Hethttfca; l'Cth finmoft, fearctb other thingsleill. AOmen di--vided into t"tPo ~n~er. · ------------- --- --- to him; and on the other fide, God fhall threaten eternall death. The quelHon now is, whether of thefe he wilfeare moftlmortalJman )whofebreath uin hi, noftrills,ortheeternallGod,whether fhal [wayhimmoll:?Thefi~treofman,which isafn4re on the onefi~e,or the feare ofGed, '& difobedi– ence to him on the otherfide. When thou art put upon fucha frrait, fucb a tryall, that thou mufr , offend one of them, confider what thou doeft in · this cafe.You know what Chrift faith, Feue not men,theutmoftthatthey can do,is but to takea– WJ.Y life,butftarc Gnd,for he cAn cafttheeintoheU• .Nowthereforeexaminethy feJfe,whetherthou feare men in fuch a cafe, when agood confcience .is tobe kept,and thereby fome evill istobe un · dergone from men,wheth~rthouwilt rather ad– venture that, or the wrath and vengean<;e ofAl.. '· mightieGod,&c. And, (which is of the fame nature )whether aman feares the doing ofevill or the fuffering of evill moll:, wheth~r am-an feare finne or croffes more, when they comeincompetition,you fhall finde this, he that is mofi fearefullin tinne, he is m on bold in all things elfe: And onthe contra ry, he that feares other things moll:, he feares finne Ieaft. And the reafon ofitis this, becaufe a 'godly manlookes upon finne as the maine evill, ·he knowes that tonclaeth him iri the maine, it ·toucheth him in his free-hold ; and therefore,if he beto undergoe pove.rtie,difgrace, imprifon · ment,ifit be death, any ofrhefe things, he feares 'them not,(for,faith he, thefeareldfeevils,thefe touch 14!
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