...fignifies the fame thing as a ferious fpirit, or a holy and religious turn of mind ; as when we are bid to be in the fear of the Lord all the day long, Prov. xxiii. 1 7. or when we are exhorted by the Apoftle, to beperfe£fing bolinefs in the fear of...

...and others, ha3 their ferious fit;, but relis peifons only keep their fouls in a ferious frame, and to be in the fear of the Lord all the day long, as enjoins us, Prov. xxiii. 17. Prayer, that is acceptable od, mtifl be performed with faith, delight,...

...had their ferious fits, but religious 'perfons only keep their fculs in a ferious frame^ and ftndy to be ' in the fear of the Lord all the day long,' as God enjoins us, Prov. xxiii. 17. Prayer, that is acceptable to Godi muft b,e performed with faith,...

...Enquire why we fhould ftudy thus to be in the fear of the Lord. I. I am briefly to fhew you what it is to be in the fear of the Lord all the day long. Fear is a paffion of the human mind, and flands oppofed to hope. It is that paffion by which the author...

...had their ferious fits, but religious perfona only keep their fouls in a ferioui- frame, and ttudy to be " in the fear of the -Lord all the day long," as God enjoins, Prov. xxiii. 17. Prayer, that is occeptable to God, muft be performed with faith, delight...

...others, had their ferious fits, but religious perfurs only krrp their fouls in a ferious frame, and ftudv to be in the fear of the Lord all the day long, as God enjoins us, Prow, xxiii. 17. Prayer, that is acceptable to God, muft be performed with faith,...

...imraovc* That remember tbee in thy ways. That maintain a habitual fenfe of God upon their minds, fo as to be in the fear of the Lord all the day long. That frequently recoilec t with pleafure the hand of God in the difpenfatidns of his providence and...

...still nearer the Lord. The great object of the Christian life is to maintain an habitual spirituality, to be in the fear of the Lord all the day long, as well as when we are in the immediate discharge of holy duties, that so our intercourse with heaven...

...whole day, from its dawn to its close, Gen. i. 5; Dan. viii. 14; Ps. civ. 22, 23, So we are commanded to be in the fear of the Lord all the day long, Prov, xxiii. 17. It is to be understood either of the morning and evening of a person's life, which...

...should be b&iished from the heart of the Christian, since he is raquired to " stand in awe and sin not;" to be in the fear of the Lord all the day long; and to work out his salvation with fear and trembling. We must, therefore, take care not to draw conclusions...