The Providence of God in All Things - 3

This truth, Philosophy, though eagle-eyed

In nature's tendencies, oft overlooks;

And, having found his instrument, forgets,

Or disregards, or, more presumptuous still,

Denies the power that wields it.  God proclaims

His hot displeasure against foolish men,

That live an atheist life; involves the heaven

In tempests; quits his grasp upon the winds,

And gives them all their fury; bids a plague

Kindle a fiery boil upon the skin,

And putrefy the breath of blooming Health.

- William Cowper Compendium p.737

Part 3 of 5

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful;

but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on His law doth he meditate day and night.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither, and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

The ungodly are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

- Psalm One

 

Seriously weighty words.  (Presumptuous - As if HE needs my commentary.)