A30211:616
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.
Thirdly wouldest thou grow in this Godly fear? then as thou shouldest learn to distinguish of fears, so thou shouldest make conscience of which to entertain and cherish. If God would have his fear (and it is called his fear by way of eminency) that his fear may be before you that you sin not, Exo. 20.20. Jer. 32.4. I say, if God would have this his fear be with thee, then thou shouldest make conscience of this, and not so lightly give way to slavish fear, as is Common for Christians to do.
There is utterly a fault among Christians ⟨p. 201⟩about this thing: That is, they make not that conscience of resisting of slavish fear, as they ought; they rather cherish and entertain it, and so weaken themselves, and that fear that they ought to strengthen.
And this is the reason that we so often lie grabbling under the black, and amazing thoughts that are engendered in our hearts by unbelief: For this fear nourisheth unbelief; that is now it doth, (to wit, if we give way to it after the spirit of Adoption is come) & readily closeth with all the fiery darts of the wicked.
And this is the reason that we so often lie grabling under the black, and amazing thoughts that are engendred in our hearts by unbelief: For this fear nourisheth unbelief; that is now it doth, (to wit, if we give way to it after the spirit of Adoption is come) & readily closeth with all the fiery darts of the wicked.