A Practical Commentary on the Epistle of Jude

You will say, what have we to do with Sodom? their sins being so unnatural, their judgements so unusual ⟨p. 333⟩1. As to their sins, I enquire, are there none of Sodoms sins amongst us? If not going after strange flesh, yet fornication; if not fornication, yet pride, and idleness, and fullness of bread? I say again, though our sins be not so great in themselves, yet by necessary circumstance and aggravation, they may be greater; as impenitency, unbelief, abuse and neglect of the Gospel, despising the offers of grace; the grossest sins against the Law are not so great as sins against the Gospel, Matth. 11. 24. It shall be more tolerable for Sodom, &c. We sin against more light, more love, &c. 2. As to the judgements, though God doth now adays smite a Country with judgments immediately from Heaven, or make it utterly unuseful, as he did Sodom; yet his displeasure is no less against sin; and if not the same, a like judgement, one very grievous may come upon us.

You will say, what have we to do with Sodom? their sinnes being so unnatural, their judgements so unusuall ⟨p. 333⟩1. As to their sins, I enquire, are there none of Sodoms sins amongst us? If not going after strange flesh, yet fornication; if not fornication, yet pride, and idlenesse, and fulness of bread? I say again, though our sins be not so great in themselves, yet by necessary circumstance and aggravation, they may be greater; as impenitency, unbelief, abuse and neglect of the Gospel, despising the offers of grace; the grossest sins against the Law are not so great as sins against the Gospel, Matth. 11. 24. It shall be more tolerable for Sodom, &c. We sin against more light, more love, &c. 2. As to the judgements, though God doth now adays smite a Countrey with judgments immediately from Heaven, or make it utterly unuseful, as he did Sodom; yet his dispeasure is no less against sin; and if not the same, a like judgement, one very grievous may come upon us.