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The freeness of the grace and love of God to believers discovered in reference…
The freeness of the grace and love of God to believers discovered in reference to 1. their services and suffering, 2. their consolations, and 3. their salvation and eternal glory : together with the excellency of the fear of God, the goodness and pleasantness of brotherly love, the wisdom of hearing the voice of the rod, repentance the only way to prevent judgements / delivered in several sermons by the late reverend and faithful minister of Christ, Mr. William Bridge ...The freeness of the grace and love of God to believers discovered in reference to 1. their services and suffering, 2. their consolations, and 3. their salvation and eternal glory : together with the excellency of the fear of God, the goodness and pleasantness of brotherly love, the wisdom of hearing the voice of the rod, repentance the only way to prevent judgements / delivered in several sermons by the late reverend and faithful minister of Christ, Mr. William Bridg ...
London: printed for Nath. Crouch, 1671
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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.
A filial fear.
A silial fear.
A servile fear, whereby a man fears God upon the account of Hell, or Judgement, or because of the wrath of God.
But now a fear of God, not only because of his Judgements, but because of displeasing of him, because of his love, because we would not offend; This is a filial fear, to fear him because we would not do contrary to his commands; and thus did Abraham, when he would have ⟨p. 87⟩offered up his son Isaac: For saith God, Gen. 22.12. By this I know thou fearest God, because he obeyed his command, and was afraid to do contrary.
But now a fear of God, not only because of his Judgements, but because of displeasing of him, because of his love, because we would not offend; This is a silial fear, to fear him because we would not do contrary to his commands; and thus did Abraham, when he would have ⟨p. 87⟩offered up his son Isaac: For saith God, Gen. 22.12. By this I know thou fearest God, because he obeyed his command, and was afraid to do contrary.