into_o the_o lake_n asphaltites_n or_o the_o dead_a sea_n with_o its_o most_o pleasant_a stream_n inrich_v and_o adorn_v the_o plain_a through_o which_o it_o pass_v wherein_o these_o city_n of_o sodom_n and_o gomorrha_n be_v contain_v with_o such_o great_a fertility_n and_o pleasantness_n that_o it_o be_v compare_v to_o the_o garden_n of_o god_n which_o expression_n of_o the_o garden_n of_o god_n as_o some_o think_v be_v give_v to_o these_o place_n after_o the_o manner_n of_o scripture_n wherein_o thing_n which_o be_v eminent_o great_a and_o goodly_a be_v attribute_v to_o god_n all_o excellency_n loc_n omne_fw-la spacium_fw-la cursus_fw-la jordanis_n a_o libano_n usque_fw-la ad_fw-la asphaltitâ—n_fw-la centum_fw-la circiter_fw-la passuum_fw-la millibus_fw-la definitur_fw-la &_o in_o toto_fw-la eo_fw-la decursu_fw-la utrinque_fw-la latis_fw-la amoenis_fw-la &_o fertilibus_fw-la campis_fw-la qui_fw-la utrinque_fw-la montibus_fw-la sibi_fw-la inuicem_fw-la succedentibus_fw-la a_o tque_fw-la cohaerentihus_fw-la circundati_fw-la sunt_fw-la undique_fw-la cingitur_fw-la perer._n in_o gen._n 13._o pag._n 489._o scriptura_fw-la res_fw-la quas_fw-la commendare_fw-la vult_fw-la solet_fw-la domino_fw-la tribuere_fw-la ut_fw-la montes_fw-la dei_fw-la etc._n etc._n sic_fw-la hic_fw-la putant_fw-la illam_fw-la jordanis_n planiciem_fw-la dici_fw-la hortum_fw-la domini_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la habitare_fw-la vellet_fw-la deus_fw-la hic_fw-la esset_fw-la suum_fw-la hortum_fw-la &_o mansionem_fw-la habiturus_fw-la mercer_n in_o loc_n sed_fw-la revera_fw-la intelligit_fw-la de_fw-la certo_fw-la terrarum_fw-la loco_fw-la id._n ib._n cogito_fw-la ego_fw-la hunc_fw-la ipsum_fw-la locum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la paradisum_fw-la luth._o in_o loc_n both_o be_v from_o and_o for_o he_o and_o that_o of_o these_o place_n be_v so_o great_a that_o it_o may_v seem_v if_o god_n himself-would_a dwell_v upon_o earth_n after_o the_o manner_n of_o man_n he_o will_v make_v choice_n of_o they_o for_o his_o mansion-place_n or_o garden_n luther_n reject_v this_o interpretation_n as_o judaical_a think_v though_o according_a to_o my_o observation_n without_o company_n that_o this_o place_n of_o sodom_n and_o gomorrha_n be_v paradise_n itself_o or_o the_o garden_n of_o eden_n i_o rather_o conceive_v with_o augustine_n of_o old_a calvin_n mercer_n rivet_n and_o other_o of_o late_a that_o the_o place_n wherein_o sodom_n and_o gomorrha_n stand_v for_o its_o wonderful_a delightfulness_n be_v compare_v to_o that_o garden_n of_o god_n proper_o call_v paradise_n 2.3_o quod_fw-la terra_fw-la sodomaeorum_n comparatur_fw-la paradiso_fw-la dei_fw-la satis_fw-la ostendit_fw-la quomodo_fw-la intelligi_fw-la debeat_fw-la ille_fw-la paradisus_fw-la quem_fw-la plantavit_fw-la deus_fw-la &_o ubi_fw-la constituit_fw-la adam_n aug._n 27._o q._n in_o gen._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 70._o joe_n 2.3_o or_o that_o garden_n of_o eden_n call_v the_o garden_n of_o god_n because_o plant_v by_o god_n himself_o wherein_o adam_n be_v first_o place_v and_o whence_o afterward_o he_o be_v expel_v for_o sin_n the_o rather_o because_o as_o in_o the_o description_n of_o the_o pleasantness_n of_o the_o garden_n of_o eden_n it_o be_v express_o say_v that_o it_o be_v water_v with_o a_o river_n so_o in_o this_o place_n the_o water_v of_o this_o plain_n with_o jordan_n be_v particular_o mention_v as_o that_o which_o make_v it_o so_o fruitful_a and_o delightful_a and_o thus_o we_o be_v