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Saluation_, but with _Feare and |
Trembling_[o]; nay there is no | [Note o: _Philip. 2. 12._]
_Saluation_, no _Blessednesse_ |
without _Continuing in this | [Note p: _Eccles. 2. 10. 1 Tim.
Feare_[p], _Prou. 28. 14._ Againe, | 2. 15._]
is not that Excellent, that will |
make vs more Excellent than our | [Note q: _Prou. 12. 26. Eccles.
Neighbours[q], that will Exalt vs | 15. 5._]
aboue them, that will keepe our |
hearts from Hardning[r], our Houses | [Note r: _Prou. 28. 14._]
from Ouerthrowing[s]? but nothing |
can doe this; but this _Feare of | [Note s: _Eccles. 27. 3._]
the Lord_. This feare (saith |
_Paris._[t]) can cause a spiritual | [Note t: _Ego sum Tempestas ad
Earth-quake in a mans Heart, able | liberationem & salutem, Terraemotum
to ouerthrow all the Deuils | spiritualem in corde humano
strongest holds, any[u] | faciens, et omnia Diabolica
Bosome-sinne, be it neuer so | aedificia in co subuertens et
pleasing and profitable, by reason | discutiens ab codem. Paris. de
of that Contrarietie and | Moribus fol. 99. lit. F._]
Opposition[x] that is betweene |
Lying in any Sweet Sinne, and | [Note u: _Prou. 8. 13. & 16. 6.
Liuing in Gods Feare and Fauour, as | Psal. 119. 6, 36. 117. 128. v.
you may see, _Leuit. 25. 36._ | Iam. 2. 10. Psal. 86. 11._]
|
| [Note x: _Sed aiunt quid[=a]: Satis
| Deum habere si corde & animo
| suspiciatur, licet actu minus fiat.
| Itaq se saluo metu et fide
| peccare; hoc est Salua castitate,
| matrimonia violare, Salua pietate,
| par[=e]ti venenum temperare._
| Tertul. de _Poenit. c. 5. tom. 2._]
|
Lastly, this is an Excellent Feare, | [Note y: _Prou. 14. 27._]
because it is _A fountaine of |
Life_[y]: wherefore? _To driue away | [Note a: _Eccles. 1. 21._]
Sinnes_[a], Sinnes which haue beene |
committed by Repentance (saith S. | [Note b: _Timor Domini expellit
_Bernard_) and Sinnes whereto we | peccatum, sine quod iam admissum
are Temp