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obtettonsgainf
the
afffra
>reeof
our
eleUionanfxered.
255,
!night
caute
him
to
looke upon
vs
with
a
frowning counte-
nance
:
or
if
we doe feare
Gods judgements, it
is
as
they
are
inflited'on
another
fubieea,
and
not
as
being
readie
to
fall
vpon
vs
for
this
difference
ishetweene
the
feare
ofthe
wic-
ked
and
Gods
childen, they
like malefactors
which
are
led
out
to
punifhmêr,
are filled
with horror and
feare
when they
thinke
ofthe
torments which they
are,to
indure,
but
yet
did
neuer
feare
to commit
fuch crimes
as
deferued
the punifh
ments,
and
though
they
fhould
efcape,
yet
this would be no
warning
for the time to
come;
but Gods
children feeing
the
iudgements which
are
exercifed vpon
the wicked,doe feare,
not
lefa
they fhould
bee
inßieled vpon
them
prefently,
but
left they
should
fo
offend
and
defer=
the
like punifhments,
fxr11
auoiding
finne
that
they may not
receiue
the wager
Thereof.
And
this forme-like
feare
is
commended
vnto
vs
in
the
Scriptures,as
being
a
part
of
the
honor
and feruice
which
wee owe
veto
God,
as
appeareth
Malac.i.6.
"'Tonne
honor
-
Mal.r.6.
reth
his
father,
and a
ferxant
his ma.
er;:f
I
be
a
father,nhere
is
mine
honour;
if
I
he
a
rafter,)vhere
is
my
fearefaith
the
Lord?
So
Pfalm.34.9.
Feare the
Lord
ye
his
faints,
for
nothing trap
Pfal.; 4.9i
teth
to
them
that
feare
him.
And Pfalme
t
!
2.
I.
Tided
is
the
and
112-
i.
Mars
thatfeareth
the Lord
and
delghteth greatly
in
his
cone
rr
acrndements.
In which
places
we
are
not
to
vnderíland
a
feruile
and
-flauifh
feare, but
an
ingenious and
fanne-like
feare,which
dravves
vs
backe from falling
into
finne,
and
in-
cites
vs
to performe
all
good
duties
of
holinef7e
and
righte-
oufner?fe
to
God
andour
brethren,
becaufe we
would not in-
currethe
difpleafure
of
our heauenly father,
but
doe those
things which
are
acceptable
its
his
fight.
.
La[lly,whereasthe
Apofile
Peter
i.Epifa.l.17.
exhcrteth
vs, to
pa
fe
the
time
of
our duelling
here
in
feare; he
doth
not
vn-
i.
Pct
s
r7.'
derflandfuch
a
feare
asmaketh
vs
to
doubt
of
our ele&ion
and faluation,
but
fuch an
one
as
prouoketh
vs
to
obey
Gods
comrnaundet
eats,
and refaraineth vs
from
wallowing
and
defiling
e,ur
felues
in
finne-:
for
with this
feare in
the
vcrfe
following
he
ioyneth certaine
knowledge
of
our redetnpti
on,
and confequently
of
our ele6lion
and faluation,
knowing.
(faith
he)
that
yeewere.not
redeemed
n-ith
corruptible things,
4e
íß!ir
1'