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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.
That which David gave in charge to Solomon, ⟨p. 136⟩hath been found experimentally true by thousands, 1 Chron. 22. 12, 13. That the true way to prosperity, is to keep close to the rule of the Word. And that the true reason why men cannot prosper, is their forsaking that rule, 2 Chron. 24. 20.
It's true, if God have a purpose to destroy a man, he may for a time suffer him to succeed and prosper in his sin, for his greater hardening, Job 12. 6. But it is not so with those whom the Lord loves; their sinful shi•ts shall never thrive with them.
The World prohibits your trust and confidence in the Creature, even the greatest and most powerful among Creatures, Psal. 14 6. 3. It tells us, that 'tis better to trust in the Lord, than in them, Psal. 118. 8. It forbids our confidence in those Creatures that are most nearly allied, and related in the bonds of nature to us, Micah 7. 5. It curseth the man that gives that reliance to the Creature, which is due to God,