Chap. 37. _An Expofition upogs the BzfZof f o B. VC f. 24. 6'39 Firft, Becanfe of his great power. Secondly, Becaufe of that great tenderneffe which he ueth in the exercife of his power : Which yet Job did fcarce acknow- ledge,as appeared by his cornplainings and murmurings about the dealings of God. (Len do therefore fear him, fo we render, yet 'tis confider- Ideo smebunt able, that the Hebrew runs in the future time, Men will therefore eum horniues. fear him r that men fhould therefore fear him ' or men therefore afuturi ought to fear him. Words in the Hebrew of a future fignifica:ion, remporitj'olet bear the importance of a preCent duty ; what god 'us fail men detmtariidguod will do, is as if it had been faid,they do, or ought to do. And as debet, quod ex- to the duty here fpoken of,the fearofGed,we may make this con- peditfieri,qus- re timebunt elution, Allgoodmen do fear God upon thefe accounts, and allmen idem aril, quad fhauld, or ought to fear him. The thing is tobe done , whether timere debenr, mendo it or no. Where an expreffe command is given, every timarejubenrur nun concerned is bound to obey ; and where, or who is the man that is not concern'd in this command, fear thegreat and gracious Gad ? Men do therefore Fear him. What it is to fear God, was (hewed largely at the 28tli Chap- ter of this Book and the !all Verfe,therefore I (hall not tray upon Daum vPrerd. it hear : Only remember the word fgnifieth, a gracious, a child- Deem timere. like fear,uot a fervile flavith fear.There are two words, by winch priet zv. erentr the fear. of God is expreffed in the Latine tongue, which we may Deumpus , ai expreffe thus, tofear God, or, to be afraidofGod, Good men fear metfupeflirio Gbd,but wicked men are afraid of God. Now though the word:. °s °T'r, "bane are often ufed psoenifcuoully, and to fear, is fontetia-es taken it anWeremim intera?Yß*e yion the worfer, fometimes in the betterfence, yet, .here we a:e to Ol'A rve'u; "am take it in the beet fence , Therefore do menfear h.'m, that is, they p , t; tar er1 ought tsi!iland in awe andnot fin againft him, theyfhould fubi; i s uJr,nitrpra to,not difpute his_dealings. The fear of'God,in the. general noti= vcreri. Druf on of'ir, is nothing elfe, but Piety and Religion':, or the whole worfhip'of God. To fay a man is,goelly or religious, is' all one as tofay,he is a man fea: ingGod.Noev,whereas ufually a general rule is u -ged to lead in ageneral praifife,here a general;pra6life is ur- ged asLadino to a general rule, Marado therefore fear him.- . `Therce
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