• ·AUmen di--vided into trto~1n~J'. Ble(jed if the ma/1 thlff fea i es ttlrvayes • aS if lie Pro.u.'+· fhould fay ,by this we fhew the finceritie of our feare, that we doe not fearc by fits, but feare alwayes. . The ground qfit is this, he that feareth not ~!%~;fi~n~ confiamly, feares only'thc,wrath of God, he is.notcon-. feares only the evill, and therefore when that is fiam. · taken awa.y,he feares n0 more:butwith the godly man it is quite contrary, he feares the Lordand · Ho( 3 .f. his goodnes.Ho(3·5· and therfore when there is an end of evil & affiietions,when thcfeareofthat is blowne over, whengoodneffe comes in the roome of ir,whenGodbegins to ihew mercy to ·him,to give him health, & pcace,and quietneffe; whenheis rid of bi:r lickneffe, of his troubles, . croffes, & calamitid,his feare cloth not ceafe, (as . the feare ofAhaGdid)buthe fearcs God fiill, yea he feares him now more than ever. The more Gods goodneffe is increafcd towards him, the more he feares; becaufe the more his love is .in– creafed,the more his·tendcrneffe of Confcienre is incr-eafed, the more fwcetnes he finds ~n God, and therefore the more he is afr~id to lofe it; the more he is afraid ofany breaches betweene God and him. This you ihall find in thofethatfeare. Againe~You{hall finde a difference in- the oh- Tr-faloffe.ue ;· · .n h h' t.. ·h f Wh h c f whenrhefeare , Je~L,t et mgttiatt ey eare. ent creareo ofGodand God,and the feart ofmen fh all come in competi : men come tion, there is the tryall: Whenaman fha!I be to,;echer, threatned by man with death, when he fhall be thr~atned with the loffe ofhis goods,the loffe of libertie~thelo!fe ofany thing that is precious un ~~' to ~
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