God's anger

God is long patient before he grows angry; why should he not be long angry before he be appeased? He is not easily provoked, why should he be so easily pacified? yet so propense to mercy is our ⟨p. 16⟩gracious Father, that the fire which was long a kindling, is soon quenched: His anger, that is not blown into a flame without many and long continued sins, is yet put out with a few penitent tears. When our houses are burning, it were but foolish to cry out, we are undone, alas the fire rageth; and we all the while forbear to cast on water. The Usque quo of Gods anger waits for the Quousque of our repentance. He will not give over-striking, till we fall a weeping: and we may do well to weep before him, for (sure) we did ill to sin against him. His anger doth now long offend us, but our wickednesses did far longer offend him. We have provoked him many years; and shall not his wrath burn many days? Still it flameth: let us make hast to bring our buckets of water, filled at the cisterns of our eyes, and derived from the fountain of our hearts, to quench it. Let no hands be wanting to this business: for if some bring in the water of tears, whiles others cast in the fuel of sins, this fire will burn still. But from the highest to the lowest let us come in with repentance: and that all of us, even the whole people: for so far Gods wrath extendeth.

God is long patient before he grows angry; why should he not be long angry before he be appeased? He is not easily provoked, why should he be so easily pacified? yet so propense to mercy is our ⟨p. 16⟩gracious Father, that the fire which was long a kindling, is soon quenched: His anger, that is not blown into a flame without many and long continued sins, is yet put out with a few penitent tears. When our houses are burning, it were but foolish to cry out, we are undone, alas the fire rageth; and we all the while forbear to cast on water. The Usque quo of Gods anger waits for the Quousque of our repentance. He will not give over-striking, till we fall a weeping: and we may do well to weep before him, for (sure) we did ill to sin against him. His anger doth now long offend us, but our wickednesses did farr longer offend him. We have provoked him many yeares; and shall not his wrath burn many days? Still it flameth: let us make hast to bring our buckets of water, filled at the cisternes of our eyes, and derived from the fountaine of our hearts, to quench it. Let no hands be wanting to this businesse: for if some bring in the water of tears, whiles others cast in the fewell of sins, this fire will burn still. But from the higehst to the lowest let us come in with repentance: and that all of us, even the whole people: for so far Gods wrath extendeth.