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-LCB- 275 -RCB- CHR . It is a thing to be wondered at , and it argueth that their hearts are grown desperate in the case ; and I can not tell who to compare them to so fitly , as to them that pick pockets in the presence of the judge , or that will cut purses under the gallows . It is said of the men of Sodom , that they were sinners exceedingly , because they were sinners before the Lord , that is , in his eyesight , and notwithstanding the kindnesses that he had showed them -LSB- Gen. 13:13 -RSB- ; for the land of Sodom was now like the garden of Eden heretofore . -LSB- Gen. 13:10 -RSB- This , therefore , provoked him the more to jealousy , and made their plague as hot as the fire of the Lord out of heaven could make it . And it is most rationally to be concluded , that such , even such as these are , that shall sin in the sight , yea , and that too in despite of such examples that are set continually before them , to caution them to the contrary , must be partakers of severest judgments . HOPE . Doubtless thou hast said the truth ; but what a mercy is it , that neither thou , but especially I , am not made myself this example !