Take a serious view of these impertinent and afflictive wishes in the other world: "Oh, that God would grant one more day of grace! Oh, that I were to live my time over again! How I would look upon the flesh-displeasing, sharpest severities of repentance as favors! Oh, that I had kneeled on flints, and wept my eyes out in strong cries and tears for pardon! Oh, that I had given my goods to the poor! Oh, that I had exchanged the delights of the flesh for the pleasures of the Spirit, that I had been filled with the Spirit when I was drunk with wine! Oh, that I had watched over my loose heart day and night! Oh!, that I had fasted and prayed whole days and nights! Oh, that affliction had driven me to Christ, that I had gone through dirty lanes to a heavenly Father's house rather than through pleasant meadows to a prison, and a place of execution! Oh, that a godly, sorrowing life had ended in joy, and that a carnal, voluptuous life had not ended in eternal sorrows! Oh, that I had been a good husband, that I had hearkened to my friends, avoided undoing company, kept my shop, and improved time. I might never have come to this; but now I am undone, I am undone!"" pg. 14,15 'The Abuse of God's Grace' By Nicolas Claget
least part of hell's torments
Take a serious view of these impertinent and afflictive wishes in the other world: "Oh, that God would grant one more day of grace! Oh, that I were to live my time over again! How I would look upon the flesh-displeasing, sharpest severities of repentance as favors! Oh, that I had kneeled on flints, and wept my eyes out in strong cries and tears for pardon! Oh, that I had given my goods to the poor! Oh, that I had exchanged the delights of the flesh for the pleasures of the Spirit, that I had been filled with the Spirit when I was drunk with wine! Oh, that I had watched over my loose heart day and night! Oh!, that I had fasted and prayed whole days and nights! Oh, that affliction had driven me to Christ, that I had gone through dirty lanes to a heavenly Father's house rather than through pleasant meadows to a prison, and a place of execution! Oh, that a godly, sorrowing life had ended in joy, and that a carnal, voluptuous life had not ended in eternal sorrows! Oh, that I had been a good husband, that I had hearkened to my friends, avoided undoing company, kept my shop, and improved time. I might never have come to this; but now I am undone, I am undone!"" pg. 14,15 'The Abuse of God's Grace' By Nicolas Claget
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their lives were worthless to their masters
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I Have Fought Against It, But I Can't Any Longer by the body
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