lhall fuft"er, thofe things you ought not to feare, but feare thofe things you fhould doe, and who.is a· fraid of them , leall: hee fh Ju ld provoke God in them~ Andlo Chrill:faith, feare not men, no,· not th1(e thAt have porrerof life anddeath(if wee lhould , feare any, it lhould be them) remember that was the , commendation of Mo{es, hee fu.rtdnot thewrtttbif · ·Ph11r.cfJh; when you place your feare thus amilfe:, it becomes a fnare to you ; for it makes your hearts · bufieupon thecreatures, when they ought.tobe fet upon the Lord; but when your feare is placed upon God, it doth exceedingly helpe you; nothing more: . to give youan inll:ance or two ? you ihaU finde ~Javid exceedingly ll:rucke with the feare of the Lord, whenZiglagw*s burnt; no accident ever fo.~mazed· 1 him : when hee fledbefore Ab{olan~hee'bore it much ! better,yet thatfeare helped al,for it fet him a.worke i to pray; [olehofbaphats feare did al[o helpe him, . . when he heard of agreat Army comming againfi . . him,it fet him onworketo pray,and fo turned away . l the Iudgement: and ·therefore things that yon fo , I feare, when your feare is placed on God, feldome1 come to pa{fe,forthat fets·men on worke to prevem them, whereas eviH feare brings the.thing with it.' S4ul feared the Armies ohhePhiliftines exceeding– ly, that made him feeke to the Wicch, and this · wrought his overthrow which hee feared: [o Iero– ~oam feared thdoffe ofhis Kingdome,and that fea~;e .made him fet up rhe Calves which ,loft him his Kingdome ·indeed ; Iearne therefore to fear.e the Lord: nothing brings a Iudgement fo much as th ..e ' want of feare,fecuricy is the next Joore to l Iudge-. mem. 1)
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