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The abridgement of the gospell: or The order and course of mans saluation as it is set foorth by Zacharie the father of Iohn Baptist, Luke 1. 67. &c. and further opened in ten sermons thereupon: by Sam. Hieron.
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Hieron, Samuel, 1576?-1617.
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they_o in_o every_o word_n and_o good_a work_n 2.17_o work_n 2._o thes_n 2.17_o to_o confirm_v they_o and_o to_o make_v they_o perfect_a 13.21_o perfect_a heb._n 13.21_o that_o so_o they_o may_v hold_v out_o and_o may_v not_o be_v weary_a of_o well_o do_v 3.13_o do_v 2._o thes_n 3.13_o but_o that_o the_o yoke_n of_o christ_n may_v become_v easy_a 11.30_o easy_a math._n 11.30_o unto_o they_o and_o the_o christian_a life_n may_v not_o seem_v as_o it_o do_v to_o the_o wicked_a burdensome_a and_o unsavoury_a thus_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o serve_v the_o lord_n of_o ourselves_o we_o can_v and_o withal_o that_o god_n have_v even_o tie_v himself_o by_o promise_n to_o enable_v his_o servant_n thereunto_o we_o be_v teach_v by_o this_o use_n the_o use_n when_o we_o be_v call_v upon_o to_o any_o good_a work_n not_o to_o run_v to_o ourselves_o as_o though_o by_o our_o own_o power_n we_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o perform_v it_o for_o who_o be_v we_o that_o any_o good_a thing_n shall_v come_v from_o we_o but_o we_o must_v lift_v up_o our_o heart_n to_o god_n pray_v with_o david_n open_v my_o eye_n 119.18_o eye_n psal_n 119.18_o teach_v i_o the_o way_n of_o thy_o statute_n 33._o statute_n verse_n 33._o incline_v my_o heart_n unto_o thy_o testimony_n 36._o testimony_n verse_n 36._o direct_v my_o step_n in_o thy_o word_n 133._o word_n verse_n 133._o we_o be_v by_o nature_n dead_a in_o trespass_n and_o sin_n 2.1_o sin_n ephe._n 2.1_o until_o he_o quicken_v we_o by_o his_o everliving_a spirit_n and_o create_v a_o new_a heart_n 51.10_o heart_n psal_n 51.10_o within_o we_o we_o can_v entertain_v so_o much_o as_o a_o motion_n unto_o good_a and_o this_o be_v the_o true_a cause_n that_o we_o be_v so_o barren_a in_o good_a duty_n and_o so_o fruitful_a in_o the_o unfruitful_a work_n of_o darkness_n 5.11_o darkness_n eph._n 5.11_o even_o because_o we_o ask_v not_o 4.2_o not_o jam._n 4.2_o thou_o which_o be_v a_o adulterer_n or_o a_o man_n give_v to_o drunkenness_n or_o apt_a to_o 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fear_n a_o slavish_a fear_n and_o a_o sonlike_a fear_n the_o former_a of_o these_o be_v call_v by_o s._n paul_n the_o spirit_n of_o bondage_n 8.15_o bondage_n rom._n 8.15_o it_o be_v such_o as_o slave_n have_v in_o respect_n of_o those_o to_o who_o they_o be_v in_o bondage_n a_o kind_n of_o respect_n they_o have_v to_o those_o in_o who_o power_n they_o be_v they_o do_v that_o which_o be_v command_v they_o but_o they_o neither_o have_v love_n to_o their_o commander_n nor_o take_v any_o delight_n in_o that_o which_o be_v enjoin_v they_o that_o which_o they_o do_v they_o do_v by_o enforcement_n and_o in_o fear_n of_o the_o whip_n such_o be_v the_o fear_n of_o god_n in_o reprobate_n sometime_o they_o be_v strike_v with_o a_o kind_n of_o awe_n of_o god_n majesty_n and_o do_v even_o tremble_v at_o his_o judgement_n and_o it_o may_v be_v do_v something_o which_o be_v require_v but_o their_o obedience_n proceed_v not_o out_o of_o any_o love_n to_o god_n or_o out_o of_o any_o truth_n of_o affection_n to_o that_o which_o be_v perform_v but_o only_o out_o of_o constraint_n thus_o do_v cain_n cast_v down_o his_o countenance_n 4.6_o countenance_n gen._n 4.6_o esau_n weep_v 27.38_o weep_v gen._n 27.38_o pharaoh_n let_v the_o people_n go_v 31._o go_v exo._n 12_o 31._o ahab_n humble_a himself_o 21.27_o himself_o 1._o king_n 21.27_o judas_n repent_v 27.3_o repent_v math._n 27.3_o none_o of_o these_o be_v true_o grieve_v for_o his_o offence_n or_o sorry_a that_o god_n be_v displease_v they_o have_v a_o apprehension_n of_o the_o terror_n of_o the_o lord_n 5.11_o lord_n 2._o cor._n 5.11_o and_o that_o wring_v from_o they_o something_o in_o which_o otherwise_o of_o themselves_o they_o take_v no_o delight_n now_o the_o other_o fear_n be_v call_v the_o spirit_n of_o adoption_n 8.15_o adoption_n rom._n 8.15_o and_o it_o be_v a_o fear_n to_o offend_v rise_v out_o of_o the_o apprehension_n and_o feel_n of_o god_n love_n as_o when_o the_o experience_n which_o i_o have_v have_v in_o myself_o of_o god_n gracious_a deal_n with_o i_o make_v i_o to_o entertain_v a_o fear_n lest_o i_o shall_v abuse_v his_o love_n and_o do_v aught_o that_o may_v displease_v his_o majesty_n this_o kind_n of_o fear_n may_v be_v where_o there_o be_v the_o great_a and_o firm_a and_o most_o respective_a love_n as_o betwixt_o the_o father_n and_o son_n the_o husband_n and_o wife_n let_v the_o wife_n see_v that_o she_o fear_v her_o husband_n say_v paul_n 5.33_o paul_n ephe._n 5.33_o this_o distinction_n of_o fear_n be_v right_o understand_v it_o will_v be_v easy_a to_o reconcile_v these_o place_n serve_v the_o lord_n with_o fear_n say_v david_n that_o be_v consider_v you_o the_o majesty_n of_o god_n what_o he_o be_v in_o himself_o