"O fear the Lord, ye his saints, for there is no want to them that
fear him. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but they that
seek the Lord"--that fear him--"shall want no good thing." Psalm
34:9, 10.
Not any thing that God sees good for them, shall those men want that
fear the Lord. If health will do them good, if sickness will do them
good, if riches will do them good, if poverty will do them good, if
life will do them good, if death will do them good, then they shall
not want them; neither shall any of these come nigh them, if they
will not do them good.
Sinner, hast thou deferred to fear the Lord? Is thy heart still so
stubborn as not to say yet, Let us fear the Lord? O, the Lord hath
taken notice of this thy rebellion, and is preparing some dreadful
judgments for thee. "Shall I not visit for these things, saith the
Lord; shall not my soul be avenged of such a nation as this?"
Sinner, why shouldst thou pull vengeance down upon thee? why
shouldst thou pull vengeance down from heaven upon thee? Look up;
perhaps thou hast already been pulling this great while, to pull it
down upon thee. Oh, pull no longer; why shouldst thou be thine own
executioner? Fall down upon thy knees, man, and up with thy heart
and thy hands to the God that dwells in the heavens; cry, yea, cry
aloud, "Lord, unite my heart to fear thy name, and do not harden
mine heart from thy fear.
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