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[332] Phil. 1. 23.—Et Chriſtum lædimus cùm euocatos quoſque ab illo quaſi miſerandos non æquanimitèr accipimus. Cupio, inquit Apoſtolus, recipi iam ... Ergo votum ſi alios conſequutos impatientèr dolemus, ipſi conſequi nolumus. Tertul. de Patient. cap. 9. Temperet ſanè Dilecti Gaudiū, mœſtitiam deſolatorum, & tolerabilius fiat nobis, quod Nobiſcum non eſt, quia cum Deo eſt. Ber. in Cant. ſer. 27.
[333] Non enim nobis ereptus es, ſed periculis.—raptus eſt ne totius orbis excidia, mundi finem, propinquorū funera, &c. S. Ambroſ. de Obitu Fratru. fol. 17.
[334] Lætandum eſt enim magis, quòd talem fratrem habuerim, quàm dolendum, quòd fratrem amiſerim. Illud enim munus, hoc debitum eſt. Idem ibid. fol. 13.
[335] Non mæremus quod talem amiſimus, ſed gratias agimus, quòd habuimus, immo habemus. S. Ierom. Epitaph. Paulæ.
[336] Baſis quædam Verbi eſt Timor ſanctus. Sicut enim ſimulachrum aliquod in Baſi ſtatuitur——ita verbum Dei in Timore Sancto melius ſtatuitur, fortiùs radicatur, hoc eſt, in pectore timentis Dominum—S. Ambros. in Pſal. 118. Serm. 5.
[337] Iam. 1. 22. Zach. 7. 12.
[338] S. Ierom. epiſt. ad Furiam.
[339] 1 Cor. 10. 11. Reuel. 14. 7.
[340] Eſai. 57. 11. & 53. 5. Mat. 27. 46.
[341] Eccleſ. 3. 14. Iob 7. 1. Pſal. 39. 4. & 90. 12.
[342] 2 Cor. 5. 10. Matth. 12. 36.
[343] Rom. 2. 15. Reu. 6. 16. Pſal. 18. 23. Prou. 8. 13.
[344] —Hunc ſi quis parum metuit, valde contemmi—B. Fulg. de Myſt. Mediat. ad Traſim. l.2. pag. 215.
[345] Si in ſolo vno peccato deceſſerit Homo, irreuocabilitèr mittitur in ignem æternum—Gerſon. 2. p. de Mendicit. Spirit. lit. D & H. part. 3.
[346] Ex parte enim Auerſionis dicit Iacobus qui offendit in vno factus eſt omnium reus, quia scilicet vno peccato peccando incurrit pœnæ reatum, ex hoc, quod contemnit Deum, ex cuius contemptu prouenit omnium peccatorū reatus. Aquin. 12. q. 73. a.1 ad fin. Peccatum enim remitti non poteſt, quam disi Voluntas peccato adheret. Idem. p. 3. q. 87. a. 1. c. & q. 86. a. 2. c. Vnde non poteſt eſſe vere pœnitens, qui de vno peccato pœnitet, & non de alio. Si enim diſpliceret ei illud peccatum, quia eſt contra Deum ſuper omnia dilectum—Sequeretur, quod de omnibus peccatis pœniteret. Id. q. 86. a. 3. c.
V.
Reaſons to feare the Lord.
VI.
Prayer for Godly Feare.
Knowing therefore (as Saint Paul concludes[347]) the terrour of the Lord, we perſwade you (Bleſſed Brethren) to feare God Greatly, and to Giue Glory vnto Him[348]; then you ſhall haue praiſe of Him, then hee will glorifie you; and to ſay no more than this (with the Prophet Ieremie[349],) which will make the Fearleſſe Sinner inexcuſable: Who would not feare thee O Lord, thou King of Nations, thou King of Saints? 1. For thou onely art Holy: 2. For all Nations ſhall come vnto thee, and worſhip thee: 3. For thy iudgements are made manifest[350]: 4. For there is none like vnto thee, that pardoneth Iniquitie, and paſſeth by the Tranſgreſſion of the remnant of thy Heritage[351]? Who would not Feare Thee ſuch an Almightie, All-ſeeing, Iuſt, Mercifull Lord God? Put thy feare therefore in our Hearts (as thou haſt promiſed[352]) that wee may neuer depart from thee; but clinging inſeparably by a liuely faith, vnto the bleeding wounds of our Bleſſed Redeemer, may without all ſlauiſh Feare[353] of Death and Iudgement, Louingly[354] appeare before thy Iudgement-ſeat, and without deſperate Crying to the mountains and rocks Fall on vs[355], may ioyfully heare Thee ſay vnto vs: Come ye Bleſſed of my Father, Inherit the Kingdome prepared for you from the foundation of the world[356].
Which God grants vnto vs all, for the All-ſufficient Merits of his Deareſt Sonne, the Sweet Lord Ieſus: To whom with Himſelfe and the Holy Spirit be aſcribed All Praiſe, Honour, Glory, Power, Dominion and Maieſtie, now and euer. Amen. Amen.
FINIS.