An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eleventh, twelfth, & thirteenth chapters of…

And as there are some sins that are as bitter clusters, (as the holy Ghost speaks in Deut. 32.) so God will be as bitter against those that do provoke him bitterly, in Deut. 32. 24. he threatens bitter destruction. Oh! for the creature to forsake God is an evil and a bitter thing, in Jer. 2. 19. and it will be bitterness in the end. As Abner said to Joab. in 2 Sam. 2. 26. Will it not be bitterness in the end? Oh those dalliances of thine will be bitterness in the end: those sins of thine that are the most pleasing to thee, as they are bitter to God, so God will make them bitter to thee one day: in Prov. 5. 4. Her end is bitter as Wormwood: though the beginning is as pleasant as Sugar to you, yet the holy Ghost saith that her end is as bitter as Wormwood. In Jer. 4. 18. Thy way, and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; and this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter. My Brethren, we are charged in Scripture to take heed of being bitter one against another, the Husband (in Colos. 3. 19.) is charged not to be bitter against his Wife. It is an evil thing when in a family there is bitterness. Oh! but when the Spirit of the eternal God is bitter against a people: You Wives who have such a bondage upon you, and you find it evil to have such bitterness from your Husbands: Oh but then look up to God, is Gods Spirit sweet to you? Oh! it is a blessing to have the Spirit of God sweet. There is ¹a Generation of men that hath Gods Spirit bitter towards them, it's one way whereby we provoke God bitterly, by being bitter one against another: in Ephes. 4. 31. Let all bitterness, wrath, and evil speaking be put away: there's a charge of God: As we would obey him in any thing, we are charged to put away all bitterness, anger, and evil speaking, Oh what a spirit of bitterness prevails among us! what bitter words and speeches are there among us! in