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Seasonable truths in evil-times in several sermons / lately preached in and about London
Seasonable truths in evil-times in several sermons / lately preached in and about London by William Bridge, late preacher of the word of God at Yarmouth.Seasonable truths in evil-times in several sermons / lately preached in and about London by Willam Bridge, late preacher of the word of God at Yarmouth.
London: printed for Nath. Crouch, 1668
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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.
Again, If you look into Scripture, you shall find, that of all the Judgments that are Recorded in Scripture, there is none so frequently mentioned and repeated, as the Judgment of Sodom and Gomorrah, in the 19 Gen. once in the 20 Jer. again, and 49th. again, the 11 of Hos. again, the 4 Amos again, the 17 Luke again, the Epistle of Jude again: So then look into Scripture, and you shall find there is no Judgment so often repeated as this Judgment upon Sodom and Gomorrah: And why? That it may be observed in all the circumstances thereof.
And to say no more in it but thus: There is a Sodom that is still to be destroyed, in the 11 Rev. You find that Rome in the Latitude thereof is called Sodom: Their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great City, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt: This Sodom is to be destroyed with fire, in the 18 Rev. She shall be utterly burnt with fire. ver. 8. And as Lot was commanded to come out of Sodom, so the people of God are commanded, Come out of her my people.
And as Lot's Wife by looking back did partake with them in their sin, and so partake in their Plagues: So saith the Lord, Come out of her my people, that you be not partaker of her sin, and that ye receive not of her Plagues: So then, there is a Sodom still which is to be destroyed, which we are to come out of; spiritual Sodom; and therefore even this of Lot's Wife coming out is diligently to be considered, and to be remembered by us, that ⟨p. 242⟩we may know how to come out well: And thus we see the Reasons why Lot's Wife is to be remembered by us.
And as Lot's Wife by looking back did partake with them in their sin, and so partake in their Plagues: So saith the Lord, Come out of her my people, that you be not partaker of her sin, and that ye receive not of her Plagues: So then, there is a Sodom still which is to be destroyed, which we are to come out of; spiritual Sodom; and therefore even this of Lot's Wife coming out is diligently to be considered, and to be remembred by us, that