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A18016	Remember Lots wife Two godly and fruitfull sermons verie conuenient for this our time: lately preached on a Sunday in the Cathedral Church of S. Peters, in Excester: the one, in the forenoone: the other, in the afternoone the same day. By Iohn C.	Carpenter, John, d. 1621.	1588 (1588)	STC 4665; ESTC S116841	50,873	124

faith is as a Tower which giueth vs two aduantages agaynst him namely to defende our selues thereby from him and to cast out from thence the strokes of thundring Ordinances to annoy him Therefore he first aymeth to our faith Heb. 11. Ephe. 6. 1. Pet. 1. Rom. 9. 1. Cor. 10. Rom. 11. The Apostle shewing the commodities of faith by the examples of Abraham Isaak Iacob Sarah and other Saincts doth thereto oppose the infidelitie of such as haue thereby purchased iust paynes for recompence Adam by his vnbeleefe with Eua were cast out of Paradise the Iewes wanting faith could not come into the land of promise but perished in the wildernesse he that beleeued not the Prophet was trodden on in the gate of the Citie Zacharie was dumbe because he did not beleeue the worde of the Angell the Apostles were checked for their vnbeléef and Lots wife is plagued The world is reprooued for sinne by the holie Ghost Io. 16. because they beleeue not as if vnder this one sinne al other sinnes were comprehended and well worthie for without faith it is impossible to please God seeing whatsoeuer is done is sinne The Iewes by their vnbeleefe were not onely vnworthie that Christ should work any myracle among them in his owne countrie ● but also they alienated the fauour of God from them and their children This is if grieuous sinne Let vs take heed of vnbeleefe and eschew the payne therof by a perfect faith in Christ Let vs beleeue the voyce of the Angell let vs hearken vnto our greate Archangell Christ and his word preached by his Ministers that wee may beleeue for faith commeth by hearing and faith hath more commodities than I am able to expresse at this time When Satan desired to sift vs as wheate Christ prayed that our faith might not fayle The Lord therefore helpe our vnbeleefe and encrease our faith in vs euermore that thereby we may hasten from Sodom with righteous Lot and not stay or turne thether agayne to perish with his vnrighteous wife Secondly in her is noted the sinne of disobedience 2 Disobedience Lot obeyed the voyce of the Angels and departed from Sodom without retyre or looking backe but she disobeyed that voyce in looking backe And no maruaile for she beleeued not For obedience is not expected from infidelitie no more than the standing of an house without a foundation or sweete fruite to growe on the tree that hath a bitter roote She would not come forth to Zoar to saue her felfe there She looked back to Sodom Though obedience be better than Sacrifice as Samuel sayd to Saule to hearken is better than the blood of Goates and disobedience is as the sinne of witchcraft yet she obeyeth not she hearkeneth not but rebelleth Although it was commaunded by the Lord enioyned by the Angell Gen. 19. Deut. 28. and obedience hath a promise of the best thing in the lande and disobedience a commination of plagues which surely bee performed and that not the hearers of the lawe be iustified but the doers yet is she disobedient Would to God the most part in these dayes did not followe her therein Take heede of the iudgements thereunto belonging Saule for disobedience is reiected and his kingdome taken from him The man of God was slayne of a Lion 1. Sam. 15 1. Kin. 13. because he did eate bread in the old Prophets house contrary to Gods expresse commandement The good King Iosiah in that he obeyed not the Lord speaking out of the mouth of Neco King of Egypt yet a wicked King was striken that he dyed The fathers in the wildernesse perished through disobedience yea and many that did things with a good intent yet disobediently were surely reproued and punished Vssah touched the Arke as it was falling with entent to stay it vp it apperteyned not to him therefore is he striken Nadab and Abihu the sonnes of Aaron tooke straunge fire in their Censors thinking they did well but being contrarie to the commaundement they haue therfore a grieuous punishment In these yea euen in these persons was this sinne punished But what of that Shall we then thinke to escape vnpunished for the like yea and greater breaches of Gods holie commaundement Heb. 10.20 29. Deut. 19.15 If he that despiseth Moses law dyeth without mercie