God's anger

There is no less difference between Gods anger and his favour, then between death and life; death in the most dismal horror; and life in the most comfortable sweetness of it. ^gIn his favour there is life: death in his anger; ^hfor when thou art angry, all our days are gone. There is great light given to contraries by their comparison: look first a little upon the favour of God: ⁱOh how excellent is thy loving kindness, O Lord? Thy Saints shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house, and thou wilt make them to drink of the river of thy pleasures. What follows upon his favour, but satisfaction, and peace, and joy, and eternal life? When the deluge of water had defaced that great book of Nature, Noah had a copy of every kind of Creature with him in that famous Library, the Ark: out of which they were reprinted to the world. So he that hath the favour of God in the Ark of the Covenant, hath the Original copy of all blessings: if they could all have perished, yet so they might be restored. God is the best Store-house, the best treasury: O happy men that have their estates laid up there! Though friends, goods, and life forsake us, yet if Gods gracious countenance shine upon us, that will be life, and goods, and friends unto us. These benefits and comforts flow from his favour.

There is no lesse difference between Gods anger and his favour, then between death and life; death in the most dismall horrour; and life in the most comfortable sweetnesse of it. ^gIn his favour there is life: death in his anger; ^hfor when thou art angry, all our days are gone. There is great light given to contraries by their comparison: look first a little upon the favour of God: ⁱOh how excellent is thy loving kindnesse, O Lord? Thy Saints shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatnesse of thy house, and thou wilt make them to drink of the river of thy pleasures. What followes upon his favour, but satisfaction, and peace, and joy, and eternall life? When the deluge of water had defaced that great book of Nature, Noah had a copy of every kind of Creature with him in that famous Library, the Arke: out of which they were reprinted to the world. So he that hath the favour of God in the Arke of the Covenant, hath the Originall copy of all blessings: if they could all have perished, yet so they might be restor'd. God is the best Store-house, the best treasury: O happy men that have their estates laid up there! Though friends, goods, and life forsake us, yet if Gods gracious countenance shine upon us, that wil be life, and goods, and friends unto us. These benefits and comforts flow from his favour.