George Herbert: "The Church-porch"
Day 38: Evening
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None shall in hell such bitter pangs endure,
As those, who mock at Gods way of salvation. Whom oil and balsames kill, what salve can cure? They drink with greedinesse a full damnation. The Jews refused thunder; and we, folly. Though God do hedge us in, yet who is holy? |
None shall endure such bitter pains in hell as those
who mock God's way of salvation. Whom the best restoratives kill, what salve
can cure? They eagerly drink a full damnation. The Jews refused the Laws
of Moses and returned to idolatry; and we refuse inspiration. "The preaching
of the cross is to them that perish foolishness." (I Cor. 1:18.) Though God
hedges us in, yet who is holy?
What of those who mock the preacher and God's way of salvation, those who call preaching folly; they damn themselves repeatedly out of their own mouths. If they can not accept this medicine which God has sent for everyone, what surgery can help them. What of those who believe in God and Christ, or say they believe, and yet arrogantly refuse these guidelines. They have their reward.
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