The remedy of prophanenesse. Or, Of the true sight and feare of the Almighty A needful tractate. In two bookes. By Ios. Exon.

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Title: The remedy of prophanenesse. Or, Of the true sight and feare of the Almighty A needful tractate. In two bookes. By Ios. Exon.
Author: Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656.
Publication: London :: Printed by Thomas Harper, for Nathanael Butter, and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the pyde-Bull, at S. Austins Gate,; 1637.
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Subject terms: Fear of God -- Early works to 1800.
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BOOKE I.

Proem. THe occasion, need and use of the Treatise ensuing.
Sect. 1. No one word can expresse that grace which we treat of; what it in∣cludes and intimates. Feare is no fit terme for it: Affections well im∣ployed, turne vertues. Wherein holy feare consists: What is required to the attaining of it:
- The sight of God.
- The sight of our selves.
Sect. 2. Of the sight of the Invisible: Moses a fit patterne for it. Two waies wherein he saw the Invisible. Our felicity consists in the sight of God: the degrees of our spirituall sight: how sight and invisibility may consist together.
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Sect. 3. How wee may not think to see God: Not by any fained representa∣tion; Not by the worke of impro∣ved reason; Not in a full compre∣hention; Not here in his divine essence, or height of resplendence. How Moses desired to see the face of God.
Sect. 4. How we must indeavour to s••e the Invisible:
- 1. That our eyes must be cleared from all hindrances of sight.
- 2. That blessed object must bee set before our eyes.
...Sect. 5.
- 3. There must be an exaltation, and fortification of our sight.
- 4. There must be a trajection of the visuall beames of the soule thorow all earthly occurrences.
- 5. A divine irradiation of the mind must follow: what light wee must conceive.
...Sect. 6.
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  6. The eye must be fixed upon this blessed object unremoveably.
  
  How this may bee effected, and how farre.

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  Three waies of our apprehention of God.
...Sect. 7.
- 7. There will follow a delight and complacency in that God whom wee see. Reprobates doe rather see Gods anger, than himselfe.
Sect. 8. Motives to stirre us up to strive to this happie sight: The act is re∣ward enough to it selfe:
- 1. This sight frees us from being transported with earthly vanities.
...Sect. 9.
- 2. It is a prevalent meanes to restraine us from sinning.
- 3. It upholds us in the constant suffering of evill.
...Sect. 10.
- 4. It enters us into our hea∣ven. This vision is not without a fruition: not so in other objects.
Sect. 11. Of the casting downe our eyes to see our owne wretchednesse. How fraile we are; how sinfull; in how wofull condition by our sinne.

BOOKE II.

Sect. 1. WHat the feare of God is. A double stamp or sig∣nature in this impression of feare.
- 1. An inward adoration of God.
- 2. A filiall care of being approved to God.
Sect. 2. What inward adoration is; wherein it consists, and how to be wrought. Of Gods infinite great∣nesse, shown in the Creation of the world, and the government thereof, in the frame of the heaven, earth, sea, man himselfe.
Sect. 3. Of Gods infinite mercy shown in the redemption of mankind.
Sect. 4. Of the holy mixture of this feare: Of the continuation and per∣petuily of it.
Sect. 5. Religious adoration diffused through our whole outward cari∣age, in our respects.
- 1. To the holy name of God. The

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- Iewes scruples; our carelesnesse.
...Sect. 6.
- 2. To the word of God.
...Sect. 7.
- 3. To the services of God, Pray∣er, Preaching, Administration of Sacraments.
...Sect. 8.
- 4. To the house of God.
...Sect. 9.
- 5. To the messengers of God.
Sect. 10. Of the humble subjection of our selves to the hand of God.
- 1. In suffering from him meekely, and patiently: The good examples thereof.
- 2. In all changes of estates.
Sect. 11. Of our child-lik care of a secret approving our selves to God, and avoyding his displeasure: How wee are affected after wee have beene miscarried. The holy jelousy and sus∣picion of Gods children: This feare a retentive from sinne. Rifenesse of sinne, an argument of the want of this feare. Wicked hearts must have terrible remedies. The mis∣placed feare of prophane men.
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Sect. 12. Of the filiall indevour of obe∣dience; in particular callings, ari∣sing from this feare. The happy effects and issue of this feare.
Sect. 13. Of the extreames of this feare, on both sides.
- 1. Whereof the first is Securi∣ty: whence it ariseth. Of the abuse of Gods mercy, in giving and for∣giving.
- 2. Of the custome of sinning.
...Sect. 14.
Of the remedies of Secu∣rity.

Meanes to keepe the heart ten∣der.

Meditations of Gods judgements, and of our owne frailties.

A resolution to repell the first motions of sinne.

Care of speedy recovery after our fall.

Due heed not to check the con∣science.

A right estimation of worldy things.
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Sect. 15. Of Presumption, another op∣posite to feare.
- Presumption of the way.
- Presumption of the end.
- 1. In matter of event.
- 2. In matter of ability.
Sect. 16. The remedies of Presumpti∣on, in the severall kindes of it.
- 1. In respect of outward events; of our due valuation of them.
...Sect. 17.
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  2. In respect of abilities.
  
  An exact survay of our graces.
  
  The differences betwixt coun∣terfeit vertues and true.
...Sect. 18.
The remedy of our pre∣sumption of the end, which is sal∣vation.

Of our modest consideration of the waies and counsels of God.
Sect. 19. The extreames on the other hand.
- 1. Of the feare of horrour; how to be remdyed.
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