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Man ashiv le-Yahoweh, or, A serious enquiry for a suitable return for continued life,…
Man ashiv le-Yahoweh, or, A serious enquiry for a suitable return for continued life, in and after a time of great mortality, by a wasting plague (anno 1665) answered in XIII directions / by Tho. Doolittle.Man ashiv le-Yahoweh, or, A serious enquiry for a suitable return for continued life, in and after a time of great mortality, by a wasting plague (anno 1665) answered in XIII directions / by Tho. Doolitel.
London: printed by R.I. for J. Johnson, 1666
DIRECTIONS how to live after a wasting PLAGUE. › Part 12: DIRECTION XII.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
DIRECTION XII.
1Hath God spared you in such a time of so great Mortality and Contagion, then learn to trust your self, and all your Affairs with God for the time to come: You have lived in time of danger, and have been in hazard of your life▪ and yet God hath preserved and kept you: God hath called some to abide in the City, because they could not remove their habitation without neglect of duty; for, where our duty lies and where our work is, that God calleth us unto; there we may trust God, though our danger be never so great; because, while we are in our duty, we are in our way, and God hath promised to keep us in all our ways in time of Plague, Psal. 91.11. Many had opportunity of retiring into the Country, without neglect of duty, without running away from duty (those that went from their duty and work, which God expected they should there have done, have cause to be humbled for their slavish fears of death, and great distrust in God) and, the use of means, for preservation, is not inconsistent with trusting in God, but is supposed and included in it, else it is not trusting in God, but presumption; but many were obliged to abide upon the place, and God hath preserved you amongst them: Oh, what an obligation and encouragement ⟨p. 274⟩is this for you, for the time to come, to put your trust in God, in the use of means, in a way of duty; and, the more you are able to commit your self to God in future dangers, the more you do improve this Providence of God in preserving of you.
1HAth God spared you in such a time of so great Mortality and Contagion, then learn to trust your self, and all your Affairs with God for the time to come: You have lived in time of danger, and have been in hazard of your life and yet God hath preserved and kept you: God hath called some to abide in the City, because they could not remove their habitation without neglect of duty; for, where our duty lies and where our work is, that God calleth us unto; there we may trust God, though our danger be never so great; because, while we are in our duty, we are in our way, and God hath promised to keep us in all our wayes in time of Plague,