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A guide to godliness or a Treatise of a Christian life showing the dutiesA guide to godlynesse or a Treatise of a Christian life shewing the duties
A guide to godliness or a Treatise of a Christian life showing the duties wherein it consisteth, the helps enabling & the reasons persuading unto it the impediments hindering the practise of it, and the best means to remove them whereunto are added divers prayers and a treatise of carnal security by John Douname Bachelor in Divinity and minister of Gods Word.A guide to godlynesse or a Treatise of a Christian life shewing the duties wherein it consisteth, the helpes inabling & the reasons parswading vnto it ye impediments hindering ye practise of it, and the best meanes to remoue them whereunto are added diuers prayers and a treatise of carnall securitie by Iohn Douname Batcheler in Diuinitie and minister of Gods Word.
London: printed by Felix Kingstone and William Stansby for Ed, 1622
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
§. 6 The fourth cause, the true fear of God.
§. 6 The fourth cause, the true feare of God.
The fourth cause is, the true fear of God, for this fear removeth all other fears whatsoever, and if with filial affection we fear God 1as Sons, we may thereby be freed from the servile fear of Slaves. So also this fear of God will free us from fear of Men, and the fear of our Creator will quite expel the fear of the Creature. It will free us from fear of all danger of evil, seeing nothing shall be able to hinder our happiness. For, Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord; he shall not be moved for ever, but shall be had in everlasting remembrance. 2He shall not be afraid of any evil tidings, his heart is fixed trusting in the Lord. His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies.
The fourth cause is, the true feare of God, for this feare remooueth all other feares whatsoeuer, and if with filiall affection wee feare God 1as Sonnes, we may thereby be freed from the seruile feare of Slaues. So also this feare of God will free vs from feare of Men, and the feare of our Creator will quite expell the feare of the Creature. It will free vs from feare of all danger of euill, seeing nothing shall be able to hinder our happinesse. For, Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord; hee shall not be mooued for euer, but shall be had in euerlasting remembrance.