Dirta.6. DircU·7· DireU.8• DircU·9· Virdl. re. .;fgaiuft ji11jttl fear of t!Je De1Jil mfd of Mw. ~· 6. Direct. 6. Remtmber bow jou honour the Droit by ftJring him, and p!eafure him by thU< ho· nouring him. And will you JlOt abhor to honour, and pltll(t fuch an enemy of God and ycu ? This is it that he w?uld have; to be feared inilead of God : He glorieth in it as put of his dotnininn : As Tyrants rtJoyce to fee men fear them, as thofe that can dtlhoy th!!m when they will, fo the Devil triumpheth in your fears as his honour. When God reprehtndeth the Idolatry of the JjiJelites, ic is as they feared thtir Id,l! of Wood and Stone. To fiar them, 01ewcd that they took them for their Gods, 2 Ki>tgr '7· ;8, 39• Dan. 6. z6. ~· 1· Direct. 7· Co>tfidcr thJt it if a fo!y " be inordinmly fwful of th31 which never d;d bef"U tiJte, a11d Mever bcf.~Uct1J one tl{nuny hundred thouf.md mrn; 1mc.m any tenibk appearance of the Devil. Thou ntver fJ.well him : nor heartH: credibly but of very few in an age that fee him ( befides Witclus ) : This fear therefore is irrational, the danger being utterly improbable. ~· 8•. J?irett. 8. Confider tbat if the Devil jhould appeJt to tbre, ;ea, a11d cmy thee to the ''P of a Mou~tam, or tbe pinnacle of the Temple, 11nd t.Jlk tJ thee n·itb bl.Jjfhemott~ temptatimJ, it would ben;~ other than what tby Lord IJimfelf fubmimJ to; who war jliU the deJrly belov;d of tbe Fatber, Mmh.4. 011e fin is more terrible than this. . ~· 9• Direct. 9· Remember tbaJ ifGod jh:mld permit bi.m tl) appe.u to tbee, i1 nzi1,bt turn to thy ve: ry great advaHtage: by kj~'i11g aft tby unbet;ef or dmbu, of Angel1, .znd Spirit I, and tbe :t4€m waU ~ It would fenlibly prove to thee that there is indeed an unhappy uce ot Spirits, whu <.nvy man and itek his ruine, and fo would more convince thee of the evil of Jin, the .danger Ol fouls, the need of gcdlindS, a.nd rhe trmhofChrillianity: And it is like this is one caufc why the D~vil no more appeareth in the world, not only b(ClUfl! it is contrary to the ordinlry GQvc:rnment ot God, who will have us live by faith and not by fight~ but alfo bLcau(e the Devil kr.o·.verh how much it would do ro ddlroy his Kingdom, by ddlroying bJ/ideli.ty, Athcifm, and fccurity, and awakening men to faith, and feu, an1l godlinlfs. The 1-'owler or the Angler mull not come: in tibhr, Jell he ipoil his Game by frighdng it away. ~ 10· D:rttl:. IC· If it be the fpirilu:~l temptatiiJnJ and molrjl.Jtioill only fl[ Sat.m which yo~t [tar, reriJ£mhcr tbut yo:e h.lt't more c..t11[e to j'eur yaur felvu; fvt he C!liJ but ttmpt y 1u; and if )'Oit do 1tof. more againjl yotet fclvu th.m aU the Devil! in Hell cm J11, you will never peri(/J. And if yol}- a.te wil 4 ling to accept and yield to ChriH, you nceJ not inordinately fear eith<.r S.Jt.m or Y.our tdves. for it is in the name and flrength of ChriH, and under his conduct and proteCtion, rlut y6uate to be~ gin and tinifh your warfuc : And theSpirit that is in us is greater and lhongcr than the Spiric that is in the world, and that molelielh us, r Jolm 4• 4· And the F.Jtbcr that givttb us to Cbtijl if greater th.m aU, and n11nt c.m pl!tcl(_ tu out of biJ h:mds; Juhn IO· 29· AnJ rhe God of place will trtad. dorrm S.Jt.JJt under our fat, Rum. r6. 