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And in another place, Though the Lord should kill me, yet will I trust in him. He feared sin which is the sting of crosses, and therefore were his crosses less terrible unto him when they came: and so will they be unto us if we carefully eschew those corruptions which otherwise will envenom and poison them unto us. this is the first means to arm us against fears, viz. to take heed of sin before it be committed.

And in another place, Though the Lord should kill me, yet will I trust in him. He feared sinne which is the sting of crosses, and therefore were his crosses lesse terrible vnto him when they came: and so will they be vnto vs if we carefully eschew those corruptions which otherwise will enuenome and poyson them vnto vs. this is the first means to arme vs against feares, viz. to take heed of sinne before it bee committed.

But if it be committed, §2¹the next remedy is, to stand in awe of Gods judgements due unto the same, and so to be led on to true repentance. The best way to escape desperate fear is, to fright our souls with an holy fear: For if we judge our selves, we shall not be judged of the Lord. Excellent for this purpose, is that answer of Huldah the Prophetess unto good Josiah: Because thine heart did melt (saith she) and thou hast humbled thy self before the Lord, ²when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants of the same, to wit, that it should be destroyed, and accursed,; and hast rent thy clothes, & wept before me, I have also heard thee saith the Lord. Behold therefore I will gather thee to thy fathers; ⟨p. 93⟩and thou shalt be put in thy grave in peace, and thine eyes shall not see all the evil that I will bring upon this place. And agreeable to this, is the speech of Habakkuk: When I heard, my belly trembled,