hath God punished proud men! Nebuchadnezzar was turned to eat grass; Herod eat up with vermin. How hath God plagued idolaters! Numbers 25:3, 4, 9; 1 Kings 14:9, 10. What a swift witness hath he been against liars! Acts 5:5, 10. These examples are set up as sea-marks to avoid. 1 Cor. 10:11; Jude 7. 2. Observe the examples of God’s mercy to saints. Jeremiah was preserved in the dungeon; the three children in the furnace; Daniel in the lion’s den. These examples are props to faith, spurs to holiness.
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