sal. 25. 14. The secret_, that | 20. Ioh. 16. 22. & 10. 28, 29.
is, _the feare of the Lord, is with | v. Psal. 35. 5. & 125. 1. Prou.
them that feare Him_; and is not | 10. 30._]
that enough, though I should say no |
more with the Psalmist, because | [Note n: _Psal. 34. 9, 10.
_Godly Feare is Gods Treasure, | Eccles. 40. 26, 27. & 1. 16._]
Esai. 33. 6._ and _Better little |
with it_ (saith _Salomon_) _than | [Note o: _Prou. 15. 16._]
Great Treasure_[o]? But there is |
more behind to moue you further to | [Note p: _Psal. 25. 14._]
affect this Excellent Grace. For if |
you will _Feare the Lord_, He will | [Note q: _Mal. 2. 5._]
shew you his _Couenant_[p] _of life |
and peace_[q], _Teach you the way | [Note r: _Psal. 25. 12._]
that you shall chuse_[r], _Haue a |
Booke of remembrance written before | [Note s: _Mal. 3. 16._]
Him for you_[s]: _Hee will Arise |
vnto you the Sunne of | [Note t: _Mal. 4. 2._]
Righteousnesse with healing in his |
wings_[t]: _He wil hide you in his | [Note u: _Psal. 31. 20, 21._]
presence from the pride of men_[u], |
_Keepe you secretly in a Pauilion | [Note x: _Eccles. 33. 1._]
from the strife of tongues, Deliuer |
you in Temptation euen againe_[x]; | [Note y: _Psal. 147. 11._]
yea _He will take pleasure in |
you_[y], _Pitie you as a Father | [Note a: _Psalm. 103. 13. Mal. 3.
doth his children_[a], _Fulfill | 17._]
your Desire_, _Heare your crie and |
saue you_[b]. And what is all this, | [Note b: _Psal. 145. 19._]
but in a word (the word of my Text) |
_Hee will praise you_, which is the |
Thing Promised to _a woman fearing |
the Lord_. |
|
_Ipsa Laudabitur: She shall be | [Note: II.
praised._ | _The thing promised._
| _In what respect to_ Ipsa.]
She shall be so; but may not that |
labour be spared? For a man would | [Note c: _Prou. 28. 4 & 24. 24. &
thinke, she hath been praised all | 17. 15. Eccl. 10. 23, 29. Tho.
this while; because Godly Feare, | Aquin. 22. q. 115. a. 2. Corp._]
the Grace of God in Her, and the |
onely cause of her Praise, hath | [Note d: _Ego carnis bona quae
beene alreadie so much commended | semper & ipse contempsit, in animae
vnto you? No (Beloued) my Text (you | laud