip. 3. 13, 14. Matthew 24. 16, 17, 18. to the mount] The mountains are fometinre fpoken of, as places of flfety, Matthew 24 16. figuring Gods pro- vidence and prote(tlon, Pfàlm. 121.1. and 125. 2. Efay2.2. I g Verf s 8. Lord] or ,my Lords : for the HebrewA- dorai (by reafon of the pawfe) is here doubtfedl, whether !the the title of God, or of men. For the Chaldeeputteth for it, Lords ; but the Greek, Lord: and the words following are direftedto one, though before he fpake , to Them: fee Genets 15. 2. and 18.3. 19 Verf,' 9 cleave unto me] the Greeke faith, take hold on me. Herein Lot !hewed his weake faith, not refting in Gods word; wherefore the place which he choie for fafety,fecnred hint not: but for feare he left it, vert 3o. Verf.zo. toffee ]ithats,for meta flee: astheGreek tranflateth : Ise Gen.6. 19. and 23.8, 21 Verf, 21. accept thyface] or,14i up thy fare; that is, doe refpet7, and fo will gratifie thee, and grant thy requeft in this thing. Thus the Lord dab the de- fire of ibera :batfeare h m,Pfa1.145. 19. Thisphrafe of accepting the face, is uluall for !hewing of favour to any;which fometime is fpoken in the ill part, and commonly called refpttlofperflns, and then it is denied of God, Dents 0.17. and forbidden to men. Dent. i 6.19. The Greeke expreffeth it by etbtumafa to p,afopon: which here, and in fundry other places meaneth, an honourable regardandefli- mation ofones face, or fit : in which fente theApo- file ufeth it, Jude, verf. t 6. again([ fuch as would refpetlf the fare, or gratifie men for profits fake. The contrary whereto is, to turne away the face of any: which is, ta fay one nay, or der,,ie their requefl, s King. 2. 16,2o. 2 z Verf. 22. any-thing] or, the thing, to wert, now in hand. Hebr. a word. he called] that is, czery one, or, it was called. See the notes on Gen. 16. r 4. ,Zo ;r] crZogor: in Greeke Sigor, and elfe- where S ogee , in Latine Segar, by interpretation, Little : before is was called Bela, Gen. 14.2. 23 Verf 23 came forth over] or, arafe upon the earth. This time of the morning, was fitteft to (hew the I ight of grace arifen to Lot: and how in profperi- tie , afllihtion (hall come upon the wicked and they not knew the morning therofas Efay 47.5r. For the riling of the Sun, is a ligne of favour from the Lord.Mat.5 45. but unto Sodom, it is the time Of vengeance.Hence Chriit faith,As is trae in the dales . Lot ,tby did este, dog dranke, they bought , they fad, ¡bey planted, th y budded ; but the day that Lot went out of Sodom , it rained f re and brimf onefiom heaven, sod deftrayed them all , ezen ads fsaldit be in the day when the fin of man ,o reiea,ed, Lithe 7. 28,29,30. Verf 24. andupon Gomorra] with two other ci- ties (not here expreffed) Admab and Schains, Deut. 29. 23. brimßone] this added to fire,increalèd it, Efay 39.33. and lo Is uled in Scripture to fig - nifie increate of torment for the wicked and the fecond death, Rev.' 4.no. and r 9.20. and 29.1 o. and z' .8. And of theft Cities it is laid, befides their temporall judgement, that the, filar the vengeance ofeternall fit e, Jude very. and are made an enfample to 'thole that after (hould live ungodly, z Pet.2.6. So the Hebrew Dofors fay, 7 be men f Sodom , have no part (or inheritance) in thew. kl to come , or it is written, The men of Sodom were arid ed, and fanners before the Lord exceeding), (Gen. 13. 1 3.) wicked in this world, andfirmer( in tore world to come; Thalmttd Bab.in Sarhedrin.chap.Cbeleh.This judge- ment of burning was anfwerable to Sodomy lin, that burned in bruitifh luft, man towards man : fo hfssdob and Abiht, that tranfgreflkd with ii, are burned with fire, Lev.' 0.1,2. Others filming by (bedding of blood,have blood to drinke,Rev. 16.6. Exod.7. 20,2 0. Verf. 25. overthrow] this word noteth a fhdden unev'ioeble, and perpetuall deffrudion whereupon the Prophet faith, the Lord overthrew them, and repented not, Jer.2o. 16. and the Apotle faith,'hee condemned them with an overthrow, 2 Pet. 2.6. and in Lant.4.6. Sodom was ozerthrowne even in a moment , and no band fayedon her : and to the perpetual! defolation.of theft Cities, there is allufion in Elay 13. 19, 2 0. Jer. 50.40. Zeph.2.9, yet the puni(hmeu: of therm that delpife the Golpe!, (hall be greater then So- doms, Mat. 11.24.. that which grew] or, the bud of the ground: fo that in the plaine where thefe Ci- tiei flood, there grew no good thing after, to this day ; but it because a dead and loathfome Lake, called the Dead Sea, and lea offak : fee Gen. 14.3. Zeph. 2.9. Dent. 29. 23. So the Rabbines fay, Of the wie&eednefit (ofthe five Cities) ezen to this day the tra fee land that fmoaltetb , ia a tellimonie and plants bearing finis , that never come to ripenefje ,Wife.. dome 10. 7. Vert26. from behind him] the Greeke tranflateth it, unto the things behind : which phrafe is mifèd in Luke 9.62. Phi1.3.14. This being done contrary to the commandement, v.17. and with a corrupt affeltion in Inver, God did !evenly puni(h and (he is g warning to all; as Chriit faith, foce that it its the field, let bins not retorne to the things behind, remem- ber Pots wife, Luke 17.31, 32. wae a pillar] or, became a pillar (or flame) of falt : and fo !bee had part of the plagues of Sodom, which was brimflone nndfall , that it became a fea offal[, Deuter. 29.23. Gen. 14.3. And this her pa/tee or pillar, flood for a nmemoriall to others, that they may be the better feafoned. This fait pillar continued long;Iofephur a Jewi(h Hiftorian after Chrifts life on earth, writeth that he did fee it : Antign. s. book,chap. s 2. and Ib others fìnce his time. Verf. 27. had food] the Chaldee addeth, flood in 27 prayer : fee Gen. a 8.22. Vert 2'4 25 26 ZMPIr4~/AMAlllllbl///íY- .
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