-- -----~----------- ~-\' tion. Sccondly,rhey committed fin~~:.~:a:l~:r:~:::<ntmy mot<h, rfnor cxrccdeeuc~ ,! -- n:lturc.Jt fclfc,follow~ngflrange- Jl4h.To vndcrSodom &Gomorra thcn1fclues. llmdlv,•., ho- ! Hand the vilene!feof thcfc finncs conlldertwo foeucr (fairh ChtiftJ~all not beleeue and obey I I thtngs: firfl, the caufc and oc,aflon of them:&: the doChmeofrhc Gofpcl, it fuall be cafi.cr for t~lat \1'.!35 aboundancc of profperidc, :tnd plcnSodomeand Gomor~a~J in the thyofilldgcrtlthr, u:mlt.lo.,s. tJfuloclfe ofGod::; blcffings. For Sod'om was as then for them. V\ h1ch fcqrcnn might mooue I a Gard;n of <.?od, cmi~hcd \Nith varietic:ofp~omoflmcn to.tremble, who"-' hilcH they take fir:s auc. pJcalurcs: thrs eaufed Lot to chufe So- .rhcmfcluts freed from Sodoms finncs; fornica1 dorflc to·d'.''clin:'I-his ground nourifhcd fourc tion, and fo-Jio ...ving ITrange flcfl1, they nourifh 1 bitter rpots, from \\':hic.h thcfc,finnes of fornia llnnc within them,which makcrh them as far cathm ;md followihg.-.fiungc Bcfh did fpriog, offthdr faluatlon as Sodomc it iCHC is,and that reckoned vp by E:..echie!,ch:tp. I 6.49. The tln~ is,thc notrecciuing ofthe'gdlf>el as they ought: of'thy ftfkr Sodome.wcrc firfl Pride,by rcafon moll men conrem themfclucs to liuc ciuilly, & of profpcritie. SccAUdly,fu!nef{e of 6read:that out of danger of humane laws, bm as for fhc i~,-thcy'gauc tbcro(clues to .eating& ... drinking doC\-l'ine of religion, and yet much more the cx.<t<>ffiuclJ; focfofaithl:.uk.t7. z8, ,Thirdly, B power and lifeot"it, irlinhhorribly neglected. Jdlen<JTe, which ~v:os;cheJdaughtetof their fe~ But Sodome her fclfc fhal be faued bcfotefuc)l cydti~. 'founhly.;lfmherc~fulnu., andcontempt men, t. of the poote, and the(e muH needes Jiouri{h all Doflr. 2. In chat fornication and followin(J" !iunespfvncleancne.lfc:vnto which adde afifth· fhangc flc01 arc the finncs ofSodome; we :u~ flnn~, IPCntioncd.G..en.. 19. 9· and'I4• that is, taught to avoidc this finne affornication & all ton(empt of hc-auenly~ admopition and inHrufinncs ofvncle:innes. For firfi,rhe.hcauic curfe Clion., for they fCorn.cd Lot while hewarned of God is'paffc'd not onely ag':ainfi Sodom a:nd th<;m'Of their Hangor~ Gomorrah for thefe finncs; buc v\•hcrefocuCr Tli.efccond thing'in their fin ne is the meathey be found they be finnes thatbyrn to.dejlrufute,r:J i,, ThtyJinned•inlikJmann<r, &c. The Won, Iob l'. zt. they fc> fomilycs on fire, and q.,).$~:t ..., origit1~U 6gnihcth &.1mplycth not on,ly a bare dcuoure them vttcrly,lh'all & confume th.C... Al m~~" .. "txit cgmmitting off1nnc~ but a giuing ofthcmfclus gaine, noforr.icators,adH/ttf:.n-J;nt~ntons,bugg-e1 ,cor.s 9 • h•~'· ouer tO!Commic their filthie lulls, :lilnd that imI rtn, fball eucr be admitted into the kingdomt pudcmly,a.;d lhainekDy; which the Prophet of heauen: and in verfe IJ· the fame Ar.olll<! E[aynoted alfo chap.J-9· Th'J dcci4Ye the,.Jins C propoundeth fixe reafons why wee fhould £lie M Sodome, t!u;..bide themnor: fhewing that they fornication: firfi our bodi~s.are the lords,and were pa(t all fhame jn <hefe moft lbamefull mull be fcruiceablc vnto him. Secondly, wee fi~ncs, ){eathcy boafied and gloried In them; lookethey fhould be raifcd to gloric in the !aft hod; whid11n0.Ybe gathered Jn .Gc~cf. ·t9J. S· day, and therefore we muft in rhe meanctimc and ,9,". ;· kecpcthem honourable. Thirdly, they arcthc Dpifr. 