[b]The best friend--but the worst enemy![/b](Thomas Watson, "Body of Divinity")Woe to all such, as have God against them. He lives forever to be avenged upon them. "Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong in the day that I shall deal with you?" Such as oppose His people, trampling these jewels in the dust; and such as live in contradiction to God's Word--engage the Infinite Majesty of heaven against them! How dreadful will their case be! "As surely as I live, when I sharpen My flashing sword and begin to carry out justice, I will bring vengeance on My enemies and repay those who hate Me!"If it is so dreadful to hear the lion roar, what must it be when he begins to tear his prey? "Consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you in pieces!" Oh that men would think of this--who go on in sin! Shall we engage the great God against us? God strikes slow--but heavy! "Have you an arm like God?" Can you strike such a blow? God is the best friend--but the worst enemy! If He can look men into their grave, how far can He throw them? "Who knows the power of His wrath?" What fools are they, who, for a drop of pleasure--drink a sea of wrath! Paracelsus speaks of a craze some have, which will make them die dancing. Just so--sinners go dancing to hell!
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