The divine life in three treatises

1. His Children therefore must be kept in a holy awe; God is never to be approached or mentioned, but with the greatest reverence. We must sanctify the Lord of Hosts himself, and he must be our fear and dread, Isa. 8. 13. Even they that receive the unmoveable Kingdom, must have grace in their hearts to serve him acceptably with Reverence and godly fear, because our God is a consuming fire, Heb. 12. 28, 29. When we come to worship in the holy Assemblies, we should think, as Jacob, Gen. 28. 17. How dreadful is this place? This is none other but the House of God, and this is the gate of Heaven. Especially when God seemeth to frown upon the soul, his servants must humble themselves before him, and deprecate his wrath, as Jeremiah did, Jer. 17. 17. Be not a terror to me. It ill becometh the best of men, to make light of the frowns and threatenings of God. Also when he dealeth with us in Judgement, and we feel the smart of his chastisements, though we must remember that he is a Father, yet withal we must consider that he showeth himself an offended Father: And therefore true and deep Humiliation hath ever been the course of afflicted Saints, to turn away the wrath of a terrible God.

1. His Children therefore must be kept in a holy awe; God is never to be approached or mentioned, but with the greatest reverence. We must sanctifie the Lord of Hosts himself, and he must be our fear and dread, Isa. 8. 13. Even they that receive the unmoveable Kingdom, must have grace in their hearts to serve him acceptably with Reverence and godly fear, because our God is a consuming fire, Heb. 12. 28, 29. When we come to worship in the holy Assemblies, we should think, as Jacob, Gen. 28. 17. How dreadful is this place? This is none other but the House of God, and this is the gate of Heaven. Especially when God seemeth to frown upon the soul, his servants must humble themselves before him, and deprecate his wrath, as Jeremiah did,