[71] Deut. 4. 10. Eſ. 66. 2. Eccl. 12. 13. Prou. 13. 13. Pſal. 119. 161.
[72] Pſal. 119. 120. & 52. 6.
[73] 2 Cor. 7. 1. Heb. 4. 1. Pſal. 130. 4.
[74] Deut. 5. 9
[75] Hos. 3. 5. Pſal. 33. 18 & 130. 4.
[76] Ier. 5. 22. Act. 10. 2, 33.
[77] Mal. 1. 6. Oſ. 3. 5. Hebr. 12. 9.
II.
The continuance of her Feare.
Laſtly, in the Scriptures I finde Perſeuerance or Conſtancie[84] to be euer an inſeperable Attendant vpon her Feare! For ſhe is not one that hath not yet taſted of this ſauing Grace, or elſe not continued in the ſame; but ſhe is a woman for the preſent, Timens Dominum, Fearing the Lord. You ſhall neuer finde Her otherwiſe, than (as God would haue her) In the feare of the Lord all the day long, Prou. 23. Fearing and keeping his Commandements alwaies, Deut. 4. Doing her Husband Good and not euill all the daies of her life, verſe the 12. of this Chapter.
It is true indeed, as Feare is oppoſed to Diffidence, Luke 1. So ſhe ſerves God without a Diſtruſtfull Feare all the daies of her life; becauſe of Gods continuall preſence with Her[85], continuall mercy towards Her[86], continuall power[87] ouer Her, in Strengthening, Helping, and Vpholding Her, Eſai. 41. 10. But yet as Feare is oppoſed to Negligence, ſo ſhe ſtill feares God, leſt ſhe ſhould be ſecure by reaſon of his Power which is inuincible[88]; of his Wiſdome, which is infallible[89]; of his Mercy, which is compaſſionate[90]; and of his Iuſtice, which is inflexible[91].
