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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.
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Danforth, Samuel, 1626-1674.
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and whorish kisses she now applies to Christs feet Her choice and precious Ointment such as formerly she anointed her self and her bed withall for her Lovers she pours out upon the feet of the Lord Jesus Lament and bewail the filthiness of thy Heart and Nature which is the Spring and Fountain whence all the streams of Vncleanness flow Psal 51. 5. Behold I was shapen in iniquity and in sin did my mother conceive me Cry unto the Lord to purge and cleanse thee from the guilt and filth of thy sin Psal 51. 7. Purge me with hysop and I shall be clean wash me and I shall be whiter then the snow Your sin cries for Vengeance do not you neglect to cry for Mercy Wash in the Fountain of Grace opened in the Gospel Zech. 13. 1. In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness 1 Cor. 6. 11. Such were some of you but ye are washed but ye are sanctified but ye are justified in the Name of our Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God 1 Joh. 1. 9. If we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness Labour through the grace and help of Christ to mortifie thy lusts and crucifie the flesh Coloss 3. 5. Mortifie your members which are upon the earth Fornication uncleanness inordinate affection evil concupiscence Rom. 8. 13. If ye through the Spirit do mortifie the deeds of the body ye shall live Take the Sword of the Spirit and thrust it into the bowels of thy lusts and let out their heart blood Deal with them as Samuel dealt with Agag Hew them in pieces before the Lord. Hearken to the Counsel of the Lord Jesus Matth. 5. 29 30. If thy right eye offend thee pluck it out and cast it from thee for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell And if thy right hand offend thee cut it off and cast it from thee for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell If the eye orâ—nand be infected inflâ—med and gangrened the whole Body is in danger The gangrened part must be cut off or the whole Body will perish He that hath a laâ—civious eye hath a Spiritual Gangrene in his eye he that hath an unchaste ear or hand hath a Spiritual Gangrene in his ear or hand either cut off the gangrened part or Soul and Body shall be cast into hell fire where the worm dieâ—h not and the fire is not quenched Indulgence to thy Lusts is cruelty to thy Soul Thy life shall go for their life What a madness is this for the satisfaction of a vile lust to expose thy self to everlasting â—orments Oh! you purchase your pleasures at a dear rate you must suffer the vengeance of eternal fire What art thou a compleat Sensualist Thou withholdest thy heart from no carnal joy or fleshly delight Thou hast two eyes and two hands and two feet thou canst not endure to maim and mangle the body of sin and render thy self absurd and ridiculous to the world Verily thou hadst better go a Creeple to Heaven then being a perfect Epicuâ—e to be cast into Hell into the fire that never shall be quenched Mark 9. 43 48. If once thou hast escaped out of Sodom tremble to think of returning thither again Joh. 8. 11. Jesus said unto her Neither do I condemn thee go and sin no more Nay look not back lest thou become a Pillar of Salt Remember Lots wife A man that hath been sick of a dangerous Disease and is hopefully recovered if he relapse through carelesness his condition is far more dangerous then at the first 2 Pet. 2. 20. If after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ they are again intangled therein and overcome the latter end is worse with them then the beginning When the unclean Spirit is gone out of a man he is restless untill he returneth again he delighteth not so much to dwell any where as in his old habitation he is resolved to assail and recover his former possession He is not afraid of the length of the siege or the strength of opposition 'T is no small encouragement unto him that he findeth his house empty 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vacant idle unoccupied swept and garnished secure living at ease given to pleasure sit and prepared to entertain such a guest now he assaults with greater force and fierceness then at his first entrance and his latter possession is far more dangerous and irrecoverable then his first Mat. 12. 43 44 45. Thirdly Let the fear of God excite and quicken in all our hearts the love of Holiness and due care to preserve and maintain the purity of our persons 2 Cor. 7. 1. Let us cleanse our selves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit perfecting holiness in the fear of God The purity of our persons is an excellent and honourable thing and that which God commands and requires 1 Thess 4. 3 4 5 7. yea it disposeth and fitteth a man for the Presence Worship and Service of God Matth. 5. 8. 2 Tim. 2. 21. First cleanse the Fountain Wash thy heart from wickedness Jer. 4. 14. Purifie your heart Jam. 4. 8. Then watch the motions of the heart in its thoughts and affections Prov. 4. 23. Job 31. 1. Look well to the doors and gates of the Senses Keep thine Eye from gazing upon such objects as may be alluâ—ing and ensnaring Matth. 5. 28. Stop thine Ears at filthy Jests amorous Songs corrupt communication Abhor all lascivious Touches unchaste Embracings Restrain thine Appetite from excess in Meat and Drink Prov. 23. 1 2 3 31 32 33. Feed not feast not without Fear Jude ver 12. Devote and consecrate thy self to the Lord. Prov. 23. 26. My son give me thy heart and 〈◊〉 thine eyes behold my wayes Hearken to the Word of God and meditate thereon with delight continually Prov. 2. 10 11 16. When wisdome entreth into thy heart and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul discretion shall preserve thee understanding shall keep thee to deliver thee from the strange woman Prov. 6. 23 24. The Commandment is a lamp and the Law is light and Reproofs of instruction are the way of life to keep thee from the evil woman from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman Be frequent and fervent in Prayer Psal 51. 10. Create in me a clean heart O God and renew a right Spirit within me 1 Thess 5. 23. The very God of peace sanctifie you wholly and I pray God your whole Spirit and Soul and Body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ Let thy Speech be gracious and savoury Eph. 4.