20· If it were in his power he would moletl us daily) and we had never efcaped fo fu as we have done: Our daily experience telklh us that Wl! h.1vc: a Protdl:or. DirtllionJ agai,yl tbt finf.'1l fear of mm, and fiifftriAgJ by thtm. Ditill. r. ~· I. DireCt. I. Bottom tby fOul and boptl on Cbrijl, and l.Jy ttp tby ttt..t[ure in He.1ven; be not a Omnia Chri· worldliJtg tint livetb in bopc of b.Jppimfs i•t tbe cre:JtHre; and tbm t!Jitt art jj Jut abo"!le. the [e.tr of men; He tui fupetJJ ~nowing tb.zt tl~y treufltre i1 abuve their re.Jcb, and tby f uund,uiOII a;gl. flr~N[I j.Jje frdrn tiJfil' af– fiam jrmwu f.JUliJ• 1~ is a ba{c hypocritical worldly heart that nui<eth you immoJcCltcly afrJiJ or· men! Are ;~jlcr~· qu• you afraid let\ they 010uld Horm and plundeotHeaven > Or \ell they call you into HeJI? or leli tl~<y nel 1uwnt,h1£c turn God again{\: you? or iefl they bribe or over-awe your Judge! No, no: thdC arc none of your toleu.rc quefears! . No, you are not fo much as afnid left they hinder one of your pnyers from prtvailing ~vid1 ~i~vita clru- God ; nor let\ their Prif~n wal~s an~ chains iliould keep o~H God and hh ~?!rit fiom yo~t) amt iorce i!Te frui ell: you from your commumon wuh lum! You are not afrard lcfl: they forcibly robyou ot one .degree pofuifii: pctiti. of grace, or heavenly mindednefs, or hopes of the life to come! ( lf it be kit they hinder you Et ~upcraffe from thelCby tempting or affrightning you into fin ( which is all the hurt (hey can de- )'Our f,an e~: & . fouls) then you are the more. engaged to cafi away the fe:srJ of their hurting your bodies, b:..'CJult upere emon. that is their very tempution to hurt your 10uls ) : No, it is their hurting of yourfltjh, rhedi~ Ad tribunal mini£hing your ejiateJ, the depriving you of your liheriJ or worldly accommodations, or ot your a:ternum julivu, which is the thing you fear. And doth not this fhew how much your hearts are yet on dicis ju~1 earth ! and how much unmortifled worldlinefs and fte£hlinefs is fiill wirhin you? and ho\~ much rrocl~L~} yet your hearts are talfe to God and H~aven? 0 how the difcovery fhould humble you! [Q hnd that fat~:~ perpe~ you are yet no more dead to the things of the world, and that the Crofs of Chrii\ hathy:t no more ram judicata ctucified it to yon ! to find that yet the flc:fhly interel\ i~ fa powerful in you ; and the mre.rell of refcmdere•• Chril\and Heaven folow: That God feemcth not enozegh for you, and 1hat you clUnOt takeHea– :;r:,c!: DIJl. ven alone .for your porr_ion, but are fo much afraid ofloting ear~h! 0 prcftntly.(~arch into ~b~ bottom of this corrupuon m your htatts, and lament your wor\dhncfs and hypoctlhe, and worK~~ out, and Cet your hearrJ and hopes above, and be content withGod and Heaven alone, and then this in– ordinate fear of man will have nothing left to work upon. Direll· 2• 9· 2• Direct. 2· Set God .1gainji #tan, andhiJ wifdom agahJjl their p11licy, and hiJ Love .a1:d· mercy againjt thei~ mo~ce and.cruelty, a'ftd bi1 power at.ai1tjl their implllency, and hiJ tr~tb and omnifcwJc~ t~nd righuou{ntjJ agamft theJr jlamlcrJ aud lies, and bi1 protnifes againjf their thrMtnmgs ; and then_ if yet t1Jou art inordinate{Y afr~id of man, thou mujl confefs tbat in that mta[«re, thou believtjf 1Mt In God~ If God be not rvif• enough, and good enough, and juj! enough, and pownf•l cnou~h to hve thcj;
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