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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
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.
This therefore is one of the fruits of this godly fear, to wit, a reverence of his name, and tenderness of his glory.
Secondly, There flows from this godly fear, watchfulness: As it is said of Solomons Servants, they watched about his bed because of fear in the night: So it may be said of them that have this godly fear: It makes them a watchful people.
1. It makes them watch their hearts, and take heed to keep them with all diligence lest they should, by one, or another of its sleights, lead them to do that which in it self is wicked, Prov. 4.23. Heb. 12.15.
2. It makes them watch, lest some temptation from Hell should enter into their heart ⟨p. 110⟩[…] ⟨p. 111⟩