A65285:2664
A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
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Secondly, God's Wrath hath something in it Positive. That is, his Frown and enraged Fury, which is [Greek or Hebrew], Wrath come upon the Sinner to the uttermost, 1 Thess. 2.16. Here, three Positions or Maxims.
Secondly, God's Wrath hath something in it Positive. That is, his Frown and enraged Fury, which is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Wrath come upon the Sinner to the uttermost, 1 Thess. 2.16. Here, three Positions or Maxims.
1. God's Wrath is irresistible. Psal. 90.11. Who knows the power of thy anger? Sinners may oppose God's Ways, but not his Wrath. Shall the Briars contend with the Fire? Shall finite contend with infinite? Job 40.9. Hast thou an Arm like God?
1. God's Wrath is irresistible. Psal. 90.11. Who knows the power of thy anger? Sinners may oppose God's Ways, but not his Wrath. Shall the Briars contend with the Fire? Shall finite contend with infinite? Iob 40.9. Hast thou an Arm like God?
2. God's Wrath is Terrible. The Spanish Proverb is, The Lion is not so fierce as he is painted. We are apt to have slight Thoughts of God's Wrath, but it is very tremendous and dismal: as if scalding Lead should be dropped in ones Eye. The Hebrew Word for Wrath, [Greek or Hebrew], signifies Heat. To show that the Wrath of God is hot, therefore it is compared to Fire in the Text. Fire, when it is in its Rage, is dreadful, (as we saw in the Flames of this City.) So the Wrath of God is like Fire, it is the Terrible of Terribles. Other Fire is but painted to this. If when God's Wrath is kindled but a little, and a Spark of it flies into a wicked Man's Conscience in this Life, it is so terrible; what will it be when God stirs up all his Wrath?