in_o other_o place_n to_o understand_v this_o adagy_n of_o the_o garden_n of_o god_n as_o isai_n 51.3_o he_o will_v make_v her_o wilderness_n like_o eden_n and_o her_o desert_n like_o the_o garden_n of_o the_o lord_n so_o ezek._n 28.13_o it_o be_v say_v of_o the_o king_n of_o tyre_n that_o he_o have_v be_v in_o eden_n the_o garden_n of_o god_n and_o that_o these_o place_n where_o former_o sodom_n and_o gomorrha_n stand_v be_v compare_v to_o that_o same_o ancient_a eden_n in_o which_o adam_n be_v place_v i_o be_o yet_o the_o more_o inclinable_a to_o believe_v because_o egypt_n mention_v in_o the_o next_o branch_n of_o the_o comparison_n be_v a_o place_n proper_o so_o call_v this_o plain_a wherein_o dwell_v the_o sodomite_n be_v also_o say_v to_o be_v like_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n ib._n horreum_n caeterarum_fw-la regionum_fw-la riu._n in_o gen._n dicuntur_fw-la aegyptii_fw-la saepius_fw-la in_o anno_fw-la serere_fw-la imò_fw-la singulis_fw-la pene_fw-la mensibus_fw-la id._n ib._n a_o country_n who_o fruitfulness_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o overflow_a of_o nilus_n be_v so_o great_a that_o it_o be_v common_o call_v the_o granary_n of_o other_o nation_n the_o egyptian_n themselves_o sow_v almost_o every_o month_n in_o regard_n whereof_o when_o other_o country_n be_v afflict_v with_o famine_n the_o egyptian_n have_v not_o only_a corn_n sufficient_a for_o their_o own_o use_n but_o also_o for_o the_o relief_n of_o their_o neighbour_n nor_o be_v sodom_n unlike_a to_o egypt_n in_o respect_n of_o this_o plenty_n of_o bread_n the_o fullness_n whereof_o be_v ezek._n 16.49_o express_o say_v to_o be_v the_o iniquity_n of_o sodom_n and_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o plenty_n pleasantness_n and_o pride_n of_o the_o city_n of_o the_o plain_a possible_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o chedorlaomer_n make_v they_o by_o force_n subject_n to_o himself_o as_o also_o that_o they_o afterward_o rebel_v against_o he_o 14._o gen._n 14._o whereupon_o ensue_v that_o war_n between_o he_o assist_v with_o three_o other_o king_n and_o they_o wherein_o chedorlaomer_n and_o his_o confederate_n get_v the_o victory_n they_o take_v all_o the_o good_n of_o sodom_n and_o gomorrha_n 2._o it_o may_v be_v inquire_v what_o these_o city_n about_o sodom_n and_o gomorrha_n be_v which_o judas_n say_v be_v destroy_v in_o scripture_n we_o read_v but_o of_o two_o that_o beside_o sodom_n and_o gomorrha_n be_v overthrow_v viz._n admah_n and_o zeboim_n of_o these_o we_o have_v frequent_a mention_n in_o scripture_n as_o deut._n 29.23_o where_o we_o read_v only_o of_o the_o overthrow_n of_o sodom_n and_o gomorrha_n admah_n and_o zeboim_n as_o also_o hos_n 11.8_o lyra_n theodoret_n and_o suidas_n think_v that_o zoar_n be_v also_o involve_v in_o that_o calamity_n after_o lot_n departure_n from_o it_o mention_v gen._n 19.30_o but_o it_o seem_v rather_o that_o zoar_n be_v total_o spare_v at_o the_o intercession_n of_o lot_n gen._n 19.21_o i_o will_v not_o overthrow_v this_o city_n for_o which_o thou_o have_v speak_v and_o long_o after_o the_o consume_n of_o sodom_n and_o gomorrha_n zoar_fw-mi be_v mention_v in_o scripture_n as_o deut._n 34.3_o isai_n 15.5_o and_o 10.6_o and_o zoara_n sola_fw-la de_fw-la quinque_fw-la sodomorum_fw-la urbibus_fw-la praeservata_fw-la imminet_fw-la mari_fw-fr mortuo_fw-la praesidium_fw-la in_o ea_fw-la positum_fw-la est_fw-la militum_fw-la romanorum_fw-la apud_fw-la eam_fw-la gignitur_fw-la balsamum_n etc._n etc._n