Excerpt from Essential Difference Between the Righteous and Wicked: A Sermon, Delivered Jan, 14, 1810, in the New South Meeting House, Salem The palfage I have chofen for my text, is part of a familiar converfation which Abraham had with God, on the day before the deftruc'tion of Sodom, and on the fubjeet of that awful event. The de fcen'dants Of Ham, it appears, had apoftatized in general from the worfhip Of the true God, early after the deluge. Thofe of them who inhabited Sodom and its neighboring cities, had become fo extremely corrupt in the days Of Abraham. That: the enormity of their wickednefs required, that God {hould make them an example to the world Of his righteous judgment. This determination he was pleafed to reveal to his fervant Abraham. Twenty four years after the father Of the faithful had been. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.