The works of George Swinnock, M.A

They who know the anger of God, will stand in awe and not sin; They know that God is not to be mocked; for it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God, for our God is a consuming fire. They know his fury is terrible, intolerable; none can abide it, no sinner can avoid it; therefore they hate sin, the object of it, and fly to Christ, who delivereth from it.

They who know the anger of God, will stand in awe and not sin; They know that God is not to be mocked; for it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God, for our God is a consuming fire. They know his fury is terrible, intolerable; none can abide it, no sinner can avoid it; therefore they hate sin, the object of it, and flie to Christ, who delivereth from it.

O what a work, a gracious sanctifying work doth the knowledge of God make in the soul! It makes the understanding to esteem him ⟨p. 805⟩above all, the will to chose him before all, the affections to desire him, to delight in him more then all; the whole man, to seek him, to serve him, to honour and praise him beyond all in Heaven and earth. What is the reason that God is so much loved, admired, and worshipped, and glorified in his Church, when all the World besides despise him, but this, In Judah is God known, his name is great in Israel! Psa. 76. 1.

O Reader, be confident of this; the more thou knowest of the excellencies of God, the more thou wilt prize his Son, submit to his spirit, crucify the flesh, contemn the world, fear to offend him, study to please him; the more holy thou wilt be in all manner of conversation.