Fear of God

47. If you have sweetness and delight, draw near to God in fear and in truth, and you will never be deceived nor entangled in vanity.

48. Do not rejoice in temporal prosperity, because you do not certainly know that it makes eternal life secure.

49. Though a man prosper in all his undertakings, and though every wish of his heart may be gratified, he ought in such a case to fear rather than rejoice ; for this multiplies the occasions of forgetting God, and the risks of offending Him.

50. Do not presume upon vain joy ; knowing how many and how grievous are the sins you have com mitted, and not knowing whether you are pleasing unto God. But always fear and always hope in Him.

51. How can you venture to live without fear, seeing that you must appear before God to give an account of your lightest words and thoughts ?

52. Remember that the called are many, the chosen few ; and if you are not careful, your final ruin is more certain than your salvation ; especially as the way that leadeth to eternal life is so strait.

53. As in the hour of death you will certainly be sorry that you have not employed all your time in the service of God, why is it that you do not now so employ your time, as you will wish you had done when you are dying ?