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Fire and brimstone from heaven, from earth, in hell, or, Three discourses I. Concerning…
Fire and brimstone from heaven, from earth, in hell, or, Three discourses I. Concerning the burning of Sodom and Gomorrah formerly, II. Concerning the burning of Æetna, or Mount Gibel more lately, III. Concerning the burning of the wicked eternally, with fire and brimstone / by Thomas Vincent ...
London: printed for George Calvert, 1670
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.
The second sin of Sodom was Fullness of Bread. By Bread we are to understand all sort of food, and not only meat, but drink too, as Math. 6. 11. Give us this day our daily Bread: By fullness of bread is not meant plenty of food, this being Gods gift, and none of mans sin to have it, and to make use of it moderately; but hereby we are to understand the Sodomites excessive filling themselves, their excessive eating unto gluttony, and excessive drinking unto drunkenness: They pampered the flesh, and nourished themselves as the Ox is nourished against the day of slaughter, some resemblance of their Sin was in the Israelites spoken of, •m, 6. 4, 5, 6. That lay upon Beds of Ivory, and stretched themselves on their Couches, and eat the Lambs out of the Flock, and Calves out of the midst of the Stall: That chanted to the sound of the Viol, that drank Wine in Bowls, and Anointed themselves with the chief Ointments,
The second sin of Sodom was Fulness of Bread. By Bread we are to understand all sort of food, and not only meat, but drink too, as Math. 6. 11. Give us this day our dayly Bread: By fulness of bread is not meant plenty of food, this being Gods gift, and none of mans sin to have it, and to make use of it moderately; but hereby we are to understand the Sodomits excessive filling themselves, their excessive eating unto gluttony, and excessive drinking unto drunkenness: They pampered the flesh, and nourished themselves as the Ox is nourished against the day of slaughter, some resemblance of their Sin was in the Israelites spoken of, •m, 6. 4, 5, 6. That lay upon Beds of Ivory, and stretched themselves on their Couches, and eat the Lambs out of the Flock, and Calves out of the midst of the Stall: That chanted to the sound of the Viol, that drank Wine in Bowls, and Anointed themselves with the chief Ointments,