FOOTNOTES:
[138] Prou. 22. 4. & 19. 23. Eccleſ. 1. 11, 12. & 23. 27. & 40. 26, 27. & 10. 20, 22.
[139] Inter Laudes meas & illa eſt eximia: quod ipſum Chriſtum Dominū Apothecam, immo fontem Gratiarum omnium & Virtutum replere dictus ſum &c. Pariſ. de Moribus, fol. 99. Lit. P.
[140] Deut. 5. 29.
[141] Eccleſ. 12. 13. Deum time—Ergo ſi hoc eſt omnis Homo, abſq, hoc Nihil omnis Homo. Serm. 20. in Cant.
[142] Vſus enim humani animi pendet à Timore conspictus Diuini tanquam à primi regula. Caiet. in Eccleſ. c. 8 13. v.
[143] Prou. 9. 10. Iob 28. 28.
[144] Eccleſ. 25. 12.
[145] Leuit. 2. 13. Pet. Bleſ. ſer. 36. p. 430.
[146] Pſal. 2. 11.
[147] 2 Cor. 7. 11. Eccl. 21. 6.
[148] 1 Pet. 3. 2.
[149] 2 Cor. 7. 1.
[150] Philip. 2. 12.
[151] Eccleſ. 2. 10. 1 Tim. 2. 15.
Laſtly, this is an Excellent Feare, becauſe it is A fountaine of Life[158]: wherefore? To driue away Sinnes[159], Sinnes which haue beene committed by Repentance (ſaith S. Bernard) and Sinnes whereto we are Tempted, by Reſiſtance[160]; and yet this is not all the Excellencie of this Feare: For it is A fountaine of life alſo: To Cauſe vs to finde fauour at our Deaths[161]; and which is more, Such an Excellent Feare as will make vs Not feare, nor be afraid[162]. Whereupon Saint Auguſtine[163] concludes for my purpoſe: Diſcat timere, qui non vult timere: Diſcat ad tempus eſſe Solicitus, qui ſemper vult eſſe ſecurus. Let him learn to feare, that would not feare: Let him be wary and cautelous for a time, that would be happie and ſecure for euer. Tertullian giues the reaſon[164], because if We feare to Offend, by Fearing we will take heed, leſt we Offend, and by Taking heed, we ſhall be in ſafetie; otherwiſe if wee preſume and be not alwaies watchfull ouer our hearts leſt they offend, we cannot be Saued[165], Ier. 4. 14. Qui ſolicitus eſt, is verè poterit eſſe ſecurus: He that is not ouer-bold on his owne ſtrength[166]; but confident in Christ[167], and liues not ſecurely in the minion-delight of any knowne ſinne; but ſtands in ſuch continuall awe of Gods Preſence, Precepts, Promiſes, Threats, that he dare not ſo much as once make any offer of incurring his Diſpleaſure by the impenitent Allowance of any ſinne in his heart[168], and ſtudies to do euery Good worke as carefully, as if it were the Laſt he should doe in this World, and as exactly, as if his whole Saluation depended vpon it, ſuch a Man (in Ancient Tertullians iudgement[169]) may be truely ſecure of Perſeuering in Grace here; and of being Glorified hereafter[170], 1 Thess. 5. 15, 24. Once more I haue done. Is not that an excellent thing that is for the Good of them that haue it, & of their children after them? Riches, Honour, Beautie, Policie, theſe and the like are not oftentimes ſo, as we ſee by woefull experience in Nabal, Haman, Abſalom, Achitophel; but the feare of the Lord is euer ſo, for the Good of them that haue it, and for their children after them, as the Prophet ſaith, Ier. 32. 39. and God himſelfe before him, Deut. 5. 29.
