1 ~----~ =~>:r:mo ''"''• S'""''" r;>~::, ?~':~::~:;, ;,fi;,;,., .:~~~ .. :~~~,,] ;;; - ~ d. ctlbnd thar pbcc in 2.Pn.2.6.hc tumcd thc:tr I and Gomorra, ~nd tn l~crcJe f:lllcth thot~ "'":tw I cities inro aJl1cs, Cfmdmwcd ;hem, :md oH9rwere CtH:ry wh1.t as wtckcd as they, Ius frc:e , rhrmr rhcm. \.Vhcncc '."'Cmay nocc, thll there gr:1cc bringerh thofc eo hcaucn, who by their l is a diffcrcncc bcrwecnc the people ofGo~l, & finne cqttaHcd rhcmfclucs to thoiC vrhom ·his · rhofr. ,,.ho wi!l not,bce obcdi'cm to his word, \ iu(hcc had detn:dcd into hell. Yea it otfcreth& chcfc meere "''ith vcrcr dcHrudion. Gods p<"oI giucrh rcpcmancc to tbctll which arc holdci1 in , plc m:ty be d::Hroied indcccl,burnoc ntcrly:fOr thcfom·( qfrhedmill,and,r,uledr.Ihil wiii,?..Tin;; · . WC muH llwaics·b.eJ~~ue.thc c .ath'olike church , 2. ~ ~· A1a~affoh, himfclfC w~o broke ofl'·~is l.Chtof1~lf1 vpon earth, Efi,u 111 b1s tunc ~oul~ uoc b~hold couC'nrtl.lt ~uh1God, by~11akmg lc:;gnc ..:;·ah ! it;.but yet there v~crcfc3UC1rtaoutantl rcicruc~ the dcudlJ10t1Dd mercy ;~Jth God \'pon his,.rro l ffom that gcncr~H-J\pofbfic of choic d:~ycs. p.cnt:wcc:. · . · . ·I!?"'' I When the.. Lord vifitcth!bi.s 0\\'nc houfe in V.fo. ~\:r.not the grcamc.tfc ofour linnes'<B.f.~ iudgcJTicnt, hls maOncr·i'Sf,to lca.ue fame remmayVs from feeking rbc:: Lord , thy {in,nes ~are 1 nams whomc hefau'edl, lelH their ddhuCl:ion not aboilc the Goncs of SOdome and G.orilQr.J. fuould be like·this o(SodoYA~ aodGomornha.So rah, fOr \vhicb merdehcnh .bc·cltc (_)bt-aihc'd'~ J!lr.p. I[akh acktto-wli:dtTcth ! Except the Lord of B vlC thou 'alfo mc3ncsto .tnronc vmo G.od., '3tl0 hofis had rc!Cruedavnto vs eucn a fi11all rem• there is mcrci.e·in fiorc·: buctC:'Cthou ;ibu!~·11<fE natlt,;cwc: had bccnc l·ikctaSodonk, and tiJcpcot~h: mercie.vnto hnn.!. · , -~. .~,," pie of Gomorrha. · , ·~ 1!' ii''~' l ·;( Fo~rthly,~lote that in the fa:mc time this peo.: · Vfl. This may teach cucry one•ofvs truehu.. plc ot .Sgdome and Comorlah was deflroyed; militic in regard of .o.ur.OWIYe d·cfcruings J and Lot cfcaped;ch'ough lie \1\'~lS··in Sodomq: for at i:a:uc,cha'nketUlodf~i~ regard ofmo~s gnuiou!l the t!mc of the exccution 'tlle Angclllcd him dealing with vs: both of which· mufi be ofteil out from among them, a~ci not before~V/hich l ack~owlcdgcdofeuerymember ?f d1e c.hurch; t~a~heth, that alt~ough ~he ~ord fccrJ!c fomc3nd eucry man.muft confdfe a1u1.fay With the tmic to negleCt h1s deare children&,tcrt.Jahts; Church, Lam. j '. It is theL·ards mtrcies that wee andle~nc therb in tribulation: yet lhe infiant / ar~ not ?JtttrfJ confumed. S-ecotldly, in chc(c timeofthcirneccfliriclhcwcth his gracious & , "t. people obiCruc the iu(bce of God, .and his fcfcafonable regard and remembran€e of them. · uericy in fuch :mvniucrf:.ll dcfhuftion,fparing The Ifr~clices · had a.promifc., that after fouro. nonc:,but dcClroying,cucn thc ·cltiJdrC ~;vi eh chc ; )~undrcd_anH thirtic ycarenhcy lhould lfc,Jc.