Observe here, 1. As bad as Sodom was, it had. good man in it; God leaves not himself without witness, in the vilest and worst of places God has some that profess his name, and bear witness to his truth.

Observe, 2. The character given of him, just Lot; the denomination was taken from the habitual frame of his heart, and the general tenor of his life.

Observe, 3. How this good man laid to heart the wickedness of Sodom; he was grieved for their wicked and filthy conversation before God, more than for their unkind and cruel behavior towards him; the spirit of. child of God is. sympathizing spirit, it sadly lays to heart both the sins and the sufferings of others.

Observe, 4. The care that God took for this good man's preservation, he delivered just Lot; he delivered him both from the company and conversation of the wicked, which was. continual vexation to him; and also delivered him from the judgments which were righteously brought upon the wicked; and delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked.

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