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But as they did it impudently, so most wilfully, for when Lot by loving dehortations, and (as any but a brutish person would have conceived) offers of that which might have better contented them, then that which they propounded (even his own two daughters virgins) yet they grew disdainful towards him, stand far of or beyond, the word is, approach beyond, as much as in our phrase, get thee farther of, and accusing him of great insolencie, that being a stranger would needs make himself a Judge, (He takes upon him as a chief ruler in the conceit of a wicked man that seeks to drive him from his sin) they fall to threaten, that they will deal worse with him then with them. So gentle words did rather exasperate them, then any thing mitigate their eagerness, therefore the Angels pulling in Lot unto them into the house, strike the men with blindness, a kind of giddiness of brain and dazzling of eyes, like to those that have fed of some kind of root that makes them little less then wild and mad for the time, they could not find the door by groping, and yet continued still to weary themselves by groping after it.

But as they did it impudently, so most wilfully, for when Lot by loving dehortations, and (as any but a brutish person would have conceived) offers of that which might have better contented them, then that which they propounded (even his owne two daughters virgins) yet they grew disdainefull towards him, stand farre of or beyond, the word is, approach beyond, as much as in our phrase, get thee farther of, and accusing him of great insolencie, that being a stranger would needs make himselfe a Judge, (He takes upon him as a chiefe ruler in the conceit of a wicked man that seekes to drive him from his sinne) they fall to threaten, that they will deale worse with him then with them. So gentle words did rather exasperate them, then any thing mitigate their eagernesse, therefore the Angels pulling in Lot unto them into the house, strike the men with blindnesse, a kinde of giddinesse of braine and dazeling of eyes, like to those that have fed of some kinde of roote that makes them little lesse then wilde and mad for the time, they could not finde the doore by groping, and yet continued still to wearie themselves by groping after it.

Here is the greatest obstinacy and wilfulness in sinning that could be imagined, when not alone no loving dissuasion could withdraw their minds from such a shameful attempt, but even the heavy and immediate hand of God was unable to pull them back from continuing in their horrible and outrageous onsets. God might by force hold them from doing the evil, but from endeavouring to do it nothing would hinder; to be so hard-hearted in a sinful course, that neither words nor blows will so much as interrupt a man in his