Wesley Corpus

Is there a God? You know there is. Is he a just God? Then there must be a state of retribution: a state wherein the just God will reward every man according to his works. Then what reward will he render to _you_? O think betimes! Before you drop into eternity! Think now, _He shall have judgment without mercy that hath shewed no mercy_. Are you a _man_? Then you should have a _human_ heart. But have you indeed? What is your heart made of? Is there no such principle as compassion there? Do you never _feel_ another’s pain? Have you no sympathy? No sense of human woe? No pity for the miserable? When you saw the flourishing eyes, the heaving breasts, or the bleeding sides and tortured limbs of your fellow-creatures, was you a stone, or a brute? Did you look upon them with the eyes of a tiger? When you squeezed the agonizing creatures down in the ship, or when you threw their poor mangled remains into the sea, had you no relenting? Did not one tear drop from your eye, one sigh escape from your breast? Do you feel no relenting _now_? If you do not, you must go on, till the measure of your iniquities is full. Then will the great God deal with _you_, as you have dealt with _them_, and require all their blood at your hands. And at that day it shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah than for _you_! But if your heart does relent, though in a small degree, know it is a call from the God of love. And to-day, if you will hear his voice, harden not your heart. To-day resolve, God being your helper, to escape for your life. Regard not money! All that a man hath will he give for his life! Whatever you lose, lose not your soul: nothing can countervail that loss. Immediately quit the horrid trade: at all events, be an honest man.