hier._n de_fw-fr loc_fw-fr heb._n sap._n 10.6_o hierom_n say_v that_o of_o all_o the_o five_o city_n only_a zoar_n be_v spare_v and_o that_o in_o his_o time_n it_o stand_v between_o the_o dead_a sea_n and_o the_o mount_n of_o engedy_n nor_o must_v the_o author_n of_o the_o book_n of_o wisdom_n when_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o fire_n that_o fall_v down_o upon_o the_o five_o city_n necessary_o be_v understand_v to_o speak_v of_o the_o five_o city_n several_o but_o the_o word_n pentapolis_n may_v be_v take_v joint_o for_o the_o region_n wherein_o the_o five_o city_n stand_v and_o of_o they_o so_o call_v strabo_n mention_n the_o overthrow_n of_o thirteen_o city_n by_o fire_n of_o which_o he_o say_v that_o sodom_n be_v the_o metropolis_n other_o speak_v of_o a_o great_a number_n and_o these_o possible_o do_v the_o more_o bold_o mention_v so_o considerable_a a_o number_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o largeness_n of_o the_o sulphureous_a lake_n or_o the_o dead_a sea_n which_o cover_v that_o region_n where_o the_o city_n stand_v 5._o plin._n l._n 5._o c._n 16._o jos_n l._n 5._o the_o bell_n jud._n c._n 5._o pliny_n say_v that_o this_o sea_n be_v above_o a_o hundred_o mile_n in_o length_n and_o twenty_o five_o mile_n in_o breadth_n but_o josephus_n who_o better_a know_v give_v it_o but_o five_o hundred_o and_o eighty_o furlong_n in_o length_n that_o be_v seventy_o two_o mile_n and_o somewhat_o more_o and_o a_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o furlong_n in_o breadth_n that_o be_v nineteen_o mile_n or_o there_o about_o 3._o for_o the_o three_o viz._n the_o name_n of_o sodom_n and_o gomorrha_n rather_o than_o the_o other_o city_n of_o the_o plain_a it_o be_v not_o only_o observable_a in_o this_o 2.6_o isai_n 1.9_o isai_n 13.19_o jer._n 23.14_o jer._n 49.18_o jer._n 50.40_o amos_n 4.12_o zeph._n 2.9_o mat._n 10.15_o mar._n 6.11_o rom._n 9.29_o 2_o pet._n 2.6_o but_o in_o most_o of_o those_o place_n where_o the_o sin_n and_o destruction_n of_o these_o city_n be_v mention_v see_v isai_n 1.9_o 10._o and_o 13.19_o jerem._n 23.14_o and_o 49.18_o etc._n etc._n and_o it_o be_v not_o doubt_v but_o that_o 1._o these_o two_o be_v the_o chief_a and_o principal_n of_o all_o those_o city_n which_o be_v destroy_v the_o king_n of_o sodom_n and_o gomorrha_n
be_v eminent_o mention_v above_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o five_o king_n gen._n 14.10_o and_o though_o every_o one_o of_o the_o five_o city_n have_v a_o king_n peculiar_o belong_v to_o it_o gen._n 14.2_o 8._o yet_o sodom_n be_v the_o metropolis_n or_o chief_a city_n hence_o we_o read_v so_o frequent_o ezek._n 16.46_o 48_o 49_o 53_o 55_o etc._n etc._n that_o the_o other_o city_n which_o god_n overthrow_v be_v call_v the_o daughter_n of_o sodom_n and_o it_o be_v probable_a that_o gomorrha_n be_v next_o to_o sodom_n in_o dignity_n 2._o these_o two_o city_n be_v the_o most_o infamous_o and_o eminent_o wicked_a hence_o it_o be_v that_o great_a sinner_n be_v call_v the_o inhabitant_n of_o sodom_n and_o gomorrha_n isai_n 1.10_o jer._n 23.14_o mat._n 10.15_o etc._n etc._n and_o jerusalem_n be_v call_v the_o sister_n of_o sodom_n ezek._n 16.46_o and_o a_o wicked_a life_n be_v compare_v to_o the_o vine_n of_o sodom_n and_o gomorrha_n deut_n 32.32_o the_o cry_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o sodom_n and_o gomorrha_n be_v peculiar_o mention_v gen._n 18.20_o and_o when_o god_n express_v how_o much_o he_o abhor_v the_o prophet_n of_o jerusalem_n for_o sin_n he_o