Turned into beasts, birds, stones, trees, or air!
(Thomas Brooks, "The Crown and Glory of Christianity,
or, HOLINESS, the Only Way to Happiness", 1662)
"Our GOD is a consuming fire."
Hebrews 12:29
Chaff and stubble cannot stand before
that GOD, who is a consuming fire. Oh,
how will the ungodly tremble and quake
when the whole frame of heaven and
earth shall break in pieces, and be set
in a flame about their ears!
Oh . . .
what trouble of mind,
what horror and terror of conscience,
what weeping and wailing,
what crying and roaring,
what wringing of hands,
what tearing of hair, and
what gnashing of teeth,
will there be among
the ungodly in this day--
when they shall see their sins
charged upon them on the one side--
and divine justice terrifying them
on the other side!
When they shall look upward, and
there see an angry GOD frowning
upon them; and look downward,
and there see Hell gaping ready
to receive them; and look inward,
and there find conscience
accusing and gnawing of them!
When they shall look on their right
hand, and there behold the holy
angels standing with so many
flaming swords to keep them
out of Heaven; and look on their
left hand, and there behold
the devil and his demons ready to
drag them down to the lowest Hell!
Oh, now how will they wish for
the rocks to fall upon them, and
the mountains to cover them!
How will they wish that they
had never been born; or that
they might now be unborn!
How will they now wish that their
immortal souls were mortal; or that
they might be turned into beasts,
birds, stones, trees, or air--
or anything rather than what they are!
Alas! what heart is able to conceive,
or what tongue is able to express--
the fear and dread, the horror
and terror, the astonishment and
amazement, which will fall upon
all ungodly people in that day!
"For GOD did not appoint us
to suffer wrath, but to receive
salvation through our LORD
JESUS CHRIST." 1 Thessalonians 5:9
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