On the ]\iatfcvity. 279 f-ecr, it leaves roon1 for fome fear. ·Hell is , certainly in our crr.ed as ' well as heaven; · and as the fear of it i~; ordinarily the- fir£1: fiep cif conv~rfioo, fo it 1n9y be of ufe to quicken us, and pufh us forw~rd all along ·through 911r journey toward heaven . . But if Chrifl:ians Jear may pave hell for its ob– jeer, .what kind _ of fear mC!:y this .be? In a vv-ord, It ought not to be fuch an anxi0us and troublefome· fear, as may difiurb our tranquillity, or extinguifu our joy, or~dif- . . courage .~~,f endeavoti~s; but fo - ration.al and modeft, as n1ay make us reverend 1n our-love, ·n1odefl: in our confidence, and cautious in our joy, that .it neither betray us to, nor vent itfelf in unfee_n1ly expref- ' fions. · ~---' ---._ ---.,. ,_ _ . · · And thus n1uch ofthe duty reoon1n1end..: ed iq the text. 'Tis· high time _now to ap... ply thefe generals. to. the prefent occafi.on! We are ·affembled this day to con1memo– rate the greatefl: ·bleffing that ever ·was be– flowed on the ·children of men; a bldling _wherein all the nations of the world are concerned, and ye.t whofe fruits do as en- . tirely redound' to every good man, as if it · · had been defigncd for him ·alone; a mercy that doth at once afioniih · and reJoice the angels, who in cOJnparifon of us are uncon- ' · A a 2 cerned
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