say_v they_o be_v to_o he_o as_o sodom_n and_o gomorrha_n and_o when_o he_o set_v forth_o the_o impiety_n of_o the_o ruler_n and_o people_n of_o jerusalem_n he_o call_v they_o the_o ruler_n of_o sodom_n and_o people_n of_o gomorrha_n isai_n 1.10_o the_o seat_n of_o anti-christ_n be_v call_v spiritual_a sodom_n rev._n 10.8_o and_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o the_o sin_n for_o which_o these_o city_n be_v so_o infamous_a receive_v its_o denomination_n from_o sodom_n rather_o than_o from_o any_o of_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o city_n it_o be_v to_o this_o day_n call_v sodomy_n these_o city_n then_o be_v more_o wealthy_a be_v also_o more_o wicked_a than_o the_o rest_n and_o from_o they_o as_o from_o the_o head_n there_o come_v a_o defluxion_n of_o sin_n upon_o the_o rest_n jon._n 1.2_o it_o be_v say_v that_o nineveh_n be_v a_o great_a city_n and_o the_o wickedness_n thereof_o come_v up_o before_o the_o lord_n 4._o for_o the_o four_o in_o the_o description_n of_o this_o punishment_n these_o place_n and_o city_n be_v rather_o name_v then_o the_o person_n and_o inhabitant_n thereof_o to_o note_v that_o their_o overthrow_n be_v universal_a and_o total_a they_o be_v all_o and_o utter_o ruin_v god_n have_v make_v they_o cease_v from_o be_v a_o people_n he_o not_o only_o cut_v off_o some_o branch_n but_o pluck_v they_o up_o by_o the_o root_n not_o only_o execute_v the_o rebel_n but_o demolish_n their_o fortification_n and_o at_o once_o both_o fire_n the_o bee_n and_o the_o hive_n the_o overthrow_n of_o sodom_n be_v total_a both_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o inhabitant_n and_o the_o place_n itself_o for_o the_o former_a only_o one_o lot_n be_v except_v from_o this_o destruction_n luk._n 17.39_o 2_o pet._n 2.7_o hence_o it_o be_v the_o prophet_n say_v isai_n 1.9_o except_o the_o lord_n of_o host_n have_v leave_v unto_o we_o a_o very_a small_a remnant_n we_o shall_v have_v be_v as_o sodom_n and_o like_v unto_o gomorrha_n have_v there_o be_v ten_o righteous_a all_o shall_v have_v be_v spare_v but_o there_o be_v but_o one_o righteous_a there_o be_v but_o one_o deliver_v the_o punishment_n be_v as_o universal_a as_o the_o provocation_n from_o the_o sole_a of_o the_o soot_n even_o to_o the_o head_n there_o be_v no_o soundness_n in_o they_o and_o in_o scripture_n a_o general_a calamity_n be_v proverbial_o express_v by_o the_o overthrow_n of_o sodom_n and_o gomorrha_n 49.18.50.40_o jer._n 49.18.50.40_o concern_v edom_n and_o babylon_n it_o be_v say_v as_o in_o the_o overthrow_n of_o sodom_n and_o gomorrha_n no_o man_n shall_v abide_v there_o neither_o shall_v a_o son_n of_o man_n dwell_v in_o it_o totall_n also_o be_v the_o destruction_n of_o these_o city_n in_o respect_n of_o their_o place_n to_o this_o purpose_n speak_v peter_n 2_o pet._n 2.7_o where_o he_o say_v that_o god_n turn_v their_o city_n into_o ash_n condemn_v they_o with_o a_o overthrow_n hence_o we_o find_v that_o the_o plain_a wherein_o they_o be_v seat_v be_v overthrow_v with_o the_o city_n gen._n 19.25_o and_o that_o the_o whole_a land_n be_v brimstone_n salt_n and_o burn_a and_o it_o be_v not_o sow_o nor_o bear_v nor_o any_o grass_n grow_v therein_o deut._n 29.23_o the_o salt_n or_o dead_a sea_n have_v not_o only_o overwhelm_v the_o place_n itself_o where_o the_o city_n stand_v but_o as_o seem_v to_o be_v gather_v from_o this_o deut._n 29.33_o and_o 32.32_o the_o ground_n which_o border_v upon_o they_o 7._o poma_n oculis_fw-la tenus_fw-la contacta_fw-la cinerescunt_fw-la