Wesley Corpus

When he makes the mountains tremble, and the earth shake, shall not our hearts be moved "Fear ye not me saith the Lord; and will ye not tremble at my presence" (Jer. 5:22.) Will ye not fear me, who can open the windows of heaven above, or break up the fountains of the deep below, and pour forth whole floods of vengeance when I please -- who can "rain upon the wicked snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest;" (Ps. 11:6;) or kindle those streams and exhalations in the bowels and caverns of the earth, and make them force their way to the destruction of towns, cities, and countries who can thus suddenly turn a fruitful land into a barren wilderness; an amazing spectacle of desolation and ruin "Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it." "The lion hath roared; who will not fear With God is terrible majesty; men do therefore fear him." Some do; and all ought. O that his fear might this moment fall upon all you who hear these words; constraining every one of you to cry out, "My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments!" (Ps. 109:10.) O that all might see, now His hand is lifted up, as in act to strike; is stretched out still; and shakes his rod over a guilty land, a people fitted for destruction! For is not this the nation to be visited And "shall not I wait for these things saith the Lord; and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this" (Jer. 5:9.) What but national repentance can prevent national destruction "O consider this, ye that forget God, lest he pluck you away, and there be none to deliver you!" (Ps. 50:22.) That iniquity may not be your ruin, repent! This is the Second advice I would offer you; or, rather, the First enforced upon you farther, and explained. Fear God, and depart from evil; repent, and bring forth fruits meet for repentance; break off our sins this moment. " Wash ye, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; learn to do well," saith the Lord. (Isa. :16, 17.)