There is a holy and laudable fear, which is our treasure, not our torment. It is the chief ornament of the soul-its beauty and perfection, not its unhappiness or sin. Natural fear is a pure and simple passion of the soul. Sinful fear is the disordered and corrupt passion of the soul. But the awful, filial fear of God is the natural passion sanctified-changed and baptized into the name and nature of a spiritual grace.