1. By [hcfc GnnCs·AA'e :1rc taug~t to members ofChriil, we may not then make.the take 01 'view ofthcfc laft timcs,vnto which that the members ofan harlot.Faunh!y,whereas all ofE.z:.ekJ.dvnto Icrufalcn1m:'ly be properly apother finnes are without the body,this direCtly plycd: Thouhajl iujliJiedthySijlers(name!y Sais againfi the bodie. Fifdy, the bodie is thC"tc• maria and Sodome) in alltheira/Jhominations.So plc of the holy Ghofi, and thcfe-finnes make thefe ~a!t times iuLlific Sodome in her abomiit the dcuils fiic& Clcwes.Sixtly,our bodies are nat\ons.which I proouc thus: Fir!l,the Church bought with a price, and it is.l3criledge not to 1 \efRomc is that Sodome whcrem the two Proglorific God in the bodit',aswcl as in the foulc, phcts were flainc. Rcuel. 1 I. 8. It is there fo fCeing both are alike his. No\IIJ if :my man bee called , bccaufc it matchcth Sodomc in her folicitcd by temptation vnro thefe finnes, :and finncs, in that it tcachc:ch the flnnes ofSodome would knowe how he might ouermafl:cr them, I iq t_lt~king lawes to inhibitc Ja ... ,,fullma~·iag.e in D he mutl begin with his hearc, and obtainc and fundrie forts of ntcn , to tellcrare (ormcauon, retaine within it the fearc of God, -.vhich one... I and fu,h filthindfc: yea not oncly by the Scriply is able to ouerrule him.This gracealone prctures, but in many other fundrie, auncicm,and fcrncd /ofoph,becing daily enticed by PotiphurJ fome oftheir owne records, it is m:mifdl, that wife:Howfhould I do this wiclz!dnrjfoand.Jinn~a.. Rome is a Sodomc. Whmce Wf. fee not oncly gainft God? Gcn.39.9. . • the dutie of cucry Lot, ~md righteous pcrfon, The third pointin this example IS tnepunijb~ namely, to hailen out of her, but alfo the ende mmt it fclfc; 111 which three things may be no- . 3nd dcfirutlion that abidctR her to bee euerlated: firfi, the matter of it; the;fiiffeud th~ pill Hing fire. Secondly, againe it: thefe times it nifhment~friernlllfjire: byfir~, we mufi not vnmuft be verified, ~nO is alfo, whtch was applyderiland our fire, nor fuch m<ltcrialland bodied by ChriH vnto them ofhis :tgc, luk.17.2~L ly fire as ours is, but an ctet·nallftr~: rhat is, It is in thefe lattel· times as it was in the dayes thC' endleffe and comfortlcffe ~pprehenfion of ofLot, men eate and drink&, buy and fcl,maric, ! Gods wrath for fiame eternally bmning, that and giuc in marrir~ge, and thinkc cfnothing; & jl is, alwaycs terribly tormenting the finncr, fuch is the wonderful! fecuritic ofmany profefoiled fire, becaufc as burning of fire is the J fors, that many Cities in the midddl of the ' I moft horrible & fcnfiblc rorm<m_vmo_'::Jt."t~~ ___c.__
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