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d mesfienRers of God to the holy families which, like Lot, arc almost suffocated with the abominations, and maddened with the blaKphcmios of the multitude. Itiaa gOflty ermnd. a wt»e and ^<idly errand It 1% in all verily, to which we have addrcKsed uur&elvea. Some call us rath and imprudent, while otben blaspheme us as troublers of the peace, and raiaon of insurrection, and undcsigjimg enemies of tboie whom we would ig^norantly succour. >>.verthe- leas, beheving that the time is abort, and the ^ of destruction juU abcHit to begin; seeing n.j ril£ THHfiE tJKCtKA^' SI>lftlTB< 891 storm all bhickcni»g. and the lempe«t> wing ruf* Rirnr the dnrk ivaUtk, and swirling round iht; Ujr< buleutiluHt ; hearing the iiiiderjjro^uid grov%'ling:aof lh« ^saih, aod seeing tlie fiery ra^ of the h«^t«riis above, the g^tariDg redness of the nun, and the flaring g:lcamft of the upper )ighh)ing$, Ihe burst* ingB out ol' the vokaaic tres, m\d amongst mon witnessing the dislractioD of Ihe niters, and the madtie^^of the pea[»le, and the silent, <)renr)', and glooiny ex|>bctutio» of all ; what can u-c du but baste and hurry forward, plunge \rreoklesftly on- ward, and carry through tholands the pled^'c of sali- vation ; sayint;. Haste yc, haste yc, haMte ye ! oBcape foryourli¥ca: oul.out of ihecity; Jook not back; flee, flee ; every man »&^ Ms own soul. Come* come into the ark, ere the door be barrad for ever. The deluge is descending, the riouiitaJn top» are vr^X with the torrents poured down from the opened windows of heaven, and the storo- houses of the deep beneath ire nisbing through their caverns up to the realms of day : haste ye, haste ye, enter into your chambers for safety until the day of lerrihlc? wrath be overpftsl: hide ye, oh hide ye in the salvation of the wings of Jcf^us, until the seventh blast be blown, and the etorm of the terrible ones he laid forever, until the great •tatue of fearful oppression be ground into powder, and the powder carried away and scattered like the dust of the summer threshing Hoor. This is our work, this is our heraldry, this is our vo- cation : and will ye not help us, my dearly beloved brethren i or, rather, will ye not help the Lord, and the people of the Lord? Ye will, and the Lord will help you also. My beloved in Christ Jesus, yc will not only entertain the angel:* who a u^ 892 TH£THHlbE lillCLKAM SPIftlTA. [Ojj.lL are gone forih to look oq Sodomy aod help tbem with a w«loomc od tlie way i bul Abraham-like, seeing ye are the children of faithful Abrahaoit ye will