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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
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.
(3.) And how great a Mercy was it, that we had Parents, who carefully instilled the good knowledge of God into our souls in our tender years? How careful was Abraham of this duty? Gen. 18. 19. and David? 1 Chron. 28. 9. We have some of us had Parents, who might say to us, as the Apostle, Gal. 4. 19. My little Children, of whom I travail again in birth till Christ be formed in you. As they longed for us before they had us, and rejoiced in us when they had us; so they could not endure to think, that when they could have us no more, the Devil should. As they thought no pains, care or cost too much for our bodies to feed them, clothe and heal them; so did they think no prayers, counsels or tears, too much for our souls, that they might be saved. They knew a parting time would come betwixt them and us, and did strive to make it as easy and comfortable to them as they could, by leaving us in Christ, and within the blessed bond of his Covenant.
(3.) And how great a Mercy was it, that we had Parents, who carefully instilled the good knowledge of God into our souls in our tender years? How careful was Abraham of this duty? Gen. 18. 19. and David? 1 Chron. 28. 9. We have some of us had Parents, who might say to us, as the Apostle, Gal. 4. 19. My little Children, of whom I travail again in birth till Christ be formed in you. As they longed for us before they had us, and rejoyced in us when they had us; so they could not endure to think, that when they could have us no more, the Devil should. As they thought no pains, care or cost too much for our bodies to feed them, cloath and heal them; so did they think no prayers, counsels or tears, too much for our souls, that they might be saved. They knew a parting time would come betwixt them and us, and did strive to make it as easie and comfortable to them as they could, by leaving us in Christ, and within the blessed bond of his Covenant.