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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.
Further, He doth not only say, that he will teach them the way, for that must of necessity be supplied, but he says also that he will teach such IN it; Him shall he teach IN the way that he shall choose. This argueth that, as thou shalt know, so the way shall be made by the communion that thou shalt have with God therein, sweet and pleasant to thee. For this text promiseth unto the man that feareth the Lord, the presence, company (and discovery of the mind) of God, while he is going in the way that he hath chosen. It is said of the good Scribe, ⟨p. 137⟩That he is instructed unto, as well as into the way of the Kingdom of God. Instructed UNTO that is, he hath the heart and mind of God still discovered to him in the way that he hath chosen even all the way from this world, to that which is to come, even until he shall come to the very gate and door of Heaven, Matth. 13.52. what the Disciples said, was the effect of the presence of Christ, to wit, that their hearts did burn within them while he talked to them by the way, Luk. 24. shall be also fulfilled in thee, he will meet with thee in the way, talk with thee in the way; he will teach thee IN the way that thou shalt choose.
Further, He doth not only say, that he will teach them the way, for that must of necessity be supplied, but he saies also that he will teach such IN it; Him shall he teach IN the way that he shall chuse. This argueth that, as thou shalt know, so the way shall be made by the communion that thou shalt have with God therein, sweet and pleasant to thee. For this text promiseth unto the man that feareth the Lord, the presence, company (and discovery of the mind) of God, while he is going in the way that he hath chosen. It is said of the good Scribe, ⟨p. 137⟩That he is instructed unto, as well as into the way of the Kingdom of God. Instructed VNTO that is, he hath the heart and mind of God still discovered to him in the way that he hath chosen even all the way from this world, to that which is to come, even until he shall come to the very gate and door of Heaven, Matth. 13.52. what the Disciples said, was the effect of the presence of Christ, to wit, that their hearts did burn within them while he talked to them by the way,