A39659:545
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.
Second Motive.
A Great part of the pleasure and delight of the Christian life is made out of the observations of Providence. It is said, Psal. 111. 2. The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein: (i. e.) the study of Providence is so sweet and pleasant, that it invites and allures the soul to search and dive into it. How pleasant is it to a well tempered soul to behold and observe,
A Great part of the pleasure and delight of the ChristJan life is made out of the observatJons of Providence. It is said, Psal. 111. 2. The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein: (i. e.) the study of Providence is so sweet and pleasant, that it invites and allures the soul to search and dive into it. How pleasant is it to a well tempered soul to behold and observe,
(1.) The sweet harmony and consent of divine Attributes in the issues of Providence! They may seem sometimes to jar and clash, to part with each other, and go contrary ways: but they only seem so to do; for in the winding up, they always meet and embrace each other, Psal. 85. 10. Mercy and Truth have met together: Righteousness and Peace have kissed each other. It is spoken with an immediate reference to that signal Providence of Israels deliverance out of the Babylonish captivity, and the sweet effect thereof: wherein the truth and righteousness of God in the promises, did as it were kiss and embrace the mercy and peace that was contained in the performance of them, after they had seemed for seventy years to be at a great distance from each other. For it is an allusion to the usual demonstrations of joy and gladness, that two dear friends are wont to give and receive, after a long absence and separation from each other: they no