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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 amount of all you have in this Doctrinal Conclusion.
DOCT. That it is the duty of the Saints, especially in times of straits, to reflect upon the performances of Providence for them in all the states, and through all the stages of their lives.
DOCT. That it is the duty of the Saints, especJally in times of straits, to reflect upon the performances of Providence for them in all the states, and through all the stages of their lives.
The Church in all the works of mercy, owns •he ⟨p. 9⟩•and of God, Isa. 26. 12. Lord, thou hast wrought all our works in (or for) us. And still it hath been the pious, and constant practice of the Saints in all generations, to preserve the memory of the more famous, and remarkable providences that have befallen them in their times, as a precious treasure. If thou be a Christian indeed, I know thou hast, if not in thy book, yet certainly in thy heart a great many precious favours upon record; the very remembrance and rehearsal of them is sweet: how much more sweet was the actual enjoyment? Baxter's Saints Rest, p. 768. Thus Moses by divine direction wrote a memorial of that victory obtained over Amalek as the fruit and return of prayer, and built there an Altar with this Inscription Jehovah Nissi, The Lord my Banner, Exod. 17. 14, 15