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Yea these two affections, Credulity and Timidity, Faith and Fear, do mutually and interchangeably succeed either other, produce either other. Faith breedeth Fear, and Fear breedeth Faith. Credulity maketh men timorous: and Timidity maketh men credulous. ^dFear is very credulous, and suspicious, ^eready to incline to the worse side, and to fasten upon every shadow and least show of that that it surmiseth. And as Timidity is credulous, so Credulity is as timorous, enforcing the mind to hang in continual suspense and expectation of those evils that it apprehendeth as imminent. Upon Micah's Prophecy ^fHezekiah believed, and he feared. And upon Jonah's preaching ^gthe Ninevites believed God and feared.

Yea these two affections, Credulitie and Timiditie, Faith and Feare, doe mutually and enterchangeably succeed either other, produce either other. Faith breedeth Feare, and Feare breedeth Faith. Credulitie maketh men timorous: and Timiditie maketh men credulous. ^dFeare is very credulous, and suspitious, ^ereadie to incline to the worse side, and to fasten vpon euery shadow and least shew of that that it surmiseth. And as Timiditie is credulous, so Credulitie is as timorous, enforcing the minde to hang in continuall suspence and expectation of those euils that it apprehendeth as imminent. Vpon Michaes Prophecie ^fEzechias beleeued, and he feared. And vpon Ionaes preaching ^gthe Nineuites beleeued God and feared.

1. dCredula res timor est, quod de amore Ovid▪ epist. 6.