on the Yl9.Plalme. 589 ling. It is faid,Prou.2 3. c 4. Bleffed is the man thatfearethalwaies : but bee that hardenetb hit heartshall fall inntoeu,l. For wherefeare is not,there is fecuritie; fecuyitiebreedeth Pardon of heart,and hardnes of heart bringeth Gods wrath. Wherfore the Apoflewriting to the Philippians,fhewing that God Worked) invs both the will and the 4eedeof doinggood, leasthereby they should drawco there elves fccuritie,addeth,thatthey mutt fill the cootie oftheir faluation,infeare a ndtrembling. Forifwe doe only well by Gods grace working in,vs, wee are much tofeare the absence of ir. Wherefore wee feehow themanofGoddid iuftiy fearehispart vnrcgenerate. Thisfedreof Gods childrendifferent much from the feare of the wicked : for it bring- eth vs to the Lord, and driuethvs not from the Lord ; it helpeth,and hindreth not our prayers; it hurtech nor, but furtbereth our duties. For it maketh vs to feare loft wee should lollGodsgrace,ircaulérhvs no waite moreandmore to haueit,atidbatting it,mo- ueth vs by prayer to continue it. When Noah hadGodsfauourhe fcared,andbeingwalned. ofGod(as Heb.tt.y,)ofthethingswhich wereasyet notferne,moeoedwith remerenceprepared.the Arks tic.SoAabacuck eanngotkhemdgemeneofGod,whichfhonldfallvponthefaith- fullby the Chaldeans,laith,Hab.3 . t 6. My bellietrembled, my lipsfhookeat thevoyce: rotten- neientred intomybones,and I trembled inmyfelfe. Pau!fatd hepreached with feare and trem- bling. Tituswe fee how thegoodSaints of God did fear; becaufe they knew,that if the Lord should enter intoiudgemencwith vs,no dellsfhouid be faued, and that therewas nothing in them, but ofinercie : and therefore they acknowledged their weakenes,vn- worthines,andwretchednes. Wee fee alto that Gods children hauediners affeáts, according totheir diners eftates,. and though fometimtes theyare quickened through faith,other times they are moll readie toGnne, ifthey doe not Gnne. Nomarneile then. though the children ofGod feare,when they fee that God refirainçth theirwill, and thegreater their feelings are, yet are they, mixed with a remerene feare ofGodsMaielttq, and fight of their owne corruptions, halt theyfhould not abide hisglorie,and leaft theyshould not continue in theirgood things: We feemoreover that thisfeareliumbled.Noab,t)iat theProphets andApostles fpake in fcare,whith the Lord gauevoto them, either toprepare tltenito fomegracewhich they, lhould receiue,or elfe more zealoully to keeppfome grace which alreadie they haverecei- ued. Andwhere. itmight be obieçiçd,thatlouecal :ethout feare, we muffvndcrttand,of thatferuile and exceffiuefearc,whtchdriuethvs awayRaiGod. And tieing though wee feeleGods loue by fvrh,wee trill fe;re,thcn much more hadwee neede fo to doe,whenby, infideluie we feele not this loue. Sowe mutt hauebosh feareto prepare vs tograce,and.we muhbane loue to continuevsiu thisgrace. Andtfurelyonely they,with whom thisthing, bath beene familiar, doe know howloue and fear; doe dwell together. For as blcifedex- perience bath taught tome, that by this feare they haue attained to fpeciall graces, and continued in theta by the fame: fo allo by wcfull experience fome haue found,thatfor want ofthis,they either haste not tasted of thegrace of God, or elfe notcontinued in the fame. PORTION. 16, Verti 21./haueexecuted iuderment and inflater lease me not tomisteoppreffors. He Prophergoenis on, prayingfor the increafe and continuance ofGods fa.. uour,vlingtwo arguments:the firlt,by!hewinghis of iiltions,which hefuffe. red : the fecond,by declaringhis affedtion tothe word; whereunto is added a reafon drawne from the nature of God, that itis his time to helpe inafHiétion, Hisgenerali delre then is, tohaue a further loueofGods word,to thisend bee fheweth hismderiesand afidiions,andwith what affection he longedfor helpe,truftimg thatGod, would how come to doe right. His prayer is,thatthe Lord wouldnot fullerhim tobee ouercoine with ouer-much affliblions,but thatas it is Pfala 25..3. that the rodof the wicked . Jballnot,ref) en the let ofthe righteous,leaft the righteouspst their hands ante wickedneffe, and Ee e that
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