We ought not to look back when fleeing out of Sodom, because Sodom is a city appointed to destruction. The cry of the city hath reached up to heaven. The earth cannot bear such a burden as her inhabitants are- she will therefore disburden herself of them, and spew them out. God will not suffer such a city to stand- he will consume it. God is holy, and his nature is infinitely opposite to all such uncleanness- he will therefore be a consuming fire to it. The holiness of God will not suffer it to stand, and the majesty and justice of God require that the inhabitants of that city who thus offend and provoke him be destroyed. And God will surely destroy them- it is the immutable and irreversible decree of God.-He hath said it, and he will do it. The decree is gone forth, and so sure as there is a God, and he is almighty, and able to fulfil his decrees and threatenings, so surely will he destroy Sodom. Gen. xix. 12, 13. -Whatsoever thou hast in this city, bring them out of this place- for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord, and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it.- And in ver. 14. -Up, get ye out of this place, for the Lord will destroy this city.-