Because we feared not the Lord

Because we feared not the Lord.

It is a great evil not to fear the Lord. Fear you not me (says the Lord) who have placed the sands for the bounds of the Sea? It's an evil, and a bitter thing, that the fear of the Lord is not in men. For God is a great God, infinitely above us, clothed with majesty and honor; trembling frames of heart becomes his presence: none like to the Lord; great and marvelous are his works; Oh! who would not fear him? God has infinite authority over us, to save, or to destroy us, he has us all at an infinite advantage by the least word of his mouth to undo us, his wrath is insupportable: Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? Dare you a vile wretch presume to rebel against any word of the Lord, when the next word may sink soul and body into the bottomless gulf of eternal horror and despair? Who are you that does not fear the Lord? Do you not fear the commanding word of the Lord, when the next word that proceeds out of his mouth may be a destroying word to undo body and soul for ever?