dence, _Luke 1._ So | 1, 2._]
she serves God without a |
Distrustfull Feare all the daies of | [Note s: _Ier. 14. 9. Lam. 3.
her life; because of Gods | 22, 23._]
continuall presence with Her[r], |
continuall mercy towards Her[s], | [Note t: _2 Cor. 12. 9. Es. 26.
continuall power[t] ouer Her, in | 4. & 45. 24. Psal. 121. & 35.
Strengthening, Helping, and | 24. Rom. 8. 26._]
Vpholding Her, _Esai. 41. 10._ But |
yet as Feare is opposed to | [Note u: _Matth. 10. 28. Deut.
Negligence, so she still feares | 28. 58._]
God, lest she should be secure by |
reason of his Power which is | [Note x: _Esai. 29. 15, 16. Psal.
inuincible[u]; of his Wisdome, | 50. 21._]
which is infallible[x]; of his |
Mercy, which is compassionate[y]; | [Note y: _Esai. 43. 25. & 63. 9. &
and of his Iustice, which is | 49. 13, 15._]
inflexible[z]. |
| [Note z: _Esai. 42. 14._]
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It is as true also (which _Gerson_ | [Note a: _De diuersis tentat.
and others haue obserued[a]) that | Diaboli, part 3. M^r. Greenham 5._
many times a Deuout Soule is so | part, among his Rules for an
disquieted with a slauish Feare of | Afflicted minde.]
the Aduersary; that she feares lest |
she hath not any true Feare of Gods | [Note b: _Esai. 54. 8, 9, 10. c.
Maiestie; but yet (_B. B._) say the | 49. 15. Ier. 31. 3. 36. c. 33. 20,
_Pelagian_ what hee can to the | 21. Ioh. 13. 1. Rom. 8. 38,
contrary, such is the | 39. Mat. 12. 20. Esai. 42. 3._]
Euerlastingnesse of Gods Loue[b], |
Mercie[c], and Couenant[d], the | [Note c: _Psalm. 103. 17. 2 Sam.
Vnconquerablenesse of his Power[e], | 7. 15._]
the Immortality of his Word[f], the |
Certaintie of his Promises[g], the | [Note d: _Psal. 89. 28, 34. Esai.
Efficacie of Christs Spirit[h]; | 55. 3. c. 59. 21. Ier. 32. 40._]
Prayer[i], Merits[k], and of Faith |
in them[l]; yea such is the durable | [Note e: _Ioh. 10. 29. Iude vers.
vigour of this sauing Grace of _the | 24. 1 Pet. 1. 5. Esai. 26. 4.
Feare of the Lord_[m], that being | Psal. 80. 17. Manus Dei est
once rooted by God, (as Saint | ista, non nostra vt non discedamus
_Augustine_ vrgeth) it cannot be | a Deo, manus inqu[=a] eius est
remoued; but through it we may | is