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-LCB- 272 -RCB- Now I saw that , just on the other side of this plain , the pilgrims came to a place where stood an old monument , hard by the highway side , at the sight of which they were both concerned , because of the strangeness of the form thereof ; for it seemed to them as if it had been a woman transformed into the shape of a pillar ; here , therefore they stood looking , and looking upon it , but could not for a time tell what they should make thereof . At last Hopeful espied written above the head thereof , a writing in an unusual hand ; but he being no scholar , called to Christian -LRB- for he was learned -RRB- to see if he could pick out the meaning ; so he came , and after a little laying of letters together , he found the same to be this , `` Remember Lot 's Wife '' . So he read it to his fellow ; after which they both concluded that that was the pillar of salt into which Lot 's wife was turned , for her looking back with a covetous heart , when she was going from Sodom for safety . -LSB- Gen. 19:26 -RSB- Which sudden and amazing sight gave them occasion of this discourse . -LCB- 273 -RCB- CHR . Ah , my brother ! this is a seasonable sight ; it came opportunely to us after the invitation which Demas gave us to come over to view the Hill Lucre ; and had we gone over , as he desired us , and as thou wast inclining to do , my brother , we had , for aught I know , been made ourselves like this woman , a spectacle for those that shall come after to behold .