And fear not] Fear not any man, rather then God, or so as to do ought that is evil, or for fear, doing what God requires of you, to avoid danger from them. See Acts 4:19. and Acts 5:29. them which kill the body] Luke 12:4. Though tyrants be never so cruell, they cannot hurt you so much for preaching the Gospel, as God can for not preaching it. in hell] He doth not say, to destroy soul and body simply, for that many men could be content withall, rather then run into danger in the world; but to plague them in hell, which is worse then destruction.