_Laetandum est enim magis,
foundation of Gods word_[o], to | quod talem fratrem habuerim, quam
vanish into aire, into nothing, to | dolendum, quod fratrem amiserim.
rebound from your flintie hearts | Illud enim munus, hoc debitum est._
(as a shaft shot against a wall of | _Idem ibid. fol. 13._]
Adamant[p];) but in Gods Name, Let |
the Sword of Gods Spirit sunder | [Note n: _Non maeremus quod talem
euery one of our minion sinnes from | amisimus, sed gratias agimus, quod
our bosomes: Let Gods pretious | habuimus, immo habemus. S. Ierom.
promise here of praising a _Woman | Epitaph. Paulae._]
that feareth the Lord_, feare vs |
from our strongest corruptions. | [Note o: _Basis quaedam Verbi est
_Atq vtinam praeconia foeminarum, | Timor sanctus. Sicut enim
imitarentur viri_. And I may well | simulachrum aliquod in Basi
wish with Saint _Ierome_, that Men | statuitur----ita verbum Dei in
would emulate and imitate Women in | Timore Sancto melius statuitur,
their deserued attributions of | fortius radicatur, hoc est, in
Praise[q]. Lastly, if you desire to | pectore timentis Dominum--S.
know, besides this motiue of | Ambros. in Psal. 118. Serm. 5._]
obtaining Heauenly praise, what |
other Meanes you should vse to get, | [Note: III. _Means to Godly
keepe and increase such a godly | Feare._]
Feare in you, then consider the |
examples of Gods dreadfull | [Note p: _Iam. 1. 22. Zach. 7.
iudgements[r] on them, that Feare | 12._]
Him not, yea on Christ Iesus |
Himselfe pursued for our sins[s] to | [Note q: _S. Ierom. epist. ad
the fulnesse of Bitternesse by the | Furiam._]
iustice of God, consider that |
first. Then remember your owne | [Note r: _1 Cor. 10. 11. Reuel.
Deaths to haue them before you[t], | 14. 7._]
remember your strict Accounts to be |
made[u], remember the restlesse | [Note s: _Esai. 57. 11. & 53. 5.
Terrour of Conscience[x], which | Mat. 27. 46._]
followes the impenitent, and then |
or neuer you will _Feare the Lord | [Note t: _Eccles. 3. 14. Iob 7.
Greatly_, as _Obadiah_ and this | 1. Psal. 39. 4. & 90. 12._]
Blessed Lady did. Be not deceiued |
(my Brethren) after all this | [Note u: _2 Cor. 5. 10. Matth.
Hearing, it is not a Little Feare | 12. 36._]
will serue the turne. For to Feare |
God but a little (as _Fulgentius