Very frequently anger is the madman's firebrand, but sometimes it is Elijah's fire from heaven. He who is not angry at transgression becomes a partaker in it.
Sin is a loathsome and hateful thing, and no renewed heart can patiently endure it.
Is it not the old evil heart seeking to gain dominion, and should we not resist it with all the might of our newborn nature. Some one told Mr. Jay that grace was often grafted on a crab-stump. We must not make natural infirmity an excuse for sin, but we must fly to the cross and pray the Lord to crucify our tempers, and renew us in gentleness and meekness after His own image.