g. de Temp. tom. 212. tom. 10._]
pure eye, which shee will not |
prouoke to anger by any sinne, for | [Note x: _Multum enim refraenat
all the gold that euer the Sunne | homines c[=o]scientia, si credamus
made, or shall make while it stands | nos in c[=o]spectu Dei uiuere, si
in Heauen[y]. | non, tantum quae gerimus uideri
| desuper, sed etiam quae cogitamus,
| aut loquimur, audiri a Deo putamus
| &c. Lact. de Ira Dei. c.8._]
|
| [Note y: _Es. 3. 8. 1 Cor. 3.
| 22. Psalm. 119. 14.72. 127.162._]
|
This glorious description of a | [Note a: _2 Tim. 1. 7 & 3. 2._]
woman fearing the Lord, is not mine |
(Blessed Brethren) but the | [Note b: _Rom. 8. 15._]
Scriptures, wherein I finde; 1. The |
cause of her Feare to be not | [Note c: _Es. 29. 13._]
Selfe-Loue[a], but the Loue of God; |
not the spirit of Bondage[b]; but | [Note d: _Deut. 4. 10. Es. 66.
the Spirit of Adoption: 2. The | 2. Eccl. 12. 13. Prou. 13. 13._
Obiect of her feare to be not the | _Psal. 119. 161._]
precepts of men[c], but the |
Commandements of God[d]: not his | [Note e: _Psal. 119. 120. & 52.
Threats only[e], but his Promises | 6._]
also[f]: not his Anger only against |
sin[g], but his Mercy also in | [Note f: _2 Cor. 7. 1. Heb. 4.
Christ[h]: not his Presence only, | 1. Psal. 130. 4._]
as a Reuenging Iudge[i], but his |
Forbearance also as a louing | [Note g: _Deut. 5. 9_]
Father[k]. 3. The workings of her |
Feare to be in the heat of | [Note h: _Hos. 3. 5. Psal. 33. 18
temptations and afflictions, not | & 130. 4._]
Despairing[l]; but Beleeuing the |
forgiuenesse of her sinnes, not | [Note i: _Ier. 5. 22. Act. 10. 2,
Limiting God to the present danger; | 33._]
but [m]waiting for his mercy, not |
Distrusting his Prouidence; but | [Note k: _Mal. 1. 6. Os. 3. 5.
hoping for Good[n]: not Murmuring | Hebr. 12. 9._]
against him; but praising Him, and |
praying vnto Him[o], yea (which is | [Note: II. _The continuance of her
the proper Act of her Feare) not | Feare._]
Louing any sin, but hating and |