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Divine Conduct, or The Mystery of Providence
Divine conduct, or, The mystery of Providence wherein the being and efficacy of Providence is asserted and vindicated : the methods of Providence as it passes through the several stages of our lives opened : and the proper course of improving all Providences / directed in a treatise upon Psalm 57 ver 2 by John Flavell ...Divine conduct, or, The mysterie of Providence wherein the being and efficacy of Providence is asserted and vindicated : the methods of Providence as it passes through the several stages of our lives opened : and the proper course of improving all Providences / directed in a treatise upon Psalm 57 ver 2 by John Flavell ...
London: printed by R.W. for Francis Tyton, 1678
Dedication: TO THE Right Honourable WILLIAM EARL of BEDFORD, Lord RUSSELL of Thorne••ugh, and Knigh…
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.
Many great men enclose their dwellings with an high Wall, but the foundation (as the Wisest of men observes) is laid in their own conceits, Prov. 18. 11. Yea, in sin, and crying sin too, Hab. 2. 12. Of such Walls we may say, as the Oracle to Phocas, [Greek or Hebrew]. If the Building emulate the Skies, yet sin being in the bottom, all will totter.
Many great men enclose their dwellings with an high Wall, but the foundation (as the Wisest of men observes) is laid in their own conceits, Prov. 18. 11. Yea, in sin, and crying sin too, Hab. 2. 12. Of such Walls we may say, as the Oracle to Phocas, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. If the Building emulate the Skies, yet sin being in the bottom, all will totter.
'Tis a fond vanity, to think of ensuring a destiny that can control the Stars, and endure the assaults of Fortune, (as they love to speak) whilst Providence is not engaged for them, no not so much as by a bare acknowledgement.
'Tis a fond vanity, to think of ensuring a destiny that can controll the Stars, and endure the assaults of Fortune, (as they love to speak) whilst Providence is not engaged for them, no not so much as by a bare acknowledgement.
My Lord, It is not the vast bulk of an Estate, nor the best humane security in the World, but the vigilant care ⟨image 3⟩