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…

Wherefore sinner consider, whoever thou art, that art destitute of this fear of God, thou art void of all other graces, for this fear▪ as also I have showed, floweth from the whole stock of grace where it is. There is not one of the graces of the Spirit, but this fear is in the bowels of it; yea as I may say, this fear is the flower and beauty of every grace, neither is there any thing, let it look as much like grace as it will, that will be counted so indeed, if the fruit thereof be not this. fear of God; wherefore I say again, consider well of of this matter, for as thou shall be found with ⟨p. 161⟩reference to this grace, so shall thy judgment be. I have but briefly treated of this grace, yet have endeavoured, with words as fit as I could, to display it in its colours before thy face, first by showing you what this fear of God is, then what it flows from, as also what doth flow from it: To which, as was said before, I have added several privileges that are annexed to this fear, that by all, if it may be, thou mayest see it, if thou hast it, and thy self without it, if thou hast it not. Wherefore I refer thee thither again for information in this thing; Or if thou art loth to give the Book a second reading but wilt go on to the end now thou art gotten hither: Then secondly and particularly I conclude with these several propositions concerning those that fear not God.

Wherefore sinner consider, whoever thou art, that art destitute of this fear of God, thou art void of all other graces, for this fear▪ as also I have shewed, floweth from the whole stock of grace where it is. There is not one of the graces of the Spirit, but this fear is in the bowels of it; yea as I may say, this fear is the flower and beauty of every grace, neither is there any thing, let it look as much like grace as it will, that will be counted so indeed, if the fruit thereof be not this. fear of God; wherefore I say again, consider well of of this matter, for as thou shall be found with ⟨p. 161⟩reference to this grace, so shall thy judgment be. I have but briefly treated of this grace, yet have indeavoured, with words as fit as I could, to display it in its colours before thy face, first by shewing you what this fear of God is, then what it flows from, as also what doth flow from it: To which, as was said before, I have added several priviledges that are annexed to this fear, that by all, if it may be, thou mayest see it, if thou hast it, and thy self without it, if thou hast it not. Wherefore I refer thee thither again for information in this thing; Or if thou art loth to give the Book a second reading but wilt go on to the end now thou art gotten hither: Then secondly and particularly I conclude with these several propositions concerning those that fear not God.