O sinner! The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect over the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked. His wrath towards you burns like fire. He looks upon you as worthy of nothing else, but to be cast into the fire. He is of purer eyes than to bear to have you in his sight. You are ten thousand times more abominable in His eyes, than the most hateful venomous serpent is in ours. O sinner! You have offended Him infinitely more than ever a stubborn rebel did his prince; and yet it is nothing but His hand that holds you from falling into the fire every moment. O sinner! It is to be ascribed to nothing else, that you did not go to hell the last night; that you were allowed to awake again in this world, after you closed your eyes to sleep. And there is no other reason to be given, why you have not dropped into hell since you arose in the morning, but that God's hand has held you up. O sinner! There is no other reason to be given why you have not gone to hell, since you have sat here in the house of God, provoking His pure eyes by your sinful wicked manner of attending His solemn worship. O sinner! Yes, there is nothing else that is to be given as a reason why you do not this very moment drop down into hell. O sinner! Consider the fearful danger you are in! O sinner! It is a great furnace of wrath, a wide and bottomless pit, full of the fire of wrath, that you are held over, in the hand of that God whose wrath is provoked and incensed as much against you, as against many of the damned in hell. O sinner! You hang by a slender thread, with the flames of divine wrath flashing about it, and ready every moment to singe it, and burn it asunder. And you have no interest in any Mediator, and nothing to lay hold of to save yourself, nothing to keep off the flames of wrath, nothing of your own, nothing that you ever have done, nothing that you can do, to induce God to spare you one moment!

Jonathan Edwards

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Grains		Vegetables	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/2	lb	Thick-sliced bacon
1	lg	Onion; cut in small dice
1/2	c	Dijon mustard
3		Cloves garlic; minced
1/2	c	Olive oil
1/4	c	Sherry vinegar
1	tb	Brown mustard seeds
1 1/2	lb	Tiny new potatoes; halved
1/4	c	Capers; drained
1	sm	Red pepper; cut small triangles
		Salt and pepper
1	sm	Bunch mustard greens; trimmed

INSTRUCTIONS

Cook bacon in skillet until crisp. Remove with slotted spoon and drain.
Cool and coarsely chop; place in large bowl. Set aside until needed.
Cook onion in remaining bacon fat over moderate heat for 15 minutes. Remove
with slotted spoon and add to bacon.
Make Mustard Dressing: Place Dijon and garlic in a bowl; mix well. Using a
wire whisk, incorporate the olive oil a bit at a time, whisking to form a
smooth emulsion. Add the vinegar and whisk until smooth. Add mustard seeds
and mix well.
Meanwhile, cook potatoes in salted boiling water until they are tender but
not mushy. Drain, cool. Add potatoes to the bacon and onion; mix gently.
Add the dressing, capers, red pepper, and mix. Season with salt and pepper.
Serve on a bed of mustard greens.
Recipe by: Hot, Hotter, Hottest by Janet Hazen
Posted to KitMailbox Digest  by J Pellegrino <gigimfg@ix.netcom.com> on May
02, 1998

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