He that fea.: rcthfinne, fltannrsthe occaftons. He thatfea,;, reth liRne,fea– rethitcon– ftantly· All men di-vided into trPo 1\ anker. ficknelfe, fo a man that feareth finne, ifthcre be but a fufpition of it, though others fwallow it without making any bones ofit,yet he dares not and.therefore confider what thou doeft in that cafe. Befides,when aman feares, he not only feares the thing, but that which may make way to it: for feare,you know,fetsthe heart to prevent evill to come; the object: ofit is, Malumfoturum, wher– as the objec.t ofgriefe,is prefent evili: fo it is alfo with thofe that feare finne. Put the cafe finne be farre offfrom aman, yet ifhe feare it,hewill not come nee re theoccafions, that might leade him (O it,but keeps himfelffarre from it,(as in Exod. 2 3. we are commanded,Keepe thy felfi forrefrom aneviUnutter,)he dares notfuffer his thoughts to wander,hedarenot gaze upon unlawful objects " . hedares-oot-c~me into company with them that will infe& him,''fl.et-dares not to come neer the traine, though he be farre off the blow. Thus a man is affeded that feares. And againe,when a man i~ polfdfed with a dif– pofition of feare,he doth not only feare for a fit, . but ifit be a thingthat he naturaiiy feares, iris a confl:ant fearc~he feares it:it all times. You ihall find evil men mayfear~ by fits,Ahahfearedwhen Eliahbrooght a terrible melfage to him)he feard &humhiedhimfelf.So Pharaohfeared,whenMo. fes brouoht upon him thofe heav!e judgements& plagues~ but rhefe feares oftheirs were as mitts which cleared up againe,that continued not: and therefore you have that expreffion in Prllv. 2 8. I . B~ffed
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