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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.
The reading of a good Book, hath been the means of bringing others to Christ. And thus we find many of the German Divines converted, by reading Luther's Books: yea, and what is more strange,1 Mr. Sleyden in his Commentary tells us, that VergerJus, though he were present an eye and ear-witness to that doleful case of Spira, which one would think should move a stone, yet still continued so firm to the Popes Interest, that when he fell into some suspicion among the Cardinals, he resolved to purge himself, by writing a Book against the German Apostates: but whilst he read the Protestant Books, out of no other design, but to confute them; whilst he is weighing the Arguments, is himself convinced and brought to Christ. He finding himself thus overcome by the truth, imparts his conviction to his Brother, a zealous Papist also: this Brother deplores the misery of his case, and seeks to reclaim him; but VergerJus entreating him to weigh well the Protestant Arguments, he also yields; and so both immediately betook themselves to preach Justification ⟨p. 63⟩by the free grace of God through the blood of Christ.
The reading of a good Book, hath been the means of bringing others to Christ. And thus we find many of the German Divines converted, by reading Luther's Books: yea, and what is more strange,1 Mr. Sleyden in his Commentary tells us, that VergerJus, though he were present an eye and ear-witness to that doleful case of Spira, which one would think should move a stone, yet still continued so firm to the Popes Interest, that when he fell into some suspicion among the Cardinals, he resolved to purge himself, by writing a Book against the German Apostates: but whilst he read the Protestant Books, out of no other design, but to con•ute them; whilst he is weighing the Arguments, is himself convinced and brought to Christ. He finding himself thus overcome by the truth, imparts his conviction to his Brother, a zealous Papist also: this Brother deplores the misery of his case, and seeks to reclaim him; but VergerJus entreating him to weigh well the Protestant Arguments, he also yields; and so both immediately betook themselves to preach Justification ⟨p. 63⟩