When He shows no anger!

("The Mute Christian Under the Smarting Rod" or, "The Silent Soul with Sovereign Antidotes" by Thomas Brooks, 1659, London.)

"The Lord disciplines the one He loves, and punishes every son whom He receives." Hebrews 12:6

There cannot be a greater evidence of God's hatred and wrath—than His refusing to correct men for their sinful courses and vanities!

Where God refuses to correct—there God resolves to destroy!

There is no man so near God's ax—so near the flames—so near Hell—as he whom God will not so much as spend a rod upon!

"Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline." Revelation 3:19

God is most angry—when He shows no anger!

Who can seriously meditate upon this, and not be silent under God's most smarting rod?

"Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, He gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done." Romans 1:28