- - Th~ftrfl-CimmAnrlemtnt. . 49 , eueryoccalion runne toeuill_. ~s ifone ' bee ,in for~e fault, .. · that he thinkes hefhall beepuntfi1ed for,thcn heewdl helpe himfelfcby lying, and thinkes that hee hath made a very good fhift, ifhe can efcape by that meanes•. T~is is tomake man aGod,and God an Idoll; when one Wlll ieeke to ·make thefaceofman grntle, by making GodJ face angri.e, -and frowning. So they, th:tt, when they...bee in fome dtHre!fe, and needbypoweny, will venture tO helpe themfdues, by breakingGods Sabbath, and taking time from his worfhip, to labaur for theii owoegaine: this is plaine, that they feare the feare ofthe wicked, and do not make God their c:{read, for ifthey did, it is moll fure they would depart from euill. So,he that feareth God, no hope _ofpromotion, er outward . benefit can make him confent to wick~dneff<.·. As /,foph Gen.J.9· ,_ • might in likelihood haue been a great gainer, and gotten much promotioti, byyeelding to the wicked filthy allure... m.ents of his mHlrdfe : yet, hee would not giue the Icall marke ofconfenting, becaufe he was afraid to fin ne againll God. SoEfoy )1·1z.Wht~,art thfiH, thatfoareff mortal/ m1m, ~hat, muGbegiuen to the wormes,) and forgette!l thy God, that did (pread out the heauens-:? , , Thegreat feare of mans power arifeth from the forget-<, ting of G 0 DS infinite power. When one is in fuch a terrour of man, that is but duG, and cannot defende himfelfe againA the Wormes, but they fhall creepe _in his l?owels, andeate vp his heart: it comes from hence,that one dothquite forget that there is fuch aGod, as was able to make heauen and earth ofnothing, and that hath grieuous ~udgements laid vp for finners; and that indeede hee fearei man).and will rather be feruile to him in fin ne, to auoid his angex,~ban obedient to Gods holywill_, to efcape hisindig– nation. Therefore in theReu. when he reckoneth·vp a g eat Reu.2x.-s .. rabble ofreprobates, & the who!e hoafl ofdamned· finners, hce p-uts the foarefullin the fore-front, and -makes them the ~aptaines and ring.Je.aders of allthe reel. Thofe which bee -~eare~ll, and not fearefull; that be not fearefull to difpleafe God and breake his law,but herein·veryaudacious, and,pre.,.. futl!ptuous-:.but for a1~y good fer~iceofGod 2 theybeaf(aid ··o 4 . 'to
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