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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.
How to grow in this Fear of God.
Having given you these Motives to the duty of growing in THIS fear of God, Before I leave this use, I will in few words show you HOW you may grow in THIS fear of God.
Having given you these Motives to the duty of growing in THIS fear of God, Before I leave this use, I will in few words shew you HOW you may grow in THIS fear of God.
1. Then, If thou wouldest grow in this fear of God, Learn aright to distinguish of fear in general. I mean, learn to distinguish between THAT fear that is godly, and that which in it self is indeed ungodly fear of God; and know them well the one from the other, lest the one, the fear that in it self indeed is ungodly, get the place, even the upper hand of that which truly is godly fear. And remember the ungodly fear of God, is by God himself counted an enemy to him, and hurtful to his people, and is therefore most plentifully forbidden in the word, Gen. 1.15. Chap. 26.24. Chap. 46.3. Exo. 14.13. Chap. 20.20. Num. ⟨p. 199⟩