A29372:868
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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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 ⟨p. 242⟩we may know how to come out well: And thus we see the Reasons why Lot's Wife is to be remembred by us.
But Thirdly, How is Lot's Wife to be remembered by us?
But Thirdly, How is Lot's Wife to be remembred by us?
1. She is to be remembered by us in a way of reflection, again and again to mind the story and example of Lot's Wife: You may oftentimes read the story, and may have forgot the same, but as the clean beast was to chew the Cud, which in the Hebrew is a bringing of the Meat into the mouth again: So you may have oftentimes eaten up this story of Lot's Wife, but you are to chew the Cud, and bring it into your Memory again, to remember it in a way of reflection.