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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.
Thirdly, Dost thou fear the Lord? he will open his secret unto thee, even that which he hath hid, and keeps close from all the world, to wit the secret of his covenant and of thy concern therein. The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him, and he will show them his Covenant, Psal. 25.14. This then further confirmeth what was said but just above, his secret shall be with them, and his Covenant shall be showed unto them.
Thirdly, Dost thou fear the Lord? he will open his secret unto thee, even that which he hath hid, and keeps close from all the world, to wit the secret of his covenant and of thy concern therein. The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him, and he will shew them his Covenant, Psal. 25.14. This then further confirmeth what was said but just above, his secret shall be with them, and his Covenant shall be shewed unto them.
His secret, to wit, that which hath been kept hid from ages and generations, that which he manifesteth only to the Saints, or holy Ones; that is, his Christ, for he it is, that is hid in God, and that no man can know ⟨p. 138⟩but he to whom the Father shall reveal him, Matth. 11.27.