382 Chap. 2,8. an Expofition upon the B'ook,ofJ 0 B. Verf. 28. {ome flight or make little_ reckoning of thegoodnefs of God , where then is their fear ? Secondly, others grow wanton with the goodneffeof God ; firft, with the dodlrine of his goodnefs ; fecondly, with the tits of it ; where then is their fear ? thirdly, not a few harden themfelves in doing evil, becaufe God is good (Rom. 2. 4.) and whereas fome laid, Let us doe evil thatgood may come ofit (Rom. 3. 8.) there fay , Let 45 do evil becaufe good is come ; O how far are thefe from the fear of the Lord 1 (hail leave bur two wordes with this fort of men ; ris very finful not to !car the Lord and his judgements the Lord and his wrath ; touch more nor to fear the Lord andhis goodnefs, the Lordand his mercy ; 'cis very finful not to be bettered by the 000dnefs of God; what is it thenCO grow worfe by it? Secondly, they who willnot fear the Lord and his goodnefs., (hall bè forc- ed at lafi whether theywill ór no, to fear the Lord and his judge- ments, the Lord and his wrath, in all the dreadful tokens and manifefiation of ir. Thirdly, as this fear of the Lord as in reference to his word, and workes , both ordinary and extraordinaay , of mercy and of judgement ; So it is exercifed about all that we our felves are doing or fraking , about our wordes and workes, Hanani is thus defct ibed (Nehemiah 7. 2.,) Hewas a faithful man, and feared God abovemany : He was a faithful man in all hisdealings; faithful in his word, and faithful in his wo:kes above many ; for hefeared God above many. Solomon (Ecd.,9.2.) fpeakcs of diffe- rent forts of men,towhom yet there is the same courfe or likenefs of difpenfations fromGod ; 11 things come alike to all, there is me event to the righteous and to the wicked; as is thegood, fo is the firmer, and he thatfweareth, as he thatfeareth aoarh. There is a twofold fearing of anoath ; firfi, a fearing to fwear,and fecond- ly,a fearingwhen we fwear ; the fiat rerpeets rafil oaths, and falft oaths : a godly man feareth an oath, that is, all fuch kind of oaths; but that's not all his fearing of an oath ; As he fury': h yea abhorreth at all ro fwear force oaths fo fecondly, he feareth when he cloth fwear that oath which he is not at all afraid ro fwear ; that is, when he fiveareth a right and true oarh, or when he fwearech in truth and rigEteournefs. He feareth fuch an oath, chat is, takes it religioufly, as knowin. that it is an Appeal ro God, who is the fercher of hearts, and that it is a greet part of divine
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