2. God hath wrath to punish, as well as patience to bear. He hath a fury to revenge the outrages done to his meekness; when his Messages of peace sent to reclaim men are slighted, his Sword shall be whetted, and his instruments of War prepared. Hos. 5.8. Blow ye the Cornet in Gibeah, and the Trumpet in Ramah. As he deals gently like a Father, so he can punish capitally as a Judge. Though he holds his peace for a long time, yet at last he will go forth like a mighty man; and stir up jealousy as a man of War to cut in pieces his Enemies. 'Tis not said, he hath no anger, but that he is slow to anger, but sharp in it. He hath a Sword to cut, and a Bow to shoot, and Arrows to pierce. Psal. 12.13. Though be be long a drawing the one out of its Scabbard, and long a fitting the other to his Bow, yet when they are ready, he strikes home, and hits the mark. Though he hath a time of patience, yet he hath also a day of rebuke. Hos. 5.9. Though patience over-rules Justice by suspending it, yet Justice will at last over-rule patience by an utter silencing it. God is Judge of the whole Earth to right men, yet he is no less Judge, of the injuries he receives to right himself. Though God a while was pressed with the murmurings of the Israelites, after their coming out of Egypt, and seemed desirous to give them all satisfaction upon their unworthy complaints, yet when they came to open hostility, in setting a Golden Calf in his Throne, he commissions the Levites, to kill every man his Brother, and companion in the Camp. Exod. 32.27. And how desirous soever he was to content them before, they never murmured afterwards, but they severely smarted for it. When once he hath begun to use his Sword, he sticks it up naked, that it might be ready for use upon every occasion. Though he hath feet of Lead, yet he hath hands of Iron. It was long that he supported the peevishness of the Jews, but at last he captiv'd them by the arms of the Babylonians, and laid them wast by the power of the Romans. He planted by the Apostles Churches in the East, and when his Goodness and Long-suffering prevailed not with them, he tore them up by the roots. What Christians are to be found in those once famous parts of Asia, but what are overgrown with much error and ignorance?
2. God hath wrath to punish, as well as patience to bear. He hath a fury to revenge the outrages done to his meekness; when his Messages of peace sent to reclaim men are slighted, his Sword shall be whetted, and his instruments of War prepar'd. Hos. 5.8. Blow ye the Cornet in Gibeah, and the Trumpet in Ramah. As he deals gently like a Father, so he can punish capitally as a Judge. Though he holds his peace for a long time, yet at last he will go forth like a mighty man; and stir up jealousie as a man of War to cut in pieces his Enemies. 'Tis not said, he hath no anger, but that he is slow to anger, but sharp in it. He hath a Sword to cut, and a Bow to shoot, and Arrows to pierce. Psal. 12.13. Though be be long a drawing the one out of its Scabbard, and long a fitting the other to his Bow, yet when they are ready, he strikes home, and hits the mark. Though he hath a time of patience, yet he hath also a day of rebuke. Hos. 5.9. Though patience over-rules Justice by suspending it, yet Justice will at last over-rule patience by an utter silencing it. God is Judge of the whole Earth to right men, yet he is no less Judge, of the injuries he receives to right himself. Though God a while was pressed with the murmurings of the Israelites, after their coming out of Egypt, and seemed desirous to give them all satisfaction upon their unworthy complaints, yet when they came to open hostility, in setting a Golden Calf in his Throne, he commissions the Levites, to kill every man his Brother, and companion in the Camp. Exod. 32.27. And how desirous soever he was to content them before, they never murmured afterwards, but they severely smarted for it. When once he hath begun to use his Sword, he sticks it up naked, that it might be ready for use upon every occasion. Though he hath feet of Lead, yet he hath hands of Iron. It was long that he supported the peevishness of the Jews, but at last he captiv'd them by the arms of the Babylonians, and laid them wast by the power of the Romans. He planted by the Apostles Churches in the East, and when his Goodness and Long-suffering prevail'd not with them, he tore them up by the roots. What Christians are to be found in those once famous parts of Asia, but what are overgrown with much error and ignorance?
