· 44 , Thefrfl Cammantlemenl. · · our finnes, andhaue,the pride ofour fldh fubdutd, andbte quicknc:d toobedience?vVouldwe be rid ofall cuill things ·and want no good thing?Thevery path-way that lcadcth to thefe, is the fe~re of God: which is accomp:;miedwith the bleffing ofGod, that is thetreafure of all good things> be.. caufe it cloth inrich both_vs andours. Pfal~. t I 2.2. Hi.s fitJ~ · that feareth Godfht~/t6e mightievp'ln the ~anh: lt1tg!Jtie, will · we thinkc? How can that be? what hath hee,to le.au~ them? · howcan they be mighcie, when hee hath nothing to befiow on them? Yea, h~ hath enough: for he .addes, l-/u childr:en fhallbe bleffid. It is not lands, and liuings, andgreat poHef .. flons> th~t ma~cs ones children great : for one mayhaue them, and yer he bath no promifc, but that himfelfe and his children lhall haue thc.curfcofGod vpon them, while they Hue, and bee call into hell fire, and et.ierlatling damnation, when they die. But it is tbe earc ofGod that' make-s a man happiehimfelfe, and that will Jcaue agood and happie flate vnto his childrei1 after him•.For this brings thebldfing of God vpon h~mfelfe, and vpon his feeclc afrer him, that the·y lhall ·· continue happie, fo long, as they continue fearing God. · · . Y{t 1 • The vfe that we tnufl make ofthis, is, that fo farre as ·vtee would haue our wants.fupplied, and haue thebleffing of ·God vpon our foules and.bodks, and ·abundance ·o£ aU ( thing5, both for this.life, and the life to come: wee mull la– bour to bring our hearts to the true and right feareofGod~ th:tt we may tremble.before his grcatnes and reuerencc,arid dread the great nameofthe LordofboAs. · The way toattaine to tsis>is,firll to denieour'felue~ quite, . ·to renouncevtterJyour carnall wi(edom: as he faith,l'r'*· 3• 'Hr B 7 .. Benot~ift in thine ownee7n: hs1t foare God,and depart from noww ... e · · d b h fl lh may bring iilill. If one will · e are the matter according to t e e Jy ::~~:~:~e wifedome ofmen, and fay hec harh reafon to doe t~a~ bee feare ef doth, then farcly he will neuer haue reafon to be reltgtous, Qod. and ferue G·od: for that is againil his reafon. For Salo1fllll would haue vsfeareGod! and how fhould one come todo ·· that? Hemull not be conceited~fhis owne·wifcdome, hee · mufl not thinke well ofcaroallreafon<»nor be ruledby it: for · the~
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