“Fear God” is not necessarily an antireligous sentiment, as in the expression “A God fearing man”, basically meaning a pious or at least observant person. I don’t see any need to take offense.
“The love of God is a dutiful act of man, by which he knowingly and willingly prefers, before all other things, the union of himself with God and obedience to the divine law, to which is subjoined a hatred of separation and of disobedience. III.
The fear of God is a dutiful act of man, by which he knowingly and willingly dreads before all things and avoids the displeasing of God, (which is placed in the transgression of his commands,) his wrath and reprehension and any [sinister] inauspicious estimation of him lest he be separated from God.
Trust in God is a dutiful act of man, by which he knowingly and willingly reposes on God alone, assuredly hoping for and expecting from him all things which are salutary or saving to himself; in which we also comprehend the removal of evils.
The honour of God is a dutiful act of man, by which he knowingly and willingly repays to God the reward due for his excellent virtues and Acts.
The primary object of all these acts, as they are prescribed by law and are man’s duty, is God himself”
(The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 2
James Arminius
DISPUTATION LXXII THE LOVE, FEAR, TRUST, AND honour WHICH ARE DUE FROM MAN TO GOD)