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A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, writtenA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written
A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, written by the blessed apostle St. Peter. By Thomas AdamsA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written by the blessed apostle St. Peter. By Thomas Adams
London: printed by Richard Badger and Felix Kyngston for Jacob Bloome, 1633London: printed by Richard Badger and Felix Kyngston for Iacob Bloome, 1633
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Questionless, those heavenly guests were of an excellent form, and most sweet •avour, surpassing the sons of men: and the sight of this inflamed their more than beastly lust. Such a natural desire hath wicked man, to mar what God made, to corrupt his most admirable workmanship: and where he hath imprinted the most ⟨p. 628⟩fair characters of his glory, there they have most ambition to fasten: like cankers, that had rather be about one rose, than a thousand weeds. Beauty, meant for a mirror wherein to admire God, they turn into a snare to confound themselves. And so suck poison from the flower, that would yield them honey. Happy man, whom the temptation of beauty, cannot make to forget his duty!
Questionlesse, those heavenly guests were of an excellent forme, and most sweet •avour, surpassing the sonnes of men: and the sight of this enflamed their more than •eastly lust. Such a naturall desire hath wicked man, to marre what God made, to corrupt his most admirable workemanship: and where he hath imprinted the most ⟨p. 628⟩faire characters of his glory, there they have most ambition to fasten: like cankers, that had rather be about one rose, than a thousand weeds. Beauty, meant for a mirror wherein to admire God, they turne into a snare to confound themselves. And so sucke poyson from the flower, that would yeeld them honey. Happy man, whom the temptation of beauty, cannot make to forget his duty!
This was the extremity of Sodom's sins, for whose sake it shall be called Sodomy to the worlds end. Whether the first excogitation of it begun, or the received practise was infamous, among them; it is still the sin of Sodom. So abominable, that fire from heaven was the reward of it. As against nature was the transgression, so against nature is the destruction. It is natural for fire to ascend upward, but here contrary to the course of nature it is forced to come downward. Christ himself is said to rain that deluge from Jehovah his Father: why he? why not, as in other punishments,