A sermon preached at the election of the Governor, at Boston in New-England, May…A sermon preach'd at the election of the Governour, at Boston in New-England, May…

2. They must Rule in the fear of God; Which contains in it all matters of Religion contained in the first Table of the Law, whereof the filial, reverential, obediential fear of God is the sum and foundation and head-points; Eccles. 12.13. Let us hear the end of all: Fear God, and keep his Commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. 1 Prov. 7. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: The fear of God is a sanctifying gift of Grace, wrought by the Holy Ghost in the hearts of the Elect, proceeding from a right knowledge of God, whence they exalt him above all, and are inclined to the obedience of his revealed will in all things. 1. The fountain hereof is sanctifying Grace; therefore I call it a gift of Grace; Let us have grace, whereby we may so serve God, ¹&c. 2. The principal efficient hereof is the Holy Ghost, Isa. 11.2. And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him. 3. The subject recipient of it is the heart of the Elect, Jer. 32.40. And I will make an everlasting Covenant with them, that I will never turn away from them to do them good, but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. 4. The rise of it is from a right knowledge of God, Jer. 22.15, 16. Did not thy Father eat, and drink, and prosper, when he executed Judgment and Justice, when he judged the cause of the afflicted, and Poor, he prospered: was not this because he knew me, saith the Lord. 1. In his Sovereignty, Jer. 10.6. 2. In his Immensity, Isa. 40.15, &c. Behold the Nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the dust of the balance, &c. 3. In his Omnipresence, Psal. 130.7. Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? or, whither shall I flee from thy presence? 4. In his Justice; It