FOOTNOTES:

[88] Matth. 10. 28. Deut. 28. 58.

[89] Eſai. 29. 15, 16. Pſal. 50. 21.

[90] Eſai. 43. 25. & 63. 9. & 49. 13, 15.

[91] Eſai. 42. 14.

[92] De diuerſis tentat. Diaboli, part 3. M^r. Greenham 5. part, among his Rules for an Afflicted minde.

[93] Eſai. 54. 8, 9, 10. c. 49. 15. Ier. 31. 3. 36. c. 33. 20, 21. Ioh. 13. 1. Rom. 8. 38, 39. Mat. 12. 20. Eſai. 42. 3.

[94] Pſalm. 103. 17. 2 Sam. 7. 15.

[95] Pſal. 89. 28, 34. Eſai. 55. 3. c. 59. 21. Ier. 32. 40.

[96] Ioh. 10. 29. Iude verſ. 24. 1 Pet. 1. 5. Eſai. 26. 4. Pſal. 80. 17. Manus Dei eſt iſta, non noſtra vt non diſcedamus à Deo, manus inquā eius eſt iſta, qui dixit, Timorem meum dabo in cor eorū &c. S. Aug. de Bono perſeuer. c. 7. to. 7. Ier. 32. 27.

[97] 1 Pet. 1. 23. 1 Ioh. 3. 9.

[98] Epheſ. 1. 13. Numb. 13. 19. Ioſ. 21. 45. 1 Ioh. 5. 10. Hebr. 7. 27. c. 11. 11. Rom. 4. 21. 1 Cor. 1. 9.

[99] Eſai. 59. 21. Epheſ. 1. 13, 14. c. 4. 30. Ioh. 14. 16, 17. 1 Ioh. 2. 27.

[100] Luke 22. 32. Ioh. 17. 15, 20. Rom. 8. 34. Hebr. 7. 25.

[101] 1 Pet. 1. 2, 3, 4, 5. 1 Ioh. 5. 4, 18.

[102] 1 Pet. 5. 9. Epheſ. 6. 6. Matth. 16. 18.

[103] Ierem. 31. 40. Perſeuerantiam enim promiſit Deus, dicens: Timorem meum dabo in cor eorum vt à me non recedant. Quod quid eſt aliud quàm talis ac tantus erit Timor meus, quem dabo in cor eorum, vt mihi perſeuerantèr adhæreant? Idem de Bono Perſeuer. c. 2. tom. 7. Rom. 11. 29.

Thus wee haue ſeene who ſhe is, who ſhall be praised, lest we ſhould praiſe Her vnawares, whom we ſhould not praiſe. And now it were good we did thinke a little better on the Reaſon, why ſhe ſhall be praiſed, euen becauſe ſhe is ſuch a woman fearing the Lord.

The Reaſon.

For if any thing, ſo rare and excellent a Grace as the Feare of the Lord is, ſhould moue vs to affect it, and labour for it, eſpecially being found in so weake a Veſſell as a Woman is [107]. For I could tell you, there are more Michals[108] than Abigails[109], more Iezebels[110] than Sarah's[111], more proud Vaſthy's[112], than humble Eſthers[113], more Fearefull women, than Women Fearing the Lord; and therefore the rarer ſuch Phœnixes are (as S. Ierom calls them [114]) not One to be found by wiſeſt Salomon[115], among a Thouſand, greater is her praiſe that feareth the Lord[116].