God's anger

Thus terrible is the anger of God: now what is he angry withal, but sin? That is the perpetual make-bate betwixt God and us; the fuel of the fire of his indignation. Your iniquities have separated between you and your God. For this cause ¹he looks upon us as a stranger, yea as an enemy. But they rebelled, and vexed his holy spirit: therefore ²he was turned to be their Enemy, and he fought against them. But they rebelled: mans occasion of offending God, is but a But, a nothing, no cause at all: Gods occasion of being angry with men, is a therefore, a cause sufficient, and that cause is sin. Search the holy Book all over, and ⟨p. 11⟩you shall never find God angry but for sin. Nor doth the flame of his wrath break out upon every sin; but when sin grows impudent and past shame. We were wont to say, that veritas non quae rit angulos: but now, vit•um non quaerit angulos: It doth that in a bravery, with which the false Prophet was threatened, that he should do in fear; ^ait runs from Chamber to Chamber, from house to house, not to hide it self, but to boast it self. We so provoke the Lord, that we do not only anger him, but are angry with him. If the winds do not blow, and the rain fall, as we would have it; if any thing falls out cross to our desires, we even vex at God himself; as if he were bound to wait upon our humours. No marvel if God be angry with us, when we dare be angry with him: by murmuring at his actions, and calling his providence into question. ^bDoest thou well to be angry, O man? No, it is exceeding ill, and dangerous. We may tremble to think that the pot should fall out with the potter, and man be angry with his Maker. It is the meretricious and shameless forehead of sin that angers God: And in this anger we here find him, but let us not so leave him: and yet the next point tells us that his wrath is not suddenly pacified:

Thus terrible is the anger of God: now what is he angry withall, but sinne? That is the perpetuall make-bate betwixt God and us; the fuel of the fire of his indignation. Your iniquities have separated between you and your God. For this cause