FOOTNOTES:
[48] Eccleſ. 23. 26. Prou. 10. 7.
[49] Eccleſ. 26. 25.
[50] Eccleſ. 7. 26
[51] Prou. 12. 4.
[52] Eccleſ. 26. 21.
[53] Eccleſ. 26. 25.
[54] Sic ergò & ipſi, ſaluâ veniâ in gehennam detrudentur, dum ſaluô metû peccant. De pænit. c. 5. Reuel. 21. 8. & 22. 15.
[55] Gen. 3. 16. Eph. 5. 23.33. 1 Cor. 7. 34.
[56] 1 Tim. 5. 10. 2 Tim. 1. 5. & 3. 15. Tit. 2. 4. Deut. 6. 7.
[57] Prou. 31. 15, 21. Matth. 8. 6.
[58] 1 Tim. 5. 4. Eſth. 2. 7, 10. & 4. 4. Ruth 4. 15. Exod. 18. 7.
[59] Phil. 2. 3. Rom. 12. 10, 16.
[60] Iam. 2. 1. 1 Tim. 6. 18.
[61] Titus 2. 3.
[62] Luk. 1. 45, 56. Prou. 1. 20 & 5. 20 Gal. 6. 10 1 Tim 5. 10 Iob 6. 14
This glorious deſcription of a woman fearing the Lord, is not mine (Bleſſed Brethren) but the Scriptures, wherein I finde; 1. The cauſe of her Feare to be not Selfe-Loue[68], but the Loue of God; not the ſpirit of Bondage[69]; but the Spirit of Adoption: 2. The Obiect of her feare to be not the precepts of men[70], but the Commandements of God[71]: not his Threats only[72], but his Promiſes alſo[73]: not his Anger only againſt ſin[74], but his Mercy alſo in Chriſt[75]: not his Preſence only, as a Reuenging Iudge[76], but his Forbearance alſo as a louing Father[77]. 3. The workings of her Feare to be in the heat of temptations and afflictions, not Deſpairing[78]; but Beleeuing the forgiueneſſe of her ſinnes, not Limiting God to the present danger; but[79]waiting for his mercy, not Diſtruſting his Prouidence; but hoping for Good[80]: not Murmuring againſt him; but praiſing Him, and praying vnto Him[81], yea (which is the proper Act of her Feare) not Louing any ſin, but hating and eſchewing all ſin[82], not out of a ſlauiſh terrour of puniſhment; but chiefly becauſe it is Sinne, an Infinite euill; and becauſe an Infinite Good God, whom ſhe loueth (ſaith Saint Auguſtine) is offended by it, though ſhe ſhould neuer goe to Hell-fire to be puniſhed for it[83].
