Sermons on Several Occasions Author:John Wesley Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: but if the salt hath lost its savour, it is thenceforth good for nothing; but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men." 13. And " Shall I not visi... more »t for these things, saith the Lord ? Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this ?" Yea, we know not how soon he may say to the sword, " Sword, go through this land!" He hath given us long space to repent. He lets us alone this year also : but he warns and awakens us by thunder. His judgments are abroad in the earth. And we have all reason to expect the heaviest of all, even that he " should come unto us quickly and remove our candlestick out of its place, except we repent and do the first works;" unless we return tp the principles of the reformation, the truth and simplicity of the gospel. Perhaps we are now resisting the last effort of divine grace to save us. Perhaps we have well nigh " filled up the measure of our iniquities," by rejecting the counsel of God against ourselves, and casting out his messengers. 14. Oh God, " in the midst of wrath remember mercy !" Be glorified in our reformation, not in our destruction! Let us hear the rod, and him that appointed it! Now that thy " judgments are abroad in the earth, let the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness!" 15. My brethren, it is high time for us to awake out of sleep; before the " great trumpet of the Lord be blown," and our land become a field of blood. Oh may we speedily see the things that make for our peace, before they are hid from our eyes! " Turn thou us, oh good Lord, and let thine anger cease from us. Oh Lord, look down from heaven, behold and visit this vine;" and cause us to know " the time of our visitation." " Help us, oh God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name! Oh deliver us, and be merciful to our sins, for thy name's s...« less