Having thus escap'd, we found we were upon the isle of Malta:

Which would you chuse, that I should come to you arm'd with resentment? or, in a mild and benevolent temper?

let no man mislead you by vain reasonings: for it is for these vices, that the wrath of God lights upon the incredulous.

but in the internal qualities of the mind, in that purity, in that mild and dispassionate temper, which is so acceptable to the divine being.

expecting, and vehemently desiring the day of the Lord would come, when the heavens all on fire shall be dissolv'd, and the elements shall melt with intense heat.