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the_o apostle_n describe_v it_o 1._o more_o general_o he_o call_v they_o ungodly_a man_n 2._o more_o particular_o he_o show_v wherein_o their_o ungodliness_n appear_v they_o turn_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n into_o lasciviousness_n and_o deny_v etc._n etc._n 1._o all_o explicat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d use_v indifferent_o of_o true_a and_o false_a worship_n act._n 18.13_o act._n 13.50_o act._n 16.14_o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v to_o worship_n god_n aright_o and_o due_o 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d note_v one_o who_o be_v of_o no_o religion_n who_o worship_v not_o at_o all_o the_o apostle_n express_v the_o ungodliness_n of_o seducer_n more_o general_o call_v they_o ungodly_a ungodly_a man_n for_o explication_n i_o shall_v first_o express_v more_o brief_o and_o general_o what_o the_o apostle_n here_o intend_v by_o the_o term_n ungodly_a 2._o more_o full_o and_o particular_o explain_v wherein_o that_o ungodliness_n of_o which_o he_o speak_v do_v consist_v or_o what_o it_o be_v to_o be_v ungodly_a the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ungodly_a be_v compound_v of_o a_o word_n which_o signify_v to_o worship_n or_o be_v devout_a and_o of_o a_o particle_n which_o note_v a_o negation_n or_o denial_n of_o that_o thing_n with_o which_o it_o be_v join_v so_o that_o the_o word_n make_v up_o of_o both_o proper_o signify_v one_o who_o be_v indevout_a or_o worship_v not_o who_o yield_v no_o adoration_n honour_n or_o reverence_n to_o god_n but_o cast_v off_o his_o service_n or_o as_o we_o say_v be_v a_o profane_a man_n and_o one_o of_o no_o religion_n for_o godliness_n be_v proper_o the_o same_o with_o religion_n and_o religion_n be_v a_o spiritual_a bond_n not_o only_o a_o divine_a impression_n whereby_o we_o be_v possess_v with_o most_o high_a and_o peerless_a thought_n of_o god_n and_o rapt_v with_o admiration_n of_o that_o excellency_n which_o shine_v in_o he_o but_o it_o be_v also_o a_o binder_n 9_o 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non_fw-la videt_fw-la non_fw-la punit_fw-la etc._n etc._n psal_n 14.1_o and_o acknowledge_v his_o providence_n presence_n justice_n mercy_n power_n the_o fool_n have_v say_v in_o his_o heart_n there_o be_v no_o god_n he_o know_v no_o such_o god_n as_o the_o true_a god_n be_v no_o omniscient_a just_a merciful_a powerful_a etc._n etc._n god_n he_o who_o deny_v any_o attribute_n of_o god_n deny_v god_n himself_o 2.12_o 1_o sam._n 2.12_o thus_o the_o son_n of_o eli_n know_v not_o the_o lord_n and_o thus_o he_o speak_v of_o psal_n 50.21_o who_o think_v that_o god_n be_v altogether_o such_o a_o one_o as_o himself_o thus_o likewise_o the_o ungodly_a who_o say_v job_n 22.14_o how_o do_v god_n know_v can_v he_o judge_v through_o the_o dark_a cloud_n thick_a cloud_n be_v a_o cover_n to_o he_o that_o he_o see_v not_o etc._n etc._n this_o piece_n of_o atheism_n be_v the_o foundation_n of_o all_o the_o rest_n he_o who_o know_v not_o his_o landlord_n can_v pay_v his_o rent_n 2._o not_o to_o honour_n god_n by_o believe_v he_o ungodly_a man_n total_o distrust_v god_n promise_n though_o he_o seal_v they_o with_o a_o oath_n it_o be_v impossible_a that_o god_n shall_v utter_v a_o lie_n to_o they_o 6.18_o heb._n 6.18_o and_o that_o ungodly_a man_n while_o such_o shall_v do_v any_o other_o than_o give_v the_o lie_n to_o god_n they_o make_v god_n a_o liar_n 3.12_o 1_o john_n 5.10_o heb._n 3.12_o the_o great_a dishonour_n imaginable_a a_o evil_a heart_n depart_v from_o depend_v not_o upon_o the_o live_a god_n 3._o not_o to_o honour_n god_n by_o love_v he_o ungodly_a man_n be_v hater_n of_o god_n 1.30_o rom._n 1.30_o and_o it_o be_v not_o for_o want_v of_o poison_n but_o power_n that_o they_o express_v not_o the_o great_a hatred_n against_o he_o even_o the_o take_n away_o his_o very_a be_v 81.11_o psal_n 81.11_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o some_o have_v call_v a_o ungodly_a man_n a_o deicide_n though_o they_o mean_v he_o not_o such_o in_o regard_n of_o execution_n but_o of_o affection_n it_o 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19.14_o gen._n 39_o 9_o job_n 21.14_o hos_fw-la 4.16_o psal_n 50.17_o jer._n 44.16_o tit._n 1.10_o luke_n 19.14_o and_o sin_n against_o god_n they_o fear_v sin_n for_o hell_n not_o as_o hell_n 5._o not_o to_o honour_n god_n by_o obey_v his_o word_n ungodly_a man_n cast_v off_o the_o yoke_n they_o be_v son_n of_o belial_n they_o slide_v back_o as_o a_o backslide_n heifer_n they_o will_v none_o of_o his_o way_n they_o desire_v not_o the_o knowledge_n of_o they_o they_o hate_v instruction_n and_o cast_v the_o word_n of_o god_n behind_o they_o in_o their_o work_n they_o deny_v god_n they_o will_v never_o have_v christ_n for_o their_o ruler_n nor_o his_o word_n for_o their_o rule_n 6._o not_o to_o honour_n god_n by_o bear_v his_o stroke_n ungodly_a man_n be_v not_o as_o child_n under_o the_o rod_n but_o as_o
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sun_n make_v into_o one_o will_v be_v but_o as_o sack_v cloth_n to_o that_o wherein_o christ_n shall_v appear_v in_o man_n nature_n that_o great_a day_n the_o glory_n of_o the_o sun_n scatter_v the_o cloud_n but_o from_o the_o glory_n of_o christ_n face_n the_o very_a earth_n and_o heaven_n shall_v fly_v away_o rev._n 20.11_o the_o beam_n of_o his_o glory_n shall_v dazzel_v the_o eye_n of_o sinner_n and_o delight_v the_o eye_n of_o saint_n the_o wicked_a shall_v be_v punish_v with_o everlasting_a destruction_n from_o his_o presence_n and_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o power_n 2_o thes_n 1.9_o and_o when_o his_o glory_n shall_v he_o reveal_v the_o saint_n shall_v be_v glad_a with_o exceed_v joy_n 1_o pet._n 4.13_o 2._o the_o judge_n shall_v make_v this_o day_n of_o judgement_n great_a consider_v he_o not_o
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 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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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