FOOTNOTES:
[117] Eſai. 8. 12 Col. 2. 20.
[118] 2 Tim. 3. 2. Mat. 10. 28. Quis animæ Dominator, niſi Deus ſolus? Quis iste, niſi ignium comminator? ... Illi potius metum conſecandū &c. Tertul. aduerſ. Gnoſt. c. 9. tom. 3.
[119] Timor Seruilis nō eſt Virtus, quialicet mala declinari ſaciat: non tamen hoc ſacit benè, id eſt ſaudibilitèr; immo ilitèr et brutalitèr, videlicet ſolo metæ feræ, ita enim occupat animum & intentionam timentis, oraculos cordis ad ſolam pœnæ euaſionem habeat &c. Paris. de Virtutibus, fol. 81. lit. H. & Paludan. l. 3. d. 34. q. 3.
[120] —Coniun quæ adulterinum animū gerit, etiam ſi timòre viri non adulterium perpetrat: tamen quod deeſt aperi, ineſt voluntati, Caſta verò alitèr timet: nam & ipſa times virum; ſed caſtè. Deniq, timet illa, no vir inſeſtus adueniat, ista ne offenſus abſcedat. S. Aug. epiſt. 120. c. 21. to. 2.
[121] Ruben violat Balamdum nimium grandis effectus eſt, quia timor ſi ſimius eſt, dum ſe cuſtodire nititur, format inutiles imaginationes, quibus ſe connoluens à ſalutaribus impeditur. Tract. 10. ſuper, Magnificat. part 3.
[122] Lege Eſaiam: vide quantia ſubiecerit timorem vt faceret irreprehenſibilam & bonum Timorem. Spiritus inquit Sapientia &c. Talle Timori Domini iſta & eſt irrationabilis & inſipiens Timor, vnus ex illis: Foris pugnæ, intus Timores. In Pſal. 118. Ser. 5. tom. 4.
Laſtly, it is an Euerlaſting Feare, euer encreaſing[133], and Enduring for euer[134], though not in reſpect of the Act of Declination or eſchewing of ſinne[135], becauſe in Heauen there is no feare of ſinning[136]; yet in reſpect of the Act of Celebration or Reuerencing God, becauſe there the Saints doe nothing elſe; but ſtill Giue Glory to Him, and Worſhip Him with humble Acknowledgement of their owne Vnworthineſſe, Pſal. 19. 9. with Reuel. 4. 10. 11.
The Excellencie of Godly Feare.
Now (Honourable and Beloued) though I haue ſet nothing at all beſides this Heauenly Manna before your eyes; yet your full Soules muſt not Loath it. For if that only is to be praiſed which is excellent[137], then (by your leaue) I muſt ſtand ſomewhat longer vpon the Excellencie of this Feare, before a Woman can be praiſed that hath it.