vnder two or three witnesses of how much greater punishment suppose ye shall he bee worthie of which hath troden vnder foote the Sonne of God and hath counted the bloud of the Couenant wherein he was sanctified an vnholy thing and hath done despight vnto the Spirite of grace 1. Pet. 4.17 The time is come that iudgement beginneth at the household of God and if it begin there what shall be the end of them that beleeue not the Gospell I begin sayth the Lord to plague the Citie whereon my name is called Ier. 25.29 and thinke you I will suffer you to escape No ye shall not go quite Take heede then of this sinne of Lots wife Wee do reade of other women which haue gotten both fauour and commendation by obedience to GOD and their owne husbands but Lots wife looseth all good reporte yea her life and health too through disobedience The third fault we note in her is Pride 3 Pride this thing did the deuil ioyne to infidelitie disobedience of Euah who would willingly be as God So this woman aspiring aboue degree therby contemneth the simple estate of her owne husband and the worde of the Lord. Oh how much better had Christian humilitie beseemed her It is the best ornament of a faithfull person Abraham was beautified therewith when comming before the Lord he accompted himselfe vile dust and ashes vnworthie to speake vnto his Maiestie This Dauid also had when he daunced bare before the Arke though Micholl his owne wife disdained him thereat This vertue did Christ himselfe embrace who oftentimes fell on his face to the earth when he prayed yea and yeelded himself to the great contempt of the Crosse Humilitie lifteth that vp into heauen which pride assayeth to cast downe in hell The humble and lowe degree of Mary the Lords handmayd is esteemed and she accompted blessed the poore Publican is 〈◊〉 Dauid obteyneth mercie but the proude Phariste Antiochus Senacherib Herod and other proude persons haue been cast downe Lots wife in her pride disdayned the vocation of her husband she contemned the Countrie whereinto he was going from Sodom she thought scorne to make such a chaunge and to endure in steede of pleasure affliction for delicate fare hunger and colde for ease trauayle for fine apparell Camels hayre for seeled houses Caues of earth for Iuorie beddes the harde stones or grasse in the fieldes in steede of companie solitarinesse for mirth mourning and sorrowes for solace She disliked now after so many wealthie pleasures in Sodom to become as a Pellican in Wildernesse as a doue alone mourning as the sparrowe on the house top sorrowing She could not

perished among the wicked which God forbid as Abraham praied So do we see that commandement of the tares heere verified Let them yet alone least whiles ye weed out them yee pluck vp also the corne The Angels said plainely to Lot whē they willed him to hasten vnto Zoar We can do nothing vntill thou be come thither And this is a generall thing that whē God determineth to extirpate and roote out Nations When good men be taken hence plagues may be feared to follow Kingdomes and people he first taketh away the godly from among them and leauing only a confused heape of vngodlie persons a free passage is giuen to the execution of his iudgements When we see therefore that good men do slide from vs let vs feare of a iudgement ensuing with repentant hearts turne vnto the Lord and craue mercie in time conuenient The Prophet Ezechiel telleth that when the Lord could find no zealous man among them Ezech. 22.31 he powred out his wrath and consumed them Isaiah Isa 57.1 saith that the righteous men do dye and be taken away from the euill that commeth after them And Dauid witnesseth Psal 12. that the godly men be gone and the wrath of God recompenceth the remaynder Examples héereof we haue many Among which we remember that when Noah Noah was gone from the world and was enclosed in the Arke the water foorthwith fell downe vpon the world and drowned it Whē King Hezekiah Hezekiah was layde to his Fathers in peace the plague fell downe vpon Iuda which the Lord had by promise restrained all the time of his life The like in effect is mentioned of Iosias Iosias Christ his Apostles being departed from Ierusalem and not one left there but counterfeit Iewes Christ and the Apostles and notorious euill sinners all the plagues that tended to the vtter destruction of that City immediatly followed Matth. 