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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.
12. They fear not God, who are strangers to the effects of fear. If I be a Master where is my fear? That is, show that I am so by your fear of me in the effects of your fear of me. You offer polluted Bread upon mine Altar. This is not a sign that you fear me, ye offer the blind for Sacrifices, where is my fear? ye offer the lame and the sick these are not effects of the fear of God, Mal. 1.6, 7, 8.
12. They fear not God, who are strangers to the effects of fear. If I be a Master where is my fear? That is, shew that I am so by your fear of me in the effects of your fear of me. You offer polluted Bread upon mine Altar. This is not a sign that you fear me, ye offer the blinde for Sacrifices, where is my fear? ye offer the lame and the sick these are not effects of the fear of God, Mal. 1.6, 7, 8.
Sinner, it is on thing to say, I fear God, and another to fear him indeed. Therefore as James says, show me thy faith by thy works, so here God calls for a testimony of thy fear by the effects of fear. I have already showed you several effects of fear, if thou art a stranger to them, thou art a stranger to this grace of fear. Therefore, to conclude this, It is not a feigned profession that will do; nothing is good here, but what is salted with this fear of God, and they that fear him are men of truth, men of singleness of heart, perfect, upright, humble, holy men; wherefore reader examine, and again I say examine, and lay the word and thy heart ⟨p. 174⟩together before that thou concludest that thou fearest God.
Sinner, it is on thing to say, I fear God, and another to fear him indeed. Therefore as James saies, shew me thy faith by thy works, so here God calls for a testimony of thy fear by the effects of fear. I have already shewed you several effects of fear, if thou art a stranger to them, thou art a stranger to this grace of fear. Therefore, to conclude this, It is not a feigned profession that will do; nothing is good here, but what is salted with this fear of God, and they that fear him are men of truth, men of fingleness of heart, perfect, upright, humble, holy men; wherefore reader examine, and again I say examine, and lay the word and thy heart