There is no
resisting God's will. If I am to be saved, I shall be; if I am to be
damned, I shall be. I will put all melancholy thoughts out of my
head, and go and enjoy myself and forget all. At all events, it
won't last long: 'Let me eat and drink, for to-morrow I die.'"
Oh, my dear friends, have not some of you sometimes had such
thoughts? Then hear the word of the Lord to you: "When--whensoever--
whensoever the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness which he
hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall
save his soul alive." "Have I any pleasure in the death of him that
dieth? saith the Lord, and not rather that he should be converted,
and live?" True, most true, that the Lord is unchangeable: but it
is in love and mercy. True, that God's will and law cannot alter:
but what is God's will and law? The soul that sinneth, it shall die?
Yes. But also, the soul that turneth away from its sin, it shall
live. Never believe the devil when he tells you that God hates you.
Never believe him when he tells you that God has been too hard on
you, and put you into such temptation, or ignorance, or poverty, or
anything else, that you cannot mend. No. That font there will give
the devil the lie.
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