Llll. I I. OfL o T aud Sodom. / 799 A back to C311 ; and foone after remrning to feek her, beholds this change with wonder andgriefe: He findsSalrin!l:eadofflefh, aPillarin!l:eodofaWife: he findsSodomeconfumed, and her Crandmg; and is moreamazed with this, byhowmuch it wai borh_more neere him, and leffe expeered. When God di!iversus from defirucrion, he dorh nor fecureus from all afR,aions: lJJI harh loflhjvWifo, his alites, his fubflance, and now berakes himfelfe to an uncomfor;able f<'Jittarineffe. Y etthough he fled from company, he could nor fly from fin : He who could not be taintedwith undeanefle in Sodom, is overtaken wirh drunkennefTe •nd inceft in aCave : Rarher then Satan fhall want baits, his ownedaughters will prove Sodomites; Thole which fbould have comforted, becrayed him : HowIirrle are fome ~.earts moved with judgements? The afhesofSodom, and the Pillar ofSalt, were B not yet outofrheireye, when they dare thinkeof lying with rheirowne Father. They knew that whilefl LDI was fober,he could not be uncha!l:e: Drunkennes isrhe way to all befl.all affeCtions, and al.ls. Wine knows nodifference either ofperfons, or fin•: Nodoubt,LDiwasafterwardsafbamedofhis ince!l:uous Seed, and now wifi1ed he had come alone out ofSodome; yet even rhis unnarurall bed was bleffed with increafe; and oneofomSavioursworthy AncefioT! fprung after from this line. Gods eleCtion is not eyed to our 'meanes; neither are blefiingsor curfes ever tradu· ced; Thechafle bedofholy Parents harh oft rimes bred amonftrous generation; and contrarilyGod harh raifed fomerimesan holy Seed from the drunken bed of Inceft, or Fornication. Jr harh been feene, thorweighry eares ofcorne have growne our r; ofrhecompaffeofrhetilled field: Thus will Godmagnifierhefreedome ofhis ownchoice; and!er us know that wee are nor borne, but made good. D E
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