ted, by Resistance[b]; and | est, sine quod tentat intrare.
yet this is not all the Excellencie | Expellit sane illud quidem
of this Feare: For it is _A | poenitende, hoc Resistendo. Serm.
fountaine of life_ also: _To Cause | de Diuers. Affect._]
vs to finde fauour at our |
Deaths_[c]; and which is more, Such | [Note c: _Eccles. 1. 13._]
an Excellent Feare as will make vs |
_Not feare, nor be afraid_[d]. | [Note d: _Eccles. 34. 14. Exod.
Whereupon Saint _Augustine_[e] | 20. 20. Prou. 1. 33. & 19. 23.
concludes for my purpose: _Discat | Psal. 27. 1, 2, 3. & 34. 4
timere, qui non vult timere: Discat | --Auferendi sunt metus, sed ita,
ad tempus esse Solicitus, qui | vt hic solus relinquatur, qui
semper vult esse securus_. Let him | quoniam legitimus ac verus est,
learn to feare, that would not | solus efficit, ut possint caetera
feare: Let him be wary and | omnia non timeri, Lact. de Vero
cautelous for a time, that would be | Cultu. l. 6. c. 17. Qui enim Deum
happie and secure for euer. | veraciter timet, nihil terrenum &
_Tertullian_ giues the reason[f], | caducum timet, immo ex ipso Timore
because if _We feare to Offend_, by | Dei, ipsis Timoribus
Fearing we will take heed, lest we | supereffertur. Bonau. lib. 3. d.
Offend, and by Taking heed, we | 34. q. 1. p. 62._]
shall be in safetie; otherwise if |
wee presume and be not alwaies | [Note e: _De Temp. Serm. 214. tom.
watchfull ouer our hearts lest they | 10._]
offend, we cannot be _Saued_[g], |
_Ier. 4. 14. Qui solicitus est, | [Note f: _Nam qui praesumit, minus
is vere poterit esse securus_: He | veretur, minus praecauet, plus
that is not ouer-bold on his owne | periclitatur &c. De Cultu Faem.
strength[h]; but confident in | cap. 2. & de Paenit. cap. 6.--Volo
Christ[i], and liues not securely | te timere & non timere, praesumere &
in the minion-delight of any knowne | non praesumere, timere vt paeniteas,
sinne; but stands in such | non timere vt praesumas. Porro
continuall awe of Gods _Presence_, | praesumere ne diffidas, non
_Precepts_, _Promises_, _Threats_, | praesumere ne torpescas. Ber. cp.
that he dare not so much as once | 87. ad Oger._]
make any offer of incurring his |
Displeasure by the impenitent | [Note g: _Prou. 4. 23. Ier. 4.
Allowance of any sinne in his |