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A treatise of the fear of God showing what it is, and how distinguished…A treatise of the fear of God shewing what it is, and how distinguished…
A treatise of the fear of God showing what it is, and how distinguished from that what is not so : also whence it comes, who has it, what are the effects, and what the privileges of those that have it in their hearts / by John Bunyan.A treatise of the fear of God shewing what it is, and how distinguished from that what is not so : also whence it comes, who has it, what are the effects, and what the priviledges of those that have it in their hearts / by John Bunyan.
London: printed for N. Ponder, 1679
Of several sorts of fear of God in the heart of the Children of men.
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.
Answ. Yes verily, for still whatever I hear or read, I think nothing that is good belongs to me.
9 Quest. Doth not THESE FEARS tend to the stirring up of blasphemies in thy heart against God?
Answ. Yes, to the almost distracting of me.
10 Quest. Doth not these fears make thee sometimes think, that it is in vain for thee to wait upon the Lord any longer?
Answ. Yes verily, and I have many times almost come to this conclusion, that I will read, pray, hear, company with Gods people, or the like, no longer.