Deuteronomy 28:15-19

Very awful are these denunciations. Wherever the sinner goes, however he is circumstanced, however employed in the midst of the greatest temporal possessions, the basket may be full, the wine presses running over with new wine; yet, if the curse of GOD be upon the whole, they are of no value; misery is in all, Reader! pause over this account; and them look into life. Doth not this explain to us, why we see so many miserable in the midst of affluence? "To the pure, " saith the apostle, "all things are pure, but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving, is nothing pure." Titus 1:15. The original curse upon the ground, being not taken off to the unregenerate heart, still remains to bring forth thorns and thistles; and these cannot but produce an everlasting source of disquietude; for the curse of GOD is in the house of the wicked. Proverbs 3:33. Reader! if you are sitting down to the enjoyment of covenant mercies, do not fail to eye JESUS in every one. Even in the contrast of the carnal man's misery we view our privilege. Oh! what a relish doth the conscious love and favor, and good-will of him that dwelt in the bush, give to our mercies. Even our afflictions with him are like the spiced wine of the pomegranate. Song 1-8.