Fruits from Canaan's Boughs. to Which Are Added, a Few Thoughts on the Doctrine of the Trinity (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1864 Excerpt: ... and therefore it is that Satan, who envies the fellowship of man with God, troubles man especially in these two, tempting him most craftily when he goes to the Word and prayer. "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." Some kinds of fear betray a want of faith; whilst, on the other hand, a want of faith is exhibited by the absence of a proper fear. We read that the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear Him, and hope or trust in His mercy (Ps. xxxiii. 18); and that such are His delight (Ps. cxlvii. 11). Hence we discover the nature of that fear which springs from faith. The world fears God, and flees from Him; God's children fear Him, and seek His face. If they seem to flee from Him, it is but to flee to Him; they fly from His justice to His mercy, from God to God, from God offended to God pacified. Such fear as this is a holy fear, and is commended in Scripture, which speaks of Simeon as a just man, and one that feared God; of Cornelius as a devout man, and one that feared God; of Job as a perfect and upright man, and one that feared God; and so God is said to bless the Church, to the end that all the ends of the earth may fear Him. (Ps. lxvii. 7.) "Timor Domini sanctus," says Franciscus, "omnem malum timorem expellit, et custodit illa bona quern non possunt lingua exprimi, nee etiam ex cogitari quern habere; quia maximum donum Dei est non omnibus datum; qui non timet ostendit se non habere, quod pcrdat" (a holy fear of God expels every distrustful fear, and embraces that good which no tongue can express or heart conceive; but this great gift to man is not extended to all). He who fears not God, shows that he has nothing which he fears to lose. "Not to fear," says Rutherford, "argues a house not watche...