Thomas Watson: meditating on the mercy of God

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... How slow is God to anger. He was longer in destroying Jericho, than in making the world; He made the world in six days, but he was seven days in demolishing the walls of Jericho. How many warning-pieces did God shoot against Jerusalem, before he shot off his murdering-piece? Justice goes a foot-pace, Gen. 18.21. mercy hath wings; the sword of justice oft lies a long time in the scabbard, and rusts, till sin doth draw it out and whet it against a Nation; God’s justice is like the widow's oil, which ran a while, and ceased, 1 Kings 4.6. God’s mercy is like Aaron’s oil, which rested not on his head, but ran down to the skirts of his garment, Psalm 133.2. So the golden oil of God’s mercy doth not rest upon the head of a good parent, but is poured on his children, and so runs down, to the third and fourth generation, even the borders of a religious seed. Often meditate upon the mercy of God. ...

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