Prototypes, or, The primary precedent presidents out of the book of Genesis showing, the…Prototypes, or, The primarie precedent presidents out of the booke of Genesis shewing, the…

But the next Cross in Lot was worse, for in the spoil of Sodom, he was spoiled and taken captive by those that took the Sodomites captive. This coming to Abraham's ears pierced him indeed, that his loving Cousin who had been brought up in his house with him, and had borne him company in all his peregrination from Ur till almost that time, should fall into the hands of so cruel enemies, should have his cattle and goods seized upon, and himself, and wife, and children, made slaves and bondmen. This affliction is usual enough in the world. Much misery and distress befalls them to whom we wish well, and we suffer in their sufferings whom natural affection doth so endear us unto, as that we cannot but have a fellow-feeling with them in their distresses, as the members of the body suffer by consent.

But the next Crosse in Lot was worse, for in the spoile of Sodome, he was spoiled and taken captive by those that tooke the Sodomites captive. This comming to Abrahams eares pierced him indeed, that his loving Cousin who had beene brought up in his house with him, and had borne him company in all his peregrination from Vr till almost that time, should fall into the hands of so cruell enemies, should have his cattell and goods seized upon, and himselfe, and wife, and children, made slaves and bondmen. This affliction is usuall enough in the world. Much misery and distresse befalls them to whom wee wish well, and we suffer in their sufferings whom naturall affection doth so indeere us unto, as that wee cannot but have a fellow-feeling with them in their distresses, as the members of the body suffer by consent.

But a second evil that I had almost forgotten pinched Abraham in Lot, for Lot lost all in Sodom and went and dwelt in the Mount, and there lay with his two daughters, and begat of each of them a son. This was no doubt noised abroad, it came to Abraham's ears, and filled his heart with a great deal of grief, that such a man as he had taken Lot to be and found him to be, after God had afflicted and chastened him, and also showed him mercy and delivered him, should run into so monstrous and unnatural sins, as to commit incest, not with one of his daughters which had been far too much, but even with both of them, one after the other. This I say pierced Abraham's soul to think of, he could not but be sensible of all the bitter reproachful taunts that the true religion of God would suffer for this crime of Lot. The sins and crimes of those that are dear to us, and the reproach that follows thence, both upon themselves and sometimes upon the truth of God which they profess, must needs breed much heaviness unto good men, and sometimes the providence of God so disposeth of things, that the people of God shall be humbled so, as Paul saith God would humble him he feared, when he