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Fourthly, I lay downe the grounds of Christian securitie where∣vpon it resteth, namely knowledge, beliefe, and remembrance of God and his sauing attributes. Wherein it is quite contrarie to carnall se∣curitie, which is grounded on the ignorance, not beleeuing, and for∣getfulnesse of them; which the greater they are, the greater is the car∣nall mans securitie; euen as contrariwise spirituall securitie encreaseth
in strength, as we doe more and more encrease in the contrarie graces. Fiftly, I shew what feare spirituall securitie expelleth, namely that onely which is carnall and seruile. For, as for that holy, filiall, and spirituall feare of God our gratious Father in Iesus Christ, it is no way opposite to this Christian securitie, yea, they are mutuall causes one of another; and so, the more the one encreaseth, the more vigour and strength it ministreth to the other. The more happie we find and feele our selues in our secure resting vnder Gods protection, the more * 1.1 we feare to displease so gratious a Father, vnder the wings of whose prouidence we enioy such sweet securitie; and the more wee feare to offend him, the more secure wee are in his loue and fauour. For, as one sayth, nothing can be more safe and secure, then to commit all things vnto him, who knoweth how to giue most fitly all things pro∣fitable to those that feare and serue him.
Nihil potest esse securius, quam illi omnia com∣mittere qui no∣uit suis cultori∣bus congruè pro∣futura praestare. Cassian. in Psa. 72.