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A36192	The cry of Sodom enquired into; upon occasion of the arraignment and condemnation of Benjamin Goad, for his prodigious villany. Together with a solemn exhortation to tremble at Gods judgements, and to abandon youthful lusts. S.D.	Danforth, Samuel, 1626-1674.	1674 (1674)	Wing D176; ESTC R214395	23,115	32

Courses by the Terrour of Wrath and Judgement there is no hope of their Salvation All these Considerations are a sufficient Conviction of our duty in reference to this sad and woful Spectacle before us Hath the Lord singled out one of our Cong●egation Apprehended and Arr●igned him for his Abominable Lewdness cast him out of his Visible Kingdome delivered him into the hand of Satan made him an Anathema yea and cut him off by the hand of Justice and s●●ept him away as dung and filth from the face of the earth Let no man insult over him nor yet flatter himself in his sins but let us all learn to fear and tremble before the Lord who walketh in the midst of the golden Candlesticks having his eyes like unto a flame of fire and his feet like fine brass and will have all the Church●s to know that he starcheth the reins and hearts and rendreth unto every man according to his works We have often heard the voice of the Word and have neglect●d and despised it now hearken to the Voice of the Rod and of him that hath appointed it Such Judgements as these have a voice a loud voice a clamorous voice a dreadful voice calling to all Israel to Hear and fear and do no more so wickedly The denunciations of Wrath against vicious and unclean persons have for a long time sounded daily in our ears and have not been believed nor regarded by many behold now the Execution of Vengeance upon this lewd and wicked Youth whom God hath Hanged up before the Sun and made a Sign and an Example an Instruction and Astonishment to all New-England which is as a Divine Seal annexed to all the former Comminations Is there any root of bitterness among us that beareth gall and wormwood who hath not onely heard the words of the Curse pronounced but hath also seen the Curse executed in this dreadful manner and yet is not afraid to go on impenitently in the same sins even in Idleness in Stubbornness in Lying in Steali●g in Profaning the Lords-day and in all manner of Carnal Uncleanness but blesseth himself in his heart and saith I shall have peace though I walk in the imagination of mine heart and adde drunkenness to thirst I shall have peace though I live in Self-pollution in Fornication in Sodomy and Bestiality Know that your sin is inexcusable and your destruction inevitable The Lo●d will not spare you but the anger of the Lord and his jealousie sh●ll smoke against you and all the Curses that are written in this book shall lie upon you and the Lord shall blot out your name from under heaven Deut. 29. 18 19 20. God shall wound the head of his enemies and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses Psa 68. 21. When the sight or report of Gods Judgements executed upon the wicked doth not awe the heart nor deter from the like ungodly practises it is a great aggravation of sin and provocation of wrath Jer. 3. 8. And I saw when for all the causes whereby back-sliding Israel committed Adult●ry I had put her away and given her a bill of divorce yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not but went and pl●ye● the har lot also For any to go on in the sin of Uncleanness after such a solemn Warning as this it is to sin presumptuously it is to sin in contempt of the Holmess of God in contempt of the Jealousie of God in contempt of the fierce Wrath and Indignation of the Almighty He that will rush into the Gulf and cast himself into the Wh●rlpool where he hath seen his neighbour drowned before his eyes he is a wilful Self-murtherer Go to now ye wanton and las●ivious persons go on in your Frolicks and mad Pranks take your swinge in your lusts and vicious courses He that is unclean l●t him be unclean still he that is filthy let him be filthy still He that is addicted to Self-pollution let him continue herein still he that is a Fornicator let him be a Fornicator still he that is a Sodomite let him be a Sodomite still he that is a Beast let him be a Beast still Make haste and fill up your measure run through all sorts of vile lusts work all uncleanness with greediness Justifie this poor Condemned Wretch in all his Villany Be a Comfort to your lewd Predecessors who are long since gone down to the lowest