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A64987	Fire and brimstone from heaven, from earth, in hell, or, Three discourses I. Concerning the burning of Sodom and Gomorrah formerly, II. Concerning the burning of Æetna, or Mount Gibel more lately, III. Concerning the burning of the wicked eternally, with fire and brimstone / by Thomas Vincent ...	Vincent, Thomas, 1634-1678.	1670 (1670)	Wing V437; ESTC R23063	78,865	146

the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the Land of the Plain and beheld and lo the ●…ke of the Countrey went up as the smoke of a ●…urnace And it came to passe when God destroyed the Cities of the Plain that God remembred Abraham and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow when he overthrew the Cities wherein Lot dwelled In treating of this subject concerning the burning of Sodom and Gomorrah with fire and brimstone I shall speak First Of the cause of this Judgement Secondly Of the Judgement it self Thirdly Of persons on whom it was inflicted and how they were aff●…cted Fourthly Of the persons that escaped Fifthly Of the Spectators Lastly Of the use and improvement which we may make of it Concerning the cause of this Iudgement The efficient cause was God The meritorious cause was Sodoms sins First The efficient cause of the judgement of Sodom and Gomorrah was the Lord. Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah Brimstone and Fire from the Lord out of Heaven Every judgement whereof there are second causes in nature is from the Lord but this judgement was miraculous and therefore the hand of the Lord was in it more immediately It was beyond the power of any second causes to effect this great thing and therefore the Lord doth put forth his own great power and stretcheth forth his mighty arm that he might take vengeance on the wicked Sodomits who had so highly provoked him by their sins It is said Deut. 29. 23. The Lord overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah Admah and Zeboim in his anger and in his wrath The Lord heard the cry of Sodom's sins and was wrath a fire of anger was kindled in his breast and fury came up into his face therefore girding himself with his irresistible power and clothing himself with flaming vengeance as with a garment he came done to plead with this ungodly and wicked people for their sins rendering his rebukes in such a way as never before was heard of It was the day of the Lords recompence the day of his wrath and fierce anger a day of trouble and distresse of wasting and desolation It was a day in which the Lord was revealed from Heaven in flaming Fire to take vengeance upon the Sodomits whom he punished with a most fearful destruction devouring those wicked Cities by the fire of his jealousie that he might make a speedy riddance of all the sinners which dwelled in them The Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah Brimstone and Fire from the Lord out of Heaven By the Lord on Earth we are to understand the Son of God the second most glorious Person in the Trinity by the Lord in Heaven we are to understand the Father the first Person who hath committed all Judgement unto the Son Ioh. 5. 22. From whom he received power to execute the appointed vengeance on wicked Sodom Secondly The miritorious cause of the Judgement upon Sodom and Gomorrah was the sins of those wicked Cities when the Lord ariseth from his place to take vengeance upon a Nation especially in some notable and remarkable judgement he is first exceedingly provoked hereunto by the sins of that people It is said Gen. 13. 13. that the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly They exceeded all other Nations in their sins and therefore they exceeded all other Nations in their punishment And Chap. 18. 20. We read the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah was great and their sin was very grievous It was not their prayers which sent up such a cry unto Heaven no they were wholly irreligious and Ungodly but it was their sins like the blood of Abel which cryed from the ground for vengeance on him that shed it the cry of Sodoms sins was so loud that it came up into Gods ears and would give him no rest until he came down to punish Their sin was very grievous not only grievous unto righteous Lot who was vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked 2 Pet. 2. 7. But it was most grievous unto the most Holy and Righteous God it was as a heavy load upon him grievous and hard to be boarn it grieved God as it were to the heart and therefore he doth ease himself of the burden of their Sin by suffering it to fall down with a heavy weight upon themselves so as to crush and destroy them together There are five sins of Sodom spoken of together Ezek. 16. 49 50. Behold this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom Pride fullness of Bread and abundance of Idleness was in her and in her Daughters that is her neighbour inferiour Cities neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy And they were haughty and committed abomination before me therefore I took them away as I saw good The Sins were First Pride and Haughtiness Secondly Fulness of Bread Thirdly Abundance of Idelness Fourthly Unmercifulness to the Poor Fifthly Abomination The first Sin of Sodom was Pride and Haughtiness Prov. 16. 18. Pride goeth before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall The Pride and haughtiness of the Sodomits did discover it self in their carriage towards Lot Gen. 19. 7 9. Lot is meek and humble he speaketh fairly and kindly I pray you Brethren do not so wickedly But they are high rough and very haughty in their answer And they said stand back and they said again this one fellow came in to sojourn and he will needs be a Iudge As if they should have said Pray who are you that take upon you to speak thus unto us do you know whom you speak to you are a bold and saucy fellow to tell us of wickedness Will you needs be our Iudge shall we indeed be judg'd by such a fellow as you pray stay untill we make choice of you and place you in that office shall we submit our selves to be judged by one so contemptible No no we will never endure it it is below our birth and breeding to be curb'd by any one especially by you who are a stranger and of such a low spirit as dare not join with us in the way and practice of our City We will deal worse with you than with them we will make you know that we are your betters and that we have power in our bands to bring you to your knees and to tread you under our feet that we can do both with you and yours what we please we have been often provoked by you before now we will forbear no longer but make you to feel as well as to see in what disdain we have taken all your reproofs of our conversation Pride was grown to a great heigth in Sodom it was monstrously great and big-bellied conceiving and bringing forth many Daughters such as Hatred Malice Envie Revenge Wrath Strife Contention Bitterness evil speaking Slanders Backbiting Whisperings Tumults Brawls Blood and the like these and many other ●…ins