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

Then the streets of the City were filled with flames, and the Rain from Heaven, likely did raise Floods and Streams of burning Brimstone, which poured into the houses on every side such fire as no Water could quench, no Stone Walls, nor Iron Bars or Gates could resist or defend any of the Inhabitants from being devoured thereby; thus Gods hand did find out all his enemies in these wicked Cities together, his right hand did lay hold on them that hated him, and took no heed to his Laws; and making Sodom and Gomorrah as a fiery Oven in the time of his anger, he swallowed up all the Sinners of those Places in his Wrath, and devoured them with this unquenchable fire; the Place now is like a fiery Oven, or like a great fiery Furnace, the smoke of whose flame was so great, that far and near it might be seen; concerning the horror of the Sodomites when compassed about with Flames, I shall speak more under the third particular, only here add these things, which were remarkable in in this judgement.

Then the streets of the City were filled with flames, and the Rain from Heaven, likely did raise Floods and Streams of burning Brimstone, which poured into the houses on every side such fire as no Water could quench, no Stone Walls, nor Iron Bars or Gates could resist or defend any of the Inhabitans from being devoured thereby; thus Gods hand did find out all his enemies in these wicked Cities together, his right hand did lay hold on them that hated him, and took no heed to his Laws; and making Sodom and Gomorrah as a fiery Oven in the time of his anger, he swallowed up all the Sinners of those Places in his Wrath, and devoured them with this unquenchable fire; the Place now is like a fiery Oven, or like a great fiery Furnace, the smoke of whofe flame was so great, that far and near it might be seen; concerning the horror of the Sodomits when compassed about with Flames, I shall speak more under the third particular, only here add these things, which were remarkable in in this judgement.

First, The strangeness of it. Secondly, The suddenness and unexpectedness of it. ⟨p. 26⟩Thirdly, The dreadfulness of it.