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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 showeth you the dreadful state of those that lightly, vainly, lyingly, and profanely make use of the name, this fearful name of God; either by their blasphemous cursing and oaths, or by their fraudulent dealing with their neighbour; (for some men have no way to prevail with their neighbour to bow under a cheat, but by calling falsely upon the name of the Lord to be witness that the wickedness is good and honest:) but how these men will escape (when they shall be judged) devouring fire, and everlasting burnings, for their profaning and blaspheming of the name of the Lord, becomes them betimes to consider of, Jer. 14.14, 15. Ezek. 20.39. Exod. 20.7.
This therefore sheweth you the dreadful state of those that lightly, vainly, lyingly, and profanely make use of the name, this fearful name of God; either by their blasphemous cursing and oaths, or by their fraudulent dealing with their neighbour; (for some men have no way to prevail with their nighbour to bow under a cheat, but by calling falsly upon the name of the Lord to be witness that the wickedness is good and honest:) but how these men will escape (when they shall be judged) devouring fire, and everlasting burnings, for their profaning and blaspheming of the name of the Lord, becomes them betimes to consider of, Jer. 14.14, 15. Ezek. 20.39. Exod. 20.7.
3. But Thirdly, As the Presence and Name of God are dreadful and fearful in the Church; so is his Worship and Service. I say, his Worship, or the works of service, to which we are by him enjoined while we are in this world, are dreadful and fearful things. This David conceiveth, when he saith, But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercies, and in thy FEAR will I worship towards thy holy Temple,