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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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(4.) While the Wicked lie scorching in the Flames of Wrath, they have none to commiserate them. 'Tis some Ease of Grief to have some condole with us; but the Wicked have Wrath and no Pity shown them. Who should pity them? God will not pity them. They derided his Spirit, and now he will laugh at their Calamity, Prov. 1.26. The Saints will not pity them: They persecuted the Saints upon Earth, therefore they will rejoice to see God's Justice executed on them. Psal. 58.10. The Righteous shall rejoice when he sees the Vengeance.
(4.) While the Wicked lie scorching in the Flames of Wrath, they have none to commiserate them. 'Tis some Ease of Grief to have some condole with us; but the Wicked have Wrath and no Pity shown them. Who should pity them? God will not pity them. They derided his Spirit, and now he will laugh at their Calamity, Prov. 1.26. The Saints will not pity them: They persecuted the Saints upon Earth, therefore they will rejoyce to see God's Justice executed on them. Psal. 58.10. The Righteous shall rejoyce when he sees the Vengeance.
(5.) The Sinner under Wrath hath none to speak a good Word for him. An Elect Person when he sins hath one to intercede for him: 1 John 2.1. We have an Advocate, Jesus Christ the righteous. Christ will say, It is one of my Friends, one whom I have shed my Blood for; Father, pardon him. But the Wicked (that die in Sin) have none to solicit for them; they have an Accuser but no Advocate; Christ's Blood will not plead for them; they slighted Christ, and refused to come under his Government, therefore Christ's Blood cries against them.