inewergoing Oan't Heber; ptiott. 35'9 that violence, that Love it felfis obliged to call inFear Chap. 7. to its affrffance, as beingmore proper to ref-refs its in- ordinate motions. 'Tis only m Heaven that perfect Love will confume all concupifcence, and call out fear ofJudgment: but whilfi we are encompafi with tempta- tions,wemuff not thinkunder thepretext ofa more rai- fed Spirituality, that the fear ofHell is either unbe- coming or unneceffary. 'Tis not unworthy a Child of God to employ all the Motives of the Gofpel. We are commanded to workout our own Salvation with fear and trembling. Phil, z. iz; But the opening ofHell to our view is not fufficient alone to make us Holy. For the firongefi terrors al- though they refirain from the outwardforbidden at,yet do not change the Heart. According to that ofSt. Auflin, Inaniter fe vic orern putat of e peccati qui pen e timore non peccat ; quia etfi non impletur finis ne- gotium male cupiditatis, ipfa tarnen cupiditas intus ell hoiis ; That is, the fear ofPunifhment can never make us truly viólorious over fin, becaufe although we do not a6ually accomplifh the delires ofthe corrupt Will yet thecorrupt Will is fiill an enemy that lives within, and is only deftroyed by the love ofHolinefs, which al- lures us by the excellent Reward that is promifed to it. Befides, Fear is a violent Paffion to which Nature is re- pugnant, fo that although its power is great, yet not conffant.How ftrongfoever the force is by which a fione is thrownupwards, yet the impreffion is weaknedby de- grees,,and overcome by the natural weight of the Stone whereby it falls to theCenter. So the Humane Nature refills Fear, and leffens its impetuoufnefs fo far, that frequently it returns to fenfual Lulls. Therefore that theLaw of the Spirit maybe perfe& and fiable, it mull be confirmed by thé hopes of Heaven. As the Natural, fo theSpiritual Lifemull be nourifht by grateful food, 'as
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