I . I~ 40 . t. thatkj)~the !Jody,andafterthat are not able to di~ttnymort: -But I w.dl forewarne you whqm you Oull feare: Fearehim, that after he bath kj_lled can caft into I-Iell. Where it is faid (that can-kjllthe !Pody) iris-not tO be vnderllo~d,as though ·anyman hadany power inhimfdfe to kill it,but God giues them leaue fotnerimes; and by his permiffion ,(for the hum~ bling ofhis children) they are able to kill them. As if hee bad faid,this is tbe nature ofmen,that ifthey fee any grow 'powerfull:andgreat,they areafraide,and thinke, How thall we eicape? howc~n any bee free from danger, when fuch perfons arefet vp? But why lhould you bee fo troubled at· their promotion? or why fhouldyou be afraide? When they haue done their worH, what can they doe? the mofi is to trouble youa little,and to fend youout ofthis houfe·o(clay toHeauen,thcy can goeno further but tothe killing ofthe body. But ify~u will feare profitably,and fo as you fhall be the bette.r for it,l tell you whom you fbal f~areJand . Itepeate ·.it againe,that youmay the better marke it: I fay, Feare him th,zt after he·hathkJ!led the ho4y,can kJ.l theJoule too. And ifyou feare him,y·ou need not feare me11:for this true feare wil caG out all falfe feare.SoEcclef.I2.Ij. the holyGho£1 faith, that thu u the endeafa!,to{tare Godandk!epehucomm~tndementl. And Prou.t. Thefeare ~f God u theheginning of11 1 tfedome. Would we then haue the bcginning,and perfcclion ofwife– dome, and theend ofall? let vsfeare God,giue him the ho~ nour ofhis·greatnes,and tremble alwaybefore his facr. ,Reaions to There are diuers reafotu to IJlOUs vs,with all our flrength .makev~ and indeauour to get this feare ofGod in our hearcs;drawne labour ror fi t..- b fi h' h '}I fl fi · . the true rom tne cnc ts w IC · Wl ow rom It, to eueryonei .fcareof which doth in truth imbracc ir. ·God. firlll?rou.8.13.Thefeare ofthe Lordis to hate euill}aJpride· and~trrogancie.Where' hc lhcwcth that -in what mcafure ~ny one feareth God,in the fame meafure he doth loath and de– teLl all euiH: yeanotonlyt~eopen>&abo.minablc fins which the world doth condene;but the moLl fecrc·t and hiddcn.For he faith npt,to hateeuill as murder & adultery,but prideand arrogancie, chefcwhich .lie in the hart and do not fhew the– !elueste theworld: yet he that fearethGodwill hate them. · - · - · - rh· 1$ . . /
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