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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.
11. They fear not God, who instead of pitying of, rail at Gods people in their affliction, temptations and persecutions, and rather rejoice and skip for joy, then sympathize with them in their sorrow. Thus did Davids enemies, thus did Israels enemies, and thus did the Thief, he railed at Christ when he hanged upon the Cross, and was for that, even by his fellow, accounted for one that feared not God, Luk. 23.40. Psal. 35.1, 22, 23, 24, 25 26. Read Obadiah 10.11, 12 13, 14, 15. Jer. 48.2, 7.
11. They fear not God, who instead of pittying of, rail at Gods people in their affliction, temptations and persecutions, and rather rejoyce and skip for joy, then sympathize with them in their sorrow. Thus did Davids enemies, thus did Israels enemies, and thus did the Thief, he railed at Christ when he hanged upon the Cross, and was for that, even by his fellow, accounted for one that feared not God, Luk. 23.40. Psal. 35.1, 22, 23, 24, 25 26. Read Obadiah 10.11, 12 13, 14, 15. Jer. 48.2, 7.
This is a common thing among the Children of men, even to rejoice at the hurt of them that fear God, and it ariseth even of an inward hatred to Godliness. They hate you, says Christ, because they hated me. Therefore Christ takes what is done to his, in this, as done unto himself, and so to holiness of life.