Genesis 19
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They meant, that they did not desire to trouble him would consent unless they were pressed. Thus Christ, when constrained his disciples, went in to tarry with them; Luke xxiv. 28, 29; and Paul and when constrained by Lydia, lodged in her house; Acts xvi
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Ver. 8. It was the confusion he was put into that led him to make this sinful ffer, rather than have his guests abused; Mark ix. 6. Ver. 11. It was such a dimness and confusion of sight as that mentioned Kings vi. 18. Acts xiii. 11. Mark viii
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Luke xxiv. 16. Ver. 14. Either Lot’s virgin-daughters had been only betrothed to them, or lot had other daughters who perished in the flames. Ver. 17. The Angel Jehovah was now come up from Abraham, and charged lot and his companions to depart with the utmost haste, and without the smallest regret from that rich country abounding with sensual pleasures; Luke ix. Phil. iii. 13, 14. Mut. xxiv. 16, 17, 18. Ver. 20. Its inhabitants are few, and their guilt less; nor could it be a noted example of thy vengeance. 1 Ver. 24. The Son of God rained inflamed brimstone from his Father out of heaven; John v. 19. Psal. xi. 6. Job xviii. 15. as a figure of their eternal sufferings in hell; and xxi. 8
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The vale of Siddim was burnt up, and turned into a salt sea; ch. xiv. 3. Num. xxxiv. 12. Deut. iii. 17. Josh. iii. 16
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A lasting monument of God’s wrath against her disobedience, unbelief, and love to the world; Luke xvii
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Ver. 29. God shewed his regard to his own promise of making him a blessing; ch. xii. 3. and to his intercession in behalf of Sodom; ch. xviii. 25. and to Lot’s relationship to him
REFLECTIONS UPON CHAP. XIX.—What an advantage it is for the world, that, in very wicked places, some persons truly pious may be found! How encouraging to entertain strangers, when some have thereby entertained angels unawares! To what shocking impudence, in the vilest abominations, men’s corruptions can carry them; and that notwithstanding sharp corrections, or remarkable deliverances! Ch. xiv. How readily those who reprove sin, by their godly conversation, are an eye-sore to the wicked! How quickly the protectors of God’s messengers are rewarded with remarkable protection, or with rescue from danger. How prone are hardened sinners to sport with the most serious warnings of ruin, near and terrible!—and even saints, if strongly attached to worldly things, to defer or shift the means which have been prescribed by God for their safety! But let us remember, that it is infinitely hazardous to be under the reigning power, or even the prevalence, of a carnal and unbelieving heart; for, though God wonderfully restricts the range of his judgments for the sake of his people, and in answer to their prayers, yet he is and will be just in depriving them of that wealth, which they sinfully attempted to increase by mingling themselves with the wicked; ch. xiii. 10, 11. Yea, he causes men to be quickly wearied of the shifts which themselves devised for their safety, and obliged to take that at last which he at first prescribed them. But how dangerous is drunkenness! for it readily issues in whoredom and lasting shame!