The men roar, the woman shriek, the children weep and cry and cling about their Parents, yea all of them weep and cry out most hideously. The Sodomites have tears now in abundance; but none of their tears could quench the Flames about them, or assuage the sorrow and anguish within them; tears before for their Sins might have prevented these flames, and their fruitless mourning in the midst of them: but none more impenitent than they in the time of their prosperity, and therefore their cries and tears are to no purpose in the time of their adversity; they weep and God laughs at their calamity; they are grieved and afflicted, and God is comforted in the execution of his vengeance upon them for their Sins. In this extremity, the Sodomites know not what to do, nor which way to turn▪ they dare not go forth, that they might consult one another, because the air is all in a light fire abroad, and there are streams of Fire and Brimstone, which overflow in the streets; all the shelter they have is for a little while in their houses, but the Fire invadeth them there, and hemmeth them in on all sides, and very quickly the Fire creepeth in at their windows, and breaketh through their doors, nothing being able to withstand it's force. We may conceive how the poor Sodomites, when the Fire was coming into their houses, did run from room to room, being pursued where ever they went by the devouring flames; and when the fire was come at their persons, and the flames began to seize on them, then they sweat and fry, their hair is singed, their cloths are set on fire about them, their ⟨p. 34⟩Sinews shrink, their hands and feet loose their use and they are in horrible pain all over without any help or relief, refuge faileth them, and there is no escaping, no enduring of this pain, and yet they must endure it until extremity of pain doth take away all sense of pain.
The men roar, the woman shreek, the children weep and cry and cling about their Parents, yea all of them weep and cry out most hideously. The Sodomits have tears now in abundance; but none of their tears could quench the Flames about them, or aswage the sorrow and anguish within them; tears before for their Sins might have prevented these flames, and their fruitless mourning in the midst of them: but none more impenitent than they in the time of their prosperity, and therefore their cries and tears are to no purpose in the time of their adversity; they weep and God laughs at their calamity; they are grieved and afflicted, and God is comforted in the execution of his vengeance upon them for their Sins. In this extremty, the Sodomits know not what to do, nor which way to turn▪ they dare not go forth, that they might consult one another, because the air is all in a light fire abroad, and there are streams of Fire and Brimstone, which overflow in the streets; all the shelter they have is for a little while in their houses, but the Fire invadeth them there, and hemmeth them in on all sides, and very quickly the Fire creepeth in at their windows, and breaketh thorow their doors, nothing being able to withstand it's force. We may conceive how the poor Sodomits, when the Fire was coming into their houses, did run from room to room, being pursued where ever they went by the devouring flames; and when the fire was come at their persons, and the flames began to seise on them, then they sweat and fry, their hair is singed, their cloths are set on fire about them, their ⟨p. 34⟩Sinneves shrink, their hands and feet loose their use and they are in horrible pain all over without any help or relief, refuge faileth them, and there is no escaping, no enduring of this pain, and yet they must endure it until extremity of pain doth take away all sence of pain.
