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THE WRATH
OP
THE LAME.
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knowledge,"
rph.
iii..
18.
But God
is, an
universal so-
vereign,
a
wise
and righteous
governors There
is
majesty
with
him,
as well
as
grace;
and
Jesus
"
is
Lord of
lords,
and
King
of
kings:" He bears thé
image
of
his
Father's
justice,
as well
as
of
his
Father's
love;
otherwise he
could
not
be
the full
"
brightness
of
his
glory,
nor
the
express image
of
his
person," Heb.
i. 3.
And besides, the
Father
hath armed
him with
powers
of
divine vengeance, as
well as
with powers
of
salvation.
Ps.
ii,
9.,
He
has
put
the
"
rod
of
iron
into
his hands,
to
dash the
nations
like
a potter's
vessel."
Rev.
ii.
27.
and
xix.
15.
He
is
the
"
elect and precious corner -stone
laid
in
Zion,"
1
Pet.
ii.
6.
But
he
is
a
stone
that
"
will
bruise
those
who
stumble
at
him,
and those
on whom
he
shall
fall,
he
will
grind them
to
powder,"
Mat.
xxi.
44.
He
is
a lamb
and a
lion too
:
He
can suffer
at Jerusalem
and
Mount
Calvary
with silence,
and
not
open
his
mouth,"
Is.
liii.
7.
and
he
can
roar
from heaven with
overspreading terror, and shake
the world with the
sound
of
his
anger.-
See
that
bis
mercy
be
not
abused.
Remark
II. "
The
day
of
Christ's patience makes haste
to an end.
'
Every
day
of
neglected grace hastens
on
the
hour of
his
wrath and vengeance. Sinners
waste
their
months and years
in
rebellion against
his
love,
while he
waits months and years
to be
gracious: But Christ
is
all
-
wise,
and he knows the
proper period of
long-
suffering,,
and the
proper
moment
to
let
all his
wrath and resentment
loose
on
obstinate
and unreclaimable sinners.
Oh
may
every one
of
our
souls
awake
to
faith
and repentance, to
religion and righteousness, to hope and salvation, before
this day
of our peace
lie
finished,
and gone for
ever.
Ps.
ii.
12.
Kiss
the
Son,
lest
he
be
angry, and ye pe-
rish
from
the
way,
when
his
wrath
is
kindled
but a little.
There
was
once a
season when he
saw
the
nations
of
the
Jews,
and
the
people
of Jerusalem,
wasting the
propo-
sals
of
his love
;
they
let
their
day
of
mercy
pass
away
unimproved, and he foretold
their destruction
with
tears
in
his eyes.
Luke
xix.
4:., 49.
11e
beheld
the city,
and
wept over
it;
alas,
for
the
inhabitants,
who would
not
be saved
-!
He
was
then
a
messenger
of
salvation,
and
clothed
with
pity
to
sinners;
but, in the last
great
day
of
his wrath,
there
is
no
place
for thèse
tears
of
compassion,
no
room for pity
or forgiveness.