tert._n apol._n c._n 40._o forinsecus_fw-la matura_fw-la intrinsecus_fw-la sumea_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr c._n d._n l._n 21._o c._n 7._o be_v spoil_v the_o fruit_n whereof_o if_o any_o be_v be_v most_o loathsome_a and_o unsavoury_a as_o josephus_n solinus_n strabo_n and_o also_o tertullian_n and_o augustine_n report_n who_o say_v of_o the_o apple_n which_o grow_v there_o that_o to_o see_v to_o they_o be_v apple_n but_o be_v touch_v they_o fall_v into_o ash_n and_o that_o when_o they_o seem_v to_o be_v ripe_a they_o be_v within_o only_o smoky_a that_o a_o outward_a rind_n do_v keep_v in_o the_o filthy_a ember_n and_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o in_o scripture_n a_o total_a and_o irrecoverable_a subversion_n be_v compare_v to_o that_o of_o sodom_n and_o gomorrha_n 2.9_o jer._n 20.16_o ezek._n 16.53_o 55_o zeph._n 2.9_o the_o city_n say_v jeremy_n which_o the_o lord_n overthrow_v and_o repent_v not_o moab_n say_v zephany_n shall_v be_v as_o sodom_n and_o the_o child_n of_o ammon_n as_o gomorrha_n even_o the_o breed_n of_o nettle_n and_o saltpit_n and_o a_o perpetual_a desolation_n zeph._n 2.9_o observation_n gen._n observe_v 1._o terram_fw-la hanc_fw-la in_fw-la colatui_fw-la nostro_fw-la traditam_fw-la tantâ_fw-la varietate_fw-la locorum_fw-la non_fw-la sine_fw-la magna_fw-la sapientia_fw-la sic_fw-la distinxit_fw-la ut_fw-la regionum_fw-la alia_fw-la sit_fw-la montosa_fw-la alia_fw-la plana_fw-la alia_fw-la siticulosa_fw-la &_o arrida_fw-la alia_fw-la fontibus_fw-la &_o fluviis_fw-la irrigua_fw-la singularis_fw-la quaedam_fw-la diversitas_fw-la singularis_fw-la dei_fw-la providentiae_fw-la laudem_fw-la depraedicat_fw-la etc._n etc._n terre_fw-fr canaan_n fertilem_fw-la regionem_fw-la vicinam_fw-la adjecit_fw-la musc_n in_o 13._o gen._n 1._o with_o admirable_a wisdom_n have_v god_n order_v that_o there_o shall_v be_v such_o variety_n of_o place_n for_o man_n habitation_n sodom_n and_o gomorrha_n be_v seat_v in_o the_o fruitful_a valley_n the_o country_n near_o it_o be_v more_o barren_a and_o mountainous_a some_o country_n be_v high_a and_o thirsty_a and_o barren_a other_o low_o and_o water_v and_o fruitful_a god_n can_v have_v make_v the_o whole_a earth_n to_o have_v be_v alike_o in_o all_o place_n and_o not_o so_o various_o order_v but_o this_o singular_a diversity_n do_v excellent_o praise_v the_o wisdom_n of_o his_o 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dead-sea_n have_v neither_o fish_n nor_o any_o live_a creature_n therein_o 47.8_o call_v also_o joh._n 3.16_o the_o salt_n sea_n ezek._n 47.8_o and_o this_o be_v confirm_v by_o the_o prophet_n who_o foretell_v how_o these_o water_n shall_v be_v heal_v by_o the_o water_n run_v out_o of_o the_o sanctuary_n eastward_o on_o which_o side_n this_o lake_n be_v situate_a and_o that_o then_o the_o creature_n shall_v live_v therein_o that_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o multitude_n of_o fish_n and_o that_o the_o fisher_n shall_v stand_v upon_o it_o from_o engedy_n even_o unto_o eneglaim_n the_o two_o city_n at_o either_o end_n of_o the_o lake_n do_v hereby_o imply_v that_o for_o the_o present_a before_o this_o heal_n the_o water_n be_v dead_a that_o no_o fish_n nor_o any_o creature_n live_v therein_o and_o that_o no_o fisher_n man_n do_v frequent_v the_o same_o as_o they_o do_v the_o lake_n of_o genezareth_n and_o other_o place_n 7._o olet_fw-la adhuc_fw-la incendio_fw-la terra_fw-la tert._n apol._n 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