68o Chao. z5. An exp,fieion upon the Book, of J OB. Verf. 2» Dominates d7 former ; Dominion and tbata terriblefearefull orformidable domi- guidem form(. noon re with him, but rather diftinkly as wee, `Dominion and fears d lurn.f pent¡ ai are with bim. God bath no feare in him, nor upon him, for he is as infinitely above all feare, as his above hope. Butfeare ie with bino, or, feare is his, becmfe he is fo much to be fated. Fears is with God upon this threefold account. Firft, Becaufe many at'prefent doe feare the Lord : every God- ly man is a man fearing God. Secondly Becaufeevery manought to feare; dread; and Rand in awe ofGod, even the Princes and powers and dominions of the earth, ought to feare the Lord. ( Plat 2. i 9,) Be wife now there- fore 0ye King: ; be inflruted, D ye :edges of theearth , ferve the Lord withfeare, and rejoyes with trembling. Kings and judges imift ferve and feare the Lord, or ferve the Lord with feare. Who then muff not ? Thirdly, Fears is with him ; becaufe all (hall feare and dread him at laft, whether they will or no, they whofe proud hearts flout it againft God, they that goe on impudently in finne, feare- IefTeof theMajftty and wrath of God,yet a time will come when their ftomacks (hall be taken downe ; a time will come when all the world (hall tremble before the Lord. As now, many doe it, and as all ought to doe , fo all (hall doe ir. (Ifa. 2. 19, ) They fhallgoe into the boles of the rock:, and into the tops of the ragged rock:,for feareof the Lord, andfor the glory of bid Majef#y ; when he arifeth to /hake terribly the earth. Such a day is coming upon the lofty ones, upon the Cedars and upon the Oakes, upon the fearelefle, and they (ball feare ; and ( which is the greatefl ar u- ment of feare ) run into a hole for feare. It is prophecyed ( Re- vel. 6 15. ) That, the Kings of the earób, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chiefe Captains:, and the mighty men, arid e- very bondman, andevery free manfh.,ll bide themfelve: in the dens and in the rock of the mountaines , anÁ fay to the rock: and to the mountainesfall on us andhide usfrom the face ofhim that fitter h on the Throne, andfrom the wrath of the Lambe. They who having been threatnedwith the wrathof God, were no more afraid then the rocks, (ball, for feare, wooe the rocks to hide them from the wrathof God. Though Adam had not the feare cfGod to keepe him from ,finne,yet the (care ofGod fell upon himas Poore as he had
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