Judging God by ourselves (Solomon Stoddard)

[Reformed Covenanter]

That man is ignorant of the gracious nature of God: men don't understand how merciful God is; are apt to measure the compassions of God by their own; and make a judgment of God by themselves: …

Solomon Stoddard, The safety of appearing at the day of judgment, in the righteousness of Christ: opened and applied (Boston MA: Samuel Phillips, 1687), p. 125.

 

[dnlcnwy]

God doesn't owe us a thing except his wrath. It is only by his unmerited Grace that we are shown any consideration at all. We all chose Satan and his ways at the fall and if God chooses to save any of us it is by his Grace and to our infinite good fortune. The rest of us get the fate of our master, an eternity in hell.