Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 John 4:18
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1 John4:18
18 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.
That he proveth from the contrary Natures of Fear and Love. The Fear which is of the baser kind, viz. that is servile, and depresses the Spirit, hath no place with Love, but is excluded by it, by the same degrees by which that Love grows up to perfection, and shall be quite excluded by that Love fully perfected: Inasmuch as Love is a pleasant, Fear a tormenting Passion, which as such, while it remains, shews the Imperfection of Love.
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