Fire and brimstone from heaven, from earth, in hell, or, Three discourses I. Concerning…

Dreadful were the showers of fire and brimstone, which came down from Heaven upon the wicked Cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, the History whereof we have recorded in the Scriptures (the most ancient, and most certain of all Histories,) where only this record is originally to be found. But before I speak of this judgement, I shall give the Historical Introduction to it, showing what the Scripture relateth concerning the places, and people, and some transactions before it's last ruin and desolation by Fire from Heaven.

DReadful were the showers of fire and brimstone, which came down from Heaven upon the wicked Cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, the History whereof we have recorded in the Scriptures (the most ancient, and most certain of all Histories,) where only this record is originally to be found. But before I speak of this judgement, I shall give the Historical Introduction to it, shewing what the Scripture relateth concerning the places, and people, and some transactions before it's last ruine and desolation by Fire from Heaven.

The first notice we have of Sodom is in the 13th. Chapter of Genesis. It was in the early years of ⟨p. 5⟩the World that Sodom flourished; the sinners of Sodom were co•emporary with Abraham the Father […] the Faithful; none was like Abraham upon the Earth for goodness, and none were like the Sodomites •on the Earth for wickedness, the Text saith▪ they •re sinners before the Lord exceedingly, […]. […]. We read that Abraham (had upon the […] of […], •r saken his Fathers House and Kindred, •d cam• i• Canaan with L•t, his Brother […] Son, who so journed together for a while in […] Land, which God promised to give unto t Posterity of Abraham for a possession; here the wealth and substance, the Flocks and Herds th of Abraham and Lot through God's blessings wre increased greatly, insomuch as they could not longer live well together, because of the abundance of their Cattle, and some strife which did arise between their Herdmen; therefore Abraham, that all occasions of contention might be avoided, desires Lot to divide and separate himself with his Cattle, and choose either the right hand or the left, and himself would take that way which he should refuse: Lot complieth with this motion and reasonable proposition; and lifting up his eyes, beholdeth the Plains of Jordan that they were well watered, even as the Garden of the Lord, and therefore, making choice of these Plains for his Cattle, he journeyeth East-ward towards Sodom, one of the Cities of the Plains, where himself did take up his habitation.