"Dealy beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath; for it is written. Vengeance is mine, I will repay; saith the Lord." --- Romans 12:10.
Judge ye, then, my brethren, would it be wise to snatch the rod out of the all-powerful hand of God, to take it into our own, even were it in our power to do it.
We are taught by the holy prphet not to avenge ourselves, it being daring presumption to usurp God's province, and to step into his throne. He that chastiseth the nations, shall he not correct? Might may overcome right for a time, to try God's children: but whether that is done with close hand, so as not to be discovered; or with a high hand, so as not to be controlled; God will, in his due time, show himself, and assert his right of vengeance against all that would take it from him.
It is, therefore, our wisdom to call to mind our blessed Lord's silence, when he suffered, and copy after it, committing ourselves to him that judgeth righteously.
Grace dwells with justice on the throne,
And men that love thy word
Have in thy sanctuary known
The counsels of the Lord.
When God, in his own sovereign ways,
Come down to save the oppressed,
The wrath of man shall work his praise,
And he'll restrain the rest.