|
| [Note a: _Optima foemina rarior est
| Phoenice. Malarum foeminar[=u] tam
| copiosa sunt examina &c. S. Ier.
| epist._]
|
| [Note A: _Eccles. 7. 28. Prou. 3.
| 10._]
|
| [Note b: _Laus tanto maior deferri
| solet, quanto est bonum rarius quod
| exigit Laudem. S. Aug. lib. 1. de
| Ciuit. Dei. cap. 28. tom. 5._]
|
Then I must tell you, that euery | [Note c: _Esai. 8. 12 Col. 2.
Feare is not commendable. Not that | 20._]
Feare which is Hypocriticall, for |
this is Superstition, when men | [Note d: _2 Tim. 3. 2. Mat. 10.
feare the Feare of Idolaters[c]. | 28. Quis animae Dominator, nisi
Not that feare which is Worldly, | Deus solus? Quis iste, nisi ignium
for this is wicked selfe-Loue, when | comminator? ... Illi potius metum
men feare Men[d], Losse of Goods, | consecand[=u] &c. Tertul. aduers._
Fire and faggot, more than God the | _Gnost. c. 9. tom. 3._]
Onely Soueraigne Commander of the |
Soule, the Only Dreadfull Threatner | [Note e: _Timor Seruilis n[=o] est
of euerlasting Burnings. Nor that | Virtus, quialicet mala declinari
feare which is Seruile[e] or | saciat: non tamen hoc sacit bene,
adulterate[f], for this is no | id est saudibiliter; immo iliter et
Vertue (proues _Paris._) when men | brutaliter, videlicet solo metae
feare the _Euill of Punishment_ | ferae, ita enim occupat animum &
only; not the _Euill of Sinne_, as | intentionam timentis, oraculos
an Adulteresse feares the Comming | cordis ad solam poenae euasionem
home of her Husband; but feares | habeat &c. Paris. de Virtutibus,
not the Committing of Adultery. | fol. 81. lit. H._ & _Paludan. l. 3.
Nor is that feare commendable, | d. 34. q. 3._]
which is Distrustfull or Immoderate |
like _Ruben_ (as _Gerson_[g] | [Note f: _--Coniun quae adulterinum
alludes) growen great, and lying | anim[=u] gerit, etiam si timore
with _Bilhah_,