...fear^ fulty this contrasts with that word of God, 1 John iv. 18 : — • " There is no fear in love ; but perfect love casteth out fear ; because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made p«rfeet in love." But a fear entirely destitute of the love 01 God —a fear purely servile, and which...

...boldness in the day of judgment: " because as He is, so are we in this world. " There is no fear in love; but perfect love " casteth out fear; because fear..." He that feareth is not made perfect in love*.*' If our love of God be well-founded, if it spring from a firm persuasion of His goodness towards us,...

...SERMON VIII. PERFECT LOVE CASTETH OUT FEAR. 1 JOHN iv. 18.—There is no fear in love, but perfeet love casteth out fear : because fear hath torment; he that feareth is not made perfect in love. - Page 134 [Preached June KHh, 1822, 2nd Trin.] SERMON IX. HUMBLE YOURSELVES UNDER THE MIGHTY HAND...

...their idols ; the one from aflection, and the other for fear of the lions : " They feared the l.ord, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence." We shall find some of them in a Balaam — unable to go beyond the word of the Lord ; and yet loving...

...lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence," 2 Kings xvii. 24— 33. Afterwards they became partially reformed, admitted the writings of Moses,...

...high " places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the higb places. They feared " the Lord, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom " they carried away from thence. Unto this day they do after their former man" ners : they feared not the Lord, neither do they after...

...boldness in the day of judgment ; because as he is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love, but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath...torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. We love him, because he first loved us." That state of liberty in which every regenerated man is planted,...

...Redeemer, that hath bought us ? Hath not he made us, and established us ? s There is no fear in love ; but perfect love casteth. out fear ; because fear...torment : he that feareth is not made perfect in love. * The Lord direct our hearts into the love of God. ' Psal. cxix. 140. 2 Psal. cxix. 127. Psal. xix....

...boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love ; but perfect love casteth out fear : because fear hath...torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. (1 John 4. 16 — 18.) This implies that the Christian may have that measure of sincere love to God,...

...follow him. 1 A*i. xviii. 21. They (Ute strange nations tchich u-ere sent into Samaria) feared the bord, ; unto this day they do after the former manners ; they fear not the buril, neither do they after the...