Brothel-house yea a Cage of unclean Birds yea a very Hog-sty What horrid Profaneness what hellish Sacriledge is this Reas 4. Because the sin of Uncleanness is most offâ—nsive and displeasing to the holy Spirit of God Gen. 6 3. The Lord said My Spirit shall not alwayes strive with man because he also is flesh and ver 6. It repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth and it grieved him at his heart Corrupt Communication grieves the holy Spirit of God Ephes 4. 29 30. They that are sensual are destitute of the Spirit Jude ver 19. The stinking Lake of Sodom is not so unsavoury and loathsome to the Traveller that passeth by as the lewd and filthy person is to the most holy God Such are the abhorred of the Lord Prov. 22. 14. Reas 5. Because the sin of Uncleanness provokes God to indignation and augments his fierce wrath against vile sinners Jer. 5. 9. Shall I not visit for these things saith the Lord and shall not my soul be avenged on such a Nation as this Ephes 5. 6. Because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience Where do the Guests of the strange woman lodge In such a Tavern or Ordinary nay they lodge in the depths of Hell Prov. 9. 18. Fornicators Adulterers unclean and effâ—minate persons and Abusers of themselves with mankinde have no inheritance in the Kingdome of God but are shut out among the Dogs and cast into the Lake which burneth with fire and brimstone which is the second death 1 Cor. 69 10. Gal. 5. 19 21. Eph. 5. 5. Rev. 21. 8 27. 22. 15. VSE I. Of Instruction This may serve to Vindicaâ—e the holy Name of God and clear in Throne in his dreadful Severity toward this vile and wicked Youth in making him a Pattern and Monument of his fierce Wrath and Indignation It may be some among us stand astonished and amazed at this fearfull and tremendous hand of God in making such a Youth a Childe of Religious Parents and that in his tender years such a Dreadful Example of Divine Vengeance I pray consider 1. The heinous and atrocious nature of his Sin and Transgression It is a Crying sin it makes a â—lamorous noise in the ears of the holy God it will not suffer God to rest in Heaven It doth not onely trouble our Israâ—l but it troubles and disquiets the God of Israel This his sin is exceeding grievous in the sight of God it is an Abomination it is Confusion It defiles the Land the Earth groans under the burthen of such Wickedness You pity his Youth and tender years but I pray pity the holy Law of God which is shamefully violated pity the glorious Name of God which is horribly profaned pity the Land which is fearfully polluted and defiled 2. Consider the Equity of Gods severe Dispensation towards this vile Youth The Lord hath proceeded slowly and leisurely and hath endured this wicked Youth with much long-suffering untill his sin grew to this prodigious height and cried for Vengeance For as he himself confesseth he lived in Disobedience to his Parents in Lying Stealing Sabbath-breaking and was wont to flee away from Catechism He would not hearken to the Voice of God and therefore he gave him up to his own hearts lust He was extremely addicted to Sloth and Idleness which is a great breeder and cherisher of Uâ—cleanness The standing Pool gathers filth and harbours Toads and filthy Vermine Lust is usually warm and stirring in idle bosomes He gave himself to Self-pollution and oâ—her Sodomitical wickedness He often attempted Buggery with several Beasts before God-left him to commit it at last God gave him over to it and he continued in the frequent practise thereof for several Moneths Being at length by the good hand of God brought under the Yoke of Government and Servâ—ce which might have bridled and restrained him from such wickednesâ— he violently brake away from his Master and with an high hand boldly and impudently like a childe of Belial shook off that Yoke of God casting reproach and disgrace upon his Master Having now obtained a licentious liberty he grew so impudent in his wickedness as to commit this horrid Villany in the sight of the Sun and in the open field even at Noon-day proclaiming his sin like Sodom Though he be a Youth in respect of years yet he is grown old in wickedness and ripe for Vengeance The Church cannot be cleansed untill this wicked person be put away from among us Ishmael stood in the same relation to the Church of God was younger in years yet being convict of a heinous Transgression though far inferiour to this before us was cast out and that according to the Commandment of God Gen. 21. 9 10 11 12. If we will not pronounce such a Villain Accursed we must be content to bear the Curse our selves The Land cannot be cleansed untill it hath spued out this Uâ—clean Beast The execution of Justice upon such a notorious Malefactor is the onely way to turn away the wrath of God from us and to consecrate our selves to the Lord and obtain his Blessing upon us Numb 25. 4. Hang them up before the Lord against the Sun that the fierce anger of the Lord may be turned away from Israel Exod. 32. 29. Consecrate your selves to day to the Lord even every man upon his Son and upon his Brother that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day VSE II. Of Exhortation unto us all To sanctifie the Name of God in this tremendous Dispensation in making such an one amongst us a Sign and an Example of Vengeance When Nadab and Abibu were burnt with fire for offering strange fire before the Lord Mâ—ses said unto Aaron This is that which the Lord spake saying I will be sanctified in them that come nigh to me and before all the people I will be glorified Lev. 10. 3. This is the right interpretation and true improvement of such signal and judicial Strokes viz. To sanctifie the Name of God according to his Word and give him the honour and glory due unto his Name Psal 9. 16. The Lord is known by the judgement which he executeth the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands Higgaion Selah This is a deep Meditation Let us look upon this sad and woful Example with diligent Observation let it sink down into our hearts ponder and weigh it in the Causes Circumstances and Aggravations thereof Let our thoughts dwell upon this lasting Monument of Divine Wrath. Content we not our selves with transient thoughts in contemplating such a permanent Sign and Example of Vengeance left God lose of that Honour and Glory which he expects from us and we fail of that Spiritual fruit which we might and ought to reap thereby Quest How should we sanctifie the Name of God in this tremendous Dispensation Ans I. In general Fear and Tremble before this holy Lord God Isa 8. 13. Sanctifie the Lord