6. That there is a mixture of these in Gods […] Children; and their love is not always so powerful, […] so they are sometimes exposed to this fear. What •• remarked in, 1 Joh. 4 18. is not accomplished •• this life; perfect love casteth out fear. The […] have sinful corruption remaining in them, & th•• sometimes so prevalent, that it suppresseth the •• gorous exercise of Grace, and they are led captive •• the law in their members: and, as God makes use •• the Spirit of bondage in the Conversion of his •• lect, so sometimes he awakens it in believers, wh•• they grow remiss in their obedience: for, though they do not receive it again, yet▪ it not being who•• ⟨p. 485⟩taken away, it is sometimes roused in them. They ••ve a rooted love of God, but the exercise is •••ped by sinful temptations, and God terrifies ••em, and makes his judgments to amaze them, Psal. 119 120. Job 31 23. How often doth David ••••lain of terrors that affright him, of arro•• […] stick in him, and drink up his spirits? But there •••••erence between that in the Children of God, […] in unregenerate men; in these they proceed •• further, rise no higher; whereas in those, they […] to awaken their love again, and revive their […]: these fears help forward their Repentance. […] This fear hath a force in it, and will carry men •• further than it drives them. There is a vast dis••nce between the motives that arise from this […] and those that proceed from love. There is ••eet attractive in love, because it naturally cra••• union with its object, which carrieth it forth […] great spontaneity. Love would always be […] and please its beloved. Whereas there is more of compulsion in fear; though it also works […] the man, and puts him on a choice, yet it is not •••olute, but hypothetical. In a word, love seeth an ••••ableness, a desirableness in the Service of God, […] it is in it self good and pleasant, and prefera••••, Psal 19. 10. Whereas fear alone, doth not take ••ay that natural averseness that is in us to obe•••nce: it alters not our false principles, but we still […] good evil; only it makes us apprehend the dan••• arising from the threatening, which we count ••reasonable, but because we cannot otherwise avoid the threatened misery, we choose rather to ⟨p. 486⟩abstain from such sins, and practice such duties, tha• suffer what is denounced. Hence it is an un••• ling willingness that is produced:
6. That there is a mixture of these in Gods 〈…〉 Children; and their love is not always so powerful, 〈…〉 so they are sometimes exposed to this fear. What •• remarked in, 1 Joh. 4 18. is not accomplished •• this life; perfect love casteth out fear. The 〈…〉 have sinful corruption remaining in them, & th•• sometimes so prevalent, that it suppresseth the •• gorous exercise of Grace, and they are led captive •• the law in their members: and, as God makes use •• the Spirit of bondage in the Conversion of his •• lect, so sometimes he awakens it in believers, wh•• they grow remiss in their obedience: for, thoug• they do not receive it again, yet▪ it not being who•• ⟨p. 485⟩taken away, it is sometimes roused in them. They ••ve a rooted love of God, but the exercise is •••ped by sinful temptations, and God terrifies ••em, and makes his judgments to amaze them, Psal. 119 120. Job 31 23. How often doth David ••••lain of terrours that affright him, of arro•• 〈…〉 stick in him, and drink up his spirits? But there •••••erence between that in the Children of God, 〈…〉 in unregenerate men; in these they proceed •• further, rise no higher; whereas in those, they 〈…〉 to awaken their love again, and revive their : these fears help forward their Repentance. This fear hath a force in it, and will carry men forther than it drives them. There is a vast disnce between the motives that arise from this and those that proceed from love. There is eet attractive in love, because it naturally cra union with its object, which carrieth it forth great spontaneity. Love would always be and please its beloved. Whereas there is more of compulsion in fear; though it also works the man, and puts him on a choise, yet it is not olute, but hypothetical. In a word, love seeth an ableness, a desirableness in the Service of God, it is in it self good and pleasant, and prefera, Psal 19. 10. Whereas fear alone, doth not take ay that natural aversness that is in us to obence: it alters not our false principles, but we still good evil; only it makes us apprehend the dan arising from the threatning, which we count reasonable, but because we cannot otherwise avoid the threatned misery, we chuse rather to
