Key Verse: "But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us," - Ephesians 2:4 KJV
Many are the mercies we receive from heaven. It is
shocking to think how we convert these mercies into an occasion of sin, and
make them the cause of awful miseries. By the senses of the body the soul is
wounded. Our eyes, which should look straight on, and by which we may
search the scriptures of truth—are full of adultery, and used only in
conveying vain objects to our mind. Our ears, which should hear the
sound of the everlasting gospel, the words of life—take in only blasphemies,
backbitings, evil reports, impure discourse, vain blasphemies, and
contentions; and, alas! are entertained with these evil things! Our lips and
tongues, which should move only to mutual edification—are employed in
detraction and slander, and dwell on profane and trifling themes. Our
feet, that should carry us to the house of God, and about our lawful
affairs—run only to mischief, and are swift in the ways of wickedness.