Preached at Lincolns Inne Upon Trinity-Sunday, 1620

              preached at lyn Lin lincoins lincolns Lincol coins ns inne upon trinity sunday 1620 GEN 18.25 1825 1825 SHALL NOT THE IUDGE OF ALL THE EARTH DO RIGHT EIGHT kight f T NHESB WORDS are the entrance into that prayer and expostula- tion THESE which abraham made to and with god in the behalfe of sodome codome and the other cities he that is before abraham was christ jesus himselfe himselfe in that prayer which he hath proposed to us hath laid such a foundation as this is such a religious insinuation into him to whom we make that prayer before we aske any thing we say our father which art in heaven if he be our father A father when his sonne asks bread will not give him a stone god hath a fatherly disposition towards us and if he be our father in heaven if evill fathers know nom now how to give sive sloe give good things unto their children how much more shall your heavenly father give the spirit to them that agie aske agle him shall your father which is in heaven deny you any good thing sayes christ there it is impossible shall not the ludge of all the earth do right sayes abraham here it is as im- possible the history which occasioned and induced these words I1 know you know the holy ghost by moses hath expressed plainly and your meditations have paraphrased to your selves this history that god appeared to abraham in the plaine of mamre in the persons of three men three men so glorious as that abraham gave them a great respect that abraham spoke to those three as to one person that he exhibited all offices of humanity and hospitality unto them that after they had executed the first part of their commission which was to latifie ratifie ratifie and to reduce to a more certainty of time the promise of isaac and consequently of the messias though abraham and sara 1