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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.
Yea the whole of our service to God, and every part thereof, ought to be done by us with reverence and godly fear. And therefore let us, as Paul saith again, Cleanse our selves from all filthiness of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God, Hebr. 12. 2 Cor. 7.1.
That which makes the worship of God so fearful a thing, is,
1. For that it is the worship of GOD: all manner of service carries more or less dread and fear along with it, according as the quality or condition of the person is, to whom the worship and service is done. This is seen in the service of subjects to their Princes, the service of servants to their Lords, and the service of children to their Parents. Divine Worship then being due to God (for it is now of Divine Worship we speak) and this God so great and dreadful in himself and Name, his Worship must therefore be a fearful thing.