~ parents, who finned•noc in followfng (!range hncrcrl from bondage in ·Eg~pr; which' prd• flclh as their fathers did, which ritakc,th this a mifc thoLordwas not :V!Ondndfull ofs n·erthcr llr:inge & vnfcarchcable iudgment:whenceche C for the 1 fub!l:ancc norcit~cumftancc of rfi.me;·for :uhciils.condcmn thcfc books ofMoftJ('whCcc i11 th,~·vt'i'] fatik nightthlnhc·timewas.expircd~ this iudgcmct1tiS fetched) as ·attributing 'to their dcliuerancc was wro~ght according tO God crueltie, and iu!Hfy.ing in'him iniuH.ice. the prom'l{o.Our·dutie hencc,i·sto !ear-ne iti\he I But herein to clcere the iu(t proceedingof the middeil: of our,affiiClion ', with quiet h'carts moft riglu~o~s God ·, wee arc to know~ , fi~~ t~ r~ll :md rcli:. our fcl~c:; vpol,l ~od,waiting 1 that the ch1ld,1s gods·crc3turc:, :md the lifeot tt h1s umewhercmhcc wrU come mmc1·cic \'Dtf$ ; is Gods( he bccing the Lord of life) io as hcc vs. 1 u1ay take it away·,~hcn he .plC'afcth,hauing poFifrly, not~ that with this.people o(S'odori'i! wer to doe withhr,s,own(: wh;~the will. Secondly, and C omorr3h, theothercitiuAdm:th and Zechtklren arcpatts ofchc parents, and therefore boim, becau'iC they followed their firincs were the Lord may iut\ly in~old them in the punifl1hkcwile dcflroycd. 'INherewe learnc to auoid ;~;~!~~~~t mene of their fathers hn, tomanifcll his grc:tthe wicked mancrs and fafhions of the worid, tude f() due cer dccc!lationofic. Thtrdly, children arc l>t>rn not imit3ting thefe lcffcr Cities, \\•hlch imit3f;~ii~~~~i~:: in originallhnne, and.therH6rcGod may iufi.. ted the grcate·r in their \<vieked mlnfler; but n:on en·Qt lylinrO!l chcm with their parents, not oncly 1t1 D c;>O the comnric, follow the example of Dm 1 id , ~rd.urlicc temporal! puni!hmCms,but in ctrcda!ling coLlin fl1eddi ng riucrs of r.cares when hee behe'ld , t.lc truth. demn:uion allo. ' men not keeping the la'-"'S ofGod. VVe Jhouid , Thirdly,in this people who o.rc made cx3mnot with dric eyes behold mens irnpicdes; yea, I ples,notc th:n as wicked apeople as thcfc haue for this end our heart~ fhould be lit:e vnro LotJ I had mcrcicoffercd them. Ila. I ~ 10. The Prowhen wee fee the fi111lcs ofour pcorlebrcakc phet calls the IcwCs Princcs,thc Prin'ccs ofSoout as the finncs of Sodome 2nd Gomorrh:~, dome, 3nd their peop:e the pcople·of Gomotour righteous hearts 01ould be vexed withi'I'1 I I rha; that is, fi.~eh ?nnccs and. people as ~n3t~hvs in the d3ilyfirittg & hMrh;i;offiJCh vnclc:m.:. ed Sodome::u1d C.somorrha thcmiclucs tn ·w1cncffc. And thus much of the pcoplt puniQ 1 _ 1kcdncffe; and yet he inuitcth them vmo recd. J pc_.rmmce, \\'ith proffer of m~rci_c and promife Now fotloweth th.e fecond point i·n the I 1ot pardon: yea though thcJr hnncs were as cx<'lmplc : ll3mc!y, the hnncs for which Sodom I r"tdduu slz.arler,hc woul.d then make them tvbitc and Gomorrha w.cre dcfi~oycd , in thele ! .u foowt, vcri. r 8. \\hence we m:ty lcarnc, words : Th~y commttttdformca!ion, and folio_ , / th::~r the mcrcie of G od cpe,:y way matc_hcth wedjb·::.ngtjl~jJ.J. Firtl, they commitred tOrnica_ ,.1________ -------------- D dd d 2 tion, \
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