Hell and lie in the nether parts of the bottomless Pit There are your Voluptuous Fathers the renowned Epic●res that lived before the Flood There is your L●bidinous Mother Jezab●l with all her Paramours There are your Filthy Sisters S●dom and her Daughters There are your wicked Brethren Ouan the unclean Son of Judah Hophui and Phinehas the Belial-sons of Eli Amnon and Absolom the Incestuous Sons of David There are your V●nereous Kinsmen the Nicolaitans the Guosticks the Menandri●ns and innumerable others Hasten you after your lecherous K●ndred into the stinking Lake sit down with your Brethren and Sisters in the depths of Hell As you have partaken with them in their sordid Pleasures partake with them also in their Plagues and Torments Let thy lustful Body be everlasting Fuell for the unquenchable fire Let thy lascivious Soul be eternal Food for the never-dying Worm Let Indignation and Wrath Tribulation and Anguish be thy portion world without end Hell from beneath is moved to meet thee and is ready to entertain thee All your fellow-guests wait and long for your Company Your judgement of a long time lingreth not and your damnation slumbereth not Shall it be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of Judgement then for those that embrace not the Gospel How terrible and dreadful then shall be the Condemnation of such who notwithstanding their Profession of the Gospel justifie Sodom in all her Abominations II. In particular Let me commend unto you these few Directions 1. Let the awfull Apprehension of the Wrath of God which hath lighted upon this Youth be a Bridle to curb and restrain the rest of our Youth and all others from indulging themselves in any kinde of Carnal Uncleanness God is mercifully willing to prevent the ruine of our lewd and vicious Youth therefore hath he set before them this awfull Example for their Admonition and Caution He hath cut off this rotten and putrid Member th●t he might prev●nt the spreading of the Infection In this tremendous Providence the Lord saith to all wanton and lascivious persons as Abner said to Asahel Turn aside lest I smite thee to the ground If after this solemn Warning any shall refuse to turn aside from the eager pursuit of their vile Lusts they are worthy to be smitten not onely to the ground but even to the bottom of Hell Wherefore in the fear of God hearken to the Exhortation of the Apostle 1 Pet. 2. 11. Dearly beloved I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the Soul With

youthful Lusts fight like the Parthi●ns flying 2 Tim. 2. 22. Flee youthful Lusts This is an honourable Retreat and a War-like Stratagem Flee Fornication 1 Cor. 6. 18. Is it safe standing near to a deep and narrow Pit A Whore is a deep ditch and a strange woman is a narrow pit Prov. 23. 27 28. He that is abhorred of the Lord falls into it Prov. 22. 14. He that committeth Adultery with a woman lacketh understanding He that doeth it destroyeth his own Soul Prov. 6. 32. Abhor Self-pollution the holy God detests and abhors it The thing which Onan did was evil in the sight of the Lord and therefore he slew him Gen. 38. 10. Can any man be so blinde and ignorant as to question whether it be a sin to practise Uncleanness with his own Body alone wherein he maketh himself both Bawd and Who●e and Whoremaster Know assuredly that it is an impious loathsome and de●estable evil in Gods account very offensive and provoking to the eyes of his glory This is that sin which according to the opinion of many learned men is properly called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Vncleanness I am sure it is at least comprehended under it Col. 3. 5. and it brings the wrath of God upon them that practise it ver 6. who are thought to be those whom the Apostle calls 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 soft or ●ff●minate and they have no inheritance in the Kingdome of God 1 Cor. 6. 9. Detest and abominate the sin of Sodomy The Law of God is made for the Condemnation of such as abuse themselves with man-kinde 1 Tim. 1. 9 10. 'T is a fearful Judgement of God to be given up to this kinde of wickedness Rom. 1. 24 28. 'T is a Capital Crime for which the parties guilty ought to be put to death Lev. 20. 13. and except they repent shall certainly be excluded from the Kingdome of God 1 Cor. 6. 9. Tremble at the thoughts of that ho●rid and prodigious sin of mingling thy self with a Beast which is ●bominable Confusion in the sight of God Exod. 22. 19. Lev. 18. 23. 20. 