A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, writtenA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written

Let us be the better for all this, lest we become the worse. It had been easier for us never to have heard of Sodom's ruin, than not to mend our lives by the e• sample. Gods hand would have been lighter upon impenitent souls, if such precedents of his Justice had never been set before them. Lege Historiam, ne fias His•• ria. Let us raise our selves out of their fall, and make their subversion the matter a•• means of our conversion. Exempla observemus, ne exempla simus. Let us be wa••• by examples, lest we be made examples. If we will not learn by others, others […] learn by us. There is no learning so cheap, as that which comes at another's co••. If their poison by good allaying, be made our physic: if the sword of vengea••• that devoured them, amend us with the very sight and shaking of it: we shall escap•• Gods fury, and become the blessed examples of his mercy.

Let us be the better for all this, lest we become the worse. It had beene easier for us never to have heard of Sodomes ruine, than not to mend our lives by the e• sample. Gods hand would have beene lighter upon impenitent soules, if such precedents of his Iustice had never beene set before them. Lege Historiam, ne fias His•• ria. Let us raise our selves out of their fall, and make their subversion the matter a•• meanes of our conversion. Exempla observemus, ne exempla simus. Let us be wa••• by examples, lest we be made examples. If we will not learne by others, others 〈…〉 learne by us. There is no learning so cheape, as that which comes at anothers co••. If their poison by good allaying, be made our physicke: if the sword of vengea••• that devoured them, amend us with the very sight and shaking of it: we shall escap•• Gods fury, and become the blessed examples of his mercy.