408 Chap. ßt3. AbExpoftion upon the Book of Jon. Verf . r, .r4nd his dreadfall uponyou ? Hi.r dread] The words bear the fame fence with the former, 1119D Pavor, therefore I fhall not flay upon thet i His dread : The Original timor, ad meimports a fear riling from fome outward caufe. Divine fear is rain ab externa canted three wayes ; Firít, by the rule or precept of the law. Vi afar elathort- Secondly, By the penaltyor threatnings of the law: Thirdly,By to;e it fer'lam thofe judgmentswhich are inflifted for the tranfgrellìon of'thee .et referra.Riv. I law, We may underftand the text of fear, by all thefe. Shall not his dread, thedread of the precept, which is fo holy :the dread of the threatning, which is fo terrible : the dread of thejudge- meats of God, which are fo exemplary, falluponyot4 Fall uponyou ? The dread of God is from above, as lodged onhigh, and fo comes down (as it were) with an advantage upon tranfgref- fours ( Revs. i.it.) It is faid that when ten parts of the city fell, fearfell upon the refl. Fear fell upon them, as a lione from an high tower, and crufht their fpirits. The Apoftle fpeaks this notion, Rom. 1, 18. The wrath ofGod is revealedfromheaven. As if hea- semeer ex frib- ven did open to let his wrath down , or to difcharge it like a lima faro f thunderbolt upon unrighteous men. The Spaniards have á pro- nitre as¿vefus verb ( which an interpreter remembreth upon this place) God morta¿eSoexs bath thehill and theftones , which is as much as to fay , God bath dieitur; gzeod in the tapper ground ofall creatures, and his wrath fats upon them as iifPanor :am (tones from an hi h place. We may contend with angry men i iµerbio efi: upon even found ceature with creature, but God bath the Pî s & mans upper ground of all creatures, his wrath als upon us. He bath lapidesjunt.. PP g f Pined. the hill, yea, he hath thewind and the fun of us, he bath all ad- vantages on his fide, there is no ftanding out againft him. Hence Note, Fitt}, God is tobe dreaded. To be dreaded in the jufticeof his law, in the feverity of his threatning, in the greatnefs of his judgements; from each of thefe dread fats like a mighty milftone upon the heads ofun- believers and obdurate tanners. Juftice appearswith open face in the law, threatnings lie virtually in the law : judgements are fe- minally in the threatnings, .,and threatnings are vifibly in judge- ments. God is tobeidreaded, when wehear the. rule of the law; he is to be feared more,whenwe hear the threatnings ofthe law ; he
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