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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07544	Abrahams sute for Sodome a sermon preached at Pauls Cr[o]sse the 25 of August, 1611 / by Robert Milles, preacher of Gedny fenne, and Sutton St. Edmonds in Holland Lincolneshire.	Milles, Robert.	1612 (1612)	STC 17924.5; ESTC S4786	25,909	110

ABRAHAM SVTE FOR SODOME A Sermon Preached at Pauls Cr●sse the 25 of AVGVST 1611. By ROBERT MILLES Preacher of Gedny fenne and Sutton St. Edmonds in Holland Lincolneshire LONDON Printed by William Hall for Mathew Lawe and are to be sold at his Shop in Pauls Church yard at the signe of the Foxe 1612. TO THE RIGHT Worshipfull Sir WILLIAM WELBY Knight of the Honourable order of the BATH felicitie in this life and saluation in the next AS the Apostle to the elect Lady and her childrē whom he loued in the truth 2. Ioh. 1. So in singlenesse of the same spirite Right Worshipfull I consecrate vnto you this spirituall gift and plaine discourse whi h as an adiutor rather then an auditor in my proceedings you viua voce lately heard deliuered Cantare in foro was a Romaine absurditie and when a man speaketh wisely but once in his life hee must presently be in Print dixit insipies Such spitefull spirites are consuming Rachels at Leahs pregnancie Gen. 30. Egyptian flies in Jsraels fatnesse Exod. 1.12 muttering Sauls at Dauids successe 1. Sam 18.8 reproachfull Amaziahs at Amos industrie Amos 7.12 and such as Cum sua non edunt carpunt aliena let them either commend or amend approue or publish meum or suum The Orator spake better then these men doe Omnis nostra cura debet in hoc versari semper sipossumus vt boni aliquid efficiamus sin minùs vt certè nihil mali All the good J can in this regard is by Scire meum vt sciat alter and for sinister censure J answere with the Prophet Esay 49.4 My iudgement is with the Lord and my worke with my God Jt is fathered of Saint Hierome Secaesum flagellis ad tribunal Dei that hee was whipped before Gods seate for his incessant reading of humane Authors and that hee was accused there quod Ciceronianus non Christianus foret and therefore hee made a vow vtterly to abiure them And in this age of vanitie wherein prophane pamphlets are as dainty nouelties as Apes and Peacockes were in Salomons daies from Cilicia 1. Kin. 10.22 what can better beseeme Christians then to reade sacred Historie and to meditate in that which tendeth to edification Rom. 15.2 in eodem prato lepurem lacertum florem reperias if perhaps cinicall Alexander by cumical curiositie out of Sampsons dead Lyon extract poyson Iudg. 14.14 yet a well affected Apollos will finde foode and sweetenesse Sith importunity hath preuailed with mee among others spectare spectari I commend this labour Right Worshipfull to your acceptance and protection which if you shall please to patronise now floting like a poore Hollander in an Arke of reede in this Sea of glasse Apoc. 15.2 and iniuriously handled by prophane Philistines Tu patronus eris quando maiora canemus Your Worships in all integritie duly deuoted Robert Milles. Abrahams sute for Sodome GENESIS 18.32 I will not destroy it for tennes sake RIght Honourable right Worshipfull and blessed beloued Ignis non melius quam igne amor amore accenditur As the flame is continued by fire so friendship by reciprocall amity saith Ambrose And this was seene and obserued in GOD himselfe 1 Ioh. 4.10 the first friend and louer of mankinde towards his seruant Abraham the father of the faithfull For as God did manifest his professed loue by manifold promises to him and daily conference with him So Abraham againe repaied God lege talionis as it were for requitall obedience sacrifice praise and praiers so that both their affections mutually were reuiued and preserued by such friendly meanes euen as fire is maintained by fuell Among sundrie signes of Gods fauour toward Abraham God was neuer more familiar with him then in this Dialogue and neighbourly parlce betwixt them two in behalfe of the Sodomites For when God purposed in his secret and sacred wisdome to destroy the Citie of Sodome whose sinnes cried for vengeance from heauen hee first after the manner of men paused on the matter and was loath to doe it before hee had taken the aduise of a friend or before he made Abraham whom the Apostle tearmeth Gods friend priuie to his purpose Iam. 2.23 Shall I hide from Abraham that which I doe Vers 17. Heereupon Abraham assured of Gods loue began to argue and to reason the case with God and often crauing pardon for his boldnesse hee told the Lord that it stood not with his iustice and credit who is high Lord chiefe Iustice of the whole world to destroy the righteous with the wicked and there fore desired him if there could be found fifty good men in the Citie to spare it for their sake which God of his mercy wherewith hee alwaies tempereth his iudgements fauourably granted and easily yeelded vnto Abraham straightway goeth with a priuie search through the Citie of Sodom and at last after much labour lost hee returned to God with a non est inuentus and then after the manner of courtly Petitioners Qui timidè rogat negare docet Hee that asketh faintly teacheth how to bee denied flatly as Seneca speaketh Abraham proceeded further and still vnder correction for his presumption hee obtained from God a writte ad melius inquirendum and then hee falleth from fifty to fiue and fortie then to forty so to thirty nay to twenty and at last remembring that God would not the death of a sinner Ezek. 18.23 he vrgeth him with his promise and now the sixt time he praieth the Lord to spare Sodom if it shall affoord but tenne righteous persons And in these words God setteth downe his rest and finall resolution and bids Abraham take it for an answere and so content himselfe I will not destroy it for tens sake So that my discourse at this time for your fairing right Honourable right Worshipfull and blessed Brethren may bee called Abrahams sute for Sodom wherein for methode and memory sake I will tie my selfe to three parties which shall stand in stead of three parts First in God his slownesse in executing iudgement and punishing sinne Secondly in Abraham the sympathie and compassion of the godly for their brethren Thirdly in Sodome wherein ten righteous persons coulde not be found the small number of the faithfull and fewnes of good men in the Church Among all the names of God in the whole and holie Scripture Drut 32.6 Esay 63.16 Malac. 1.6 Matth. 23.9 2. Cor. 6.18 1. Pet. 1.17 there is one more familiar comfortable and delightsome to his children then all therest and that is the name of Father which he most commonly practiseth in nature For as affectionate fathers and indulgent parents in correcting their children giue an admonition before hand rebuke goes before the rod and a warning before the whipping So it pleaseth our heauenly Father in executing due punishment for our sinnes to giue vs a caueat before his capias and alwaies to warne vs before he