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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.) A due Appreciation and Valuation of every Providence that doth us good, 1 Sam. 12. 24. That Providence that fed them in the Wilderness with Manna, was a most remarkable Providence to them; but they not valuing it at its worth, God had not that praise for it which he expected, Numb. 11. 6.
(4.) The Excitation of all the faculties and powers of the soul in the acknowledgement o• these mercies to us. Thus David, Psal. 103. 1• Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within m• bless his holy name. Soul-praise is the very sou• of praise: this is the fat and marrow of that thank-offering.
(5.) A suitable Retribution for the mercies received. This David was careful about, Psal. 116. 1. And the Lord taxes good Hezekiah for the neglect of it, 2 Chron. 32. 24, 25. This consists in a full and hearty resignation of all to him, that we have received by Providence from him: and in our willingness actually to part with all for him, when he shall remand it.
(5.) A suitable Retribution for the mercies received. This David was careful about,