22. Thy house is left desolate for yee shall not see me hencefoorth c. So heere Lot Lot the righteous man being gone out of Sodom the Lord rained vpon them fire and brimstone from heauen Aug. de ciu dei 21 Solinus Egesippus and consumed them all and their Countrie as many auncient Testimonies especially the holie Scripture reporte The consideration hereof might moue euen the vngodly to wish for and desire the peace of Ierusalem gladlie to enterteyne and reteyne the societie of righteous Lots among them And when they perceiue them departing to dread great iudgements imminent 1. Sam. 3. as the daughter of old Eli did who hearing that the Arke of God was taken away from Israel cried out in great feare Now is the glorie gone from Israel for the Arke of God is taken away And thus much for the person of Lot Now are wee come to the view of Lots wife Lots wife Wherein wee are to consider First what she was Secondly what sinnes are chiefly noted in her Thirdly what was her plague or punishment This woman by all likelihood was of the Cananites but farre vnlike the woman of Canaan that cryed after Christ for her daughter And it may easely bee gathered that Lot maried this woman either in or about Sodom whereas he pitched his tent partly for that wee do not finde in the historie that she came thether with him as Sarai did with Abraham partly for that she had such an earnest desire to stay and dwel there among them And it is true Canaanites bee mixt with the Israelites that notwithstanding the commaundement of God to the contrarie some Canaanites are not onely dwelling but also ioyning vnto them of Israel which cannot do them any good but euill as long as they liue As long as the godly man soweth corne in this world will the enuious man cast in his tares among While the net is in the Sea the bad fishes wil be taken together with the good whiles the Mustard seede groweth vp to a tree the birds of all sorts will rowst vnder the same The beastes of al kinde will be found in the Arke and Cham wil couch betwene Shem and Iaphet Gen. 10. and growe to a mightie nation to diuide their Tabernacles asunder that now the Lords flocke in respect of all the rest is called little As if the Lord had chosen of all birdes one Doue of all beastes one Sheepe of all trees one Cedar in Libanus of all pittes one Riuer Iordan of all hilles one Sion of all people one Israel of al Cities one Ierusalem out of all Sodom Lot but not Lots wife As all the world to Noah all Baals Priestes to Elias all the rebellious Israelites to Ioshua Ios 24 All Ierusalem to Christ and his Apostles So is Sodom to Lot yea and with them his owne wife This is not Sarah to Abraham nor Rebeccah to Isaak nor Hester to Ashuerus nor Susanna to Ioachim nor Elizabeth to Zacharias nor Mary to Ioseph but here is so heauie a yoke as good Lot could not well beare and such a burden as he was not able to bring forth from Sodom to Zoar. Here is a curst Xantippe to a learned and patient Socrates here is a murmuring Annah to an holie Tobiah yea more yet than that here is a disdaynfull and mocking Micholl to a zealous Dauid and a cursed woman to a blessed Iob. But wee may note in her some particular sinnes and eschew them the better by the consideration of her euill successe for the same First we note in her infidelitie 1 Infidelitie For she beleeued not the words of the Angels which sayd We be come hither to destroy this place And herein she ioyned hands with all her kinne in that citie who esteemed the report of Lot touching the wordes of the Angels as fables vainely inuented or shee thought that God would haue spared so beautifull a thing notwithstanding the Angels words So Thomas was incredulous and would not beleeue the words of them which sayd they had seene Christe after his death But yet blessed are they which haue not seene and yet haue beleeued Sarah Heb. 11. that woman is commended for her fayth by the Apostle The wife of Manoah also is commended in that shee beleeued the Angels words to her Iudg. 13. Anna also the mother of Samuel Rahab Ruth Mary Martha Elizabeth Damaris and other like women are for their faith praysed but Lots wife is diffamed by her vnbeleefe This is the subtiltie of Satan Satans craft to take away a mans faith first to pull out faith from mans heart which being once gone he knoweth that man is neither able to resist him nor to quench his fierie dartes He doth therein as the Rauen which first picketh out the sheepes eye and afterward deuoureth his bodie And faith is in a man the eye of the soule Satan knoweth that faith is the pillar whereon our building standeth Therefore he shaketh it to cast downe our building He knoweth that