15 16. Take heed and beware of those fond Conceits and Imaginations whereby many are deceived and led into the sin of Uncleanness 'T is not without cause that the Apostle in his discourses of this subject so often inserts that Caution Be not deceived 1 Cor. 6. 9. 15. 33. Eph. 5. 6. All sin is deceitful but especially the sin of Vncleanness It promiseth Pleasure Secrecy Impunity and future Repentance but all these flattering promises are meer deceits lies and false-hoods Be not deceived with the bait of Carnal pleasure and delight How canst thou take pleasure in that which is so displeasing and offensive to thy Maker and Saviour Gen. 39. 9. How can I do this great wickedness and sin against God Shall that be delightful and pleasureable to thee which is hateful and loathsome to the heart of God This pleasure is short it lasteth but for a season but it will be bitterness in the end Prov. 5. 3 4 5. The lips of a strange woman drop as an honey-comb and her mouth is smoother then oyl but her end is bitter as wormwood sharp as a two-edged sword Her feet go down to death her steps take hold on hell Chap. 9. 17 18. Stoln waters are sweet and bread eaten in secret is pleasant but he knoweth not that the dead are there and that her guests are in the depths of hell Job 20. 12 13 14. Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth though he hide it under his tongue though he spare it and forsake it not but keep it still within his mouth yet his meat in his bowels is turned it is the gall of Asps within him Yea the more pleasure thou takest in sin the more to●ment and sorrow shalt thou have hereafter Rev. 18. 7. Be not deceived with the hope of Secrecy How canst thou say No eye seeth me there is no witness Doth not he see thy wayes and count all thy steps Job 31. 4. His eyes are upon the wayes of man and he seeth all his goings Job 34. 21. The wayes of man are before the eyes of the Lord and he pondereth all his goings Prov. 5. 21. The more secret thy wickedness is the more God looks upon it with abhorrence 2 Kings 17. 9. The children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the Lord their God Those sins which men commit in secret make light of forget and cast behinde their backs those the eye of God is alwayes upon they stand before his face he cannot look off from them they stand in the light of his countenance Psal 90. 8. Thou hast set our iniquities before thee our secret sins in the light of thy countenance Is there no witness The Lord himself will be a witness yea a swift witness against thee Mal. 2. 14. 3. 5. Be not deceived with the hope of Impunity Is not destruction to the wicked and strange punishment to the workers of iniquity Job 31. 3. This ye know that no whoremonger nor unclean person hath any inheritanc● in the Kingdome of Christ and of God Ephes 5. 5. The Lord knoweth how to plague you he watcheth a fit season to be avenged on you The longer he defers the greater wrath shall be poured out at last 2 Pet. 2. 9 10. The Lord knoweth how to r●s●rve the ●nj●st unto the day of Judgement to be punished but chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness Be not deceived with the hope of future Repentance No sin hardens the heart more then the sin of Vncleanness It s●upisies and infatuates and makes reprobate to every good work Hos 4. 11. Tit. 1. 16. Impudent and impenitent sinners are said to have a Whores forehead Jer. 3. 3. They are not ashamed neither can they blush Jer. 6. 15. There are very few unclean persons that ever savingly repent and turn to God Prov. 2. 19. None that go unto her return ag●in neither take they hold of the paths of li●e If we would be preserved from the sin of Vncleanness we must take heed and beware of the inlets occasions incentives and provocations thereunto 1. Beware of Pride This was one of the sins of Sodom and it is a principal root of the sin of Vncleanness For Pride makes man d●spise the Commandment of God and presumptuously parley with temptations and expose themselves to snares 2 Sam. 12. 9. Wherefore hast thou d●●●●sed the Commandment of the Lord to do evil in his sight Pride makes men haughty scornful so as to cast off Instructions Counsels Admonitions which might restrain them from such wickedness Gen. 19. 9. Stand back c. Pride makes men despise the Ordinance of Marriage the remedy which God hath provided for the quenching of such boyling and burning lusts Pride breeds Jars and Breaches between married persons so as to take no complacency or delight in each other hence they thirst