422 Chap. 19. AnExpoftion sport the Bookof 10 B. Vert 29. hement dehortation to take them off from that perfecuting fpirit `fpoken of in the former verfe ; here we have his argu- ment, or motive The feare of the fword : you run upon the fwords poynr, while you run this courfe. The Apoftle 7ude ( v. 23. ofhis Epiftle_) gives direEtion, offome have compa on, ma,inga difference, others faveW*léhfeare, that is, make them a- fraid,terrifie, and threaten them, that theymay be faved. Some fpirits mutt be dealt with gently, others roughly : therefore ( faith he) make a difference,but rather then let any perifh, fave themwithfeare, skare them co Heaven. Some muft;be led to hea.. venby the way of Hell ; and be cafe into the fire, thatthey may be delivered'from it. Save themwithfeare, pulling them out of the fire. ' fira defireable feare which is a meines to pull a fouleout of the fire. We are faved by faith, as that receiveth and taketh holdof Chrift ; we are laved by feare as that takes hold of us and driveth us toChrift. By faith we fee and apply our helpe in Chrift, andby feare we are brought to foe our need of his helpe. Chrift ( 12.4, 5.) ufeth the argument of the feare of hell CO cure his friends ofthe feare of man, and to difwade them from deferting him, and the truth of the .Gofpel. I fay to you my friends, be not afraid of them that can p\i.1l the body, and after that there is no more that they can doe. But I will forwarne yeas whomye fhallfeare, fearehim, which after he bath killed, bath power to cal into hell,yea, Ifay toyou, fear him. See how hedou- bles upon that poynt of feare; feare him, yeaIfay to you feare him. Wemay parrallel it with that expreffìon of ''Paul to the Phillipians ; Rej0ycein the Lord, and again Ifay rejoyce. i eat not my word, but I averre it, and ftind to it as I bidyou rejoyce,fo I a gaine bidyou rejoyce: So faith Chriftt to his friends, feure. Some might objecet, Is this futable counfellto a friend, to bid him beafraid, fhould they be kept in Leaven way for feare cf Hell ? Enemies have caufeof feare, but should friends ? Tea, faith Chrift, Ifay againe toyou myfriends,feare him; 'Ls good to bid a friend feare, whenthat fear tendeth to his good. Paul (Rom,'8. r 3. ) writing toSaints, and applying the do&rive of free grace to the beleeviing Romans, yettells them, Ifye live af- terthefle¡hÿeJhalldye, even die eternally : he threatens them with Hell, whowere candidates ofHeaven, and poynts them to death, whowere paired from death to life, that he might keepe hem out of thewayes ofdeath. Some
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