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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 experiences we have had throughout our §3lives of the faithfulness and constancy of Providence, are of excellent use to allay and quiet our hearts in any trouble that befalls us. Hitherto God hath helped, 1 Sam. 7. 12. We never found him wanting to us in any case hitherto: this •s not the first: strait we have been in: the first time that our hearts and hopes have been low. Surely, he is the same God now as heretofore, his hand is not shortened, neither doth his faithfulness •ail. O recount in how great extremities former experience hath taught you not to despair!
The experiences we have had throughout our §3lives of the faithfulness and constancy of Providence, are of excellent use to allay and quiet our hearts in any trouble that befalls us. Hitherto God hath helped, 1 Sam. 7. 12. We never found him wanting to us in any case hitherto: this •s not the first: strait we have been in: the first time that our hearts and hopes have been low. Surely, he is the same God now as heretofore, his hand is not shortned, neither doth his faithfulness •ail. O recount in how great extremities former experience hath taught you not to despair!
The conjectures Christians may make of the §4way of Providence towards them, from what its former methods have been towards them, is exceeding quieting and comfortable. It's usual with Christians, to compare times with times, and to guess at the issue of one Providence by another. The Saints do know what course Providence usually holds, and accordingly with great probability collect what they may expect from what in like cases they have formerly observed. Christian, examine thine own heart, and its former observations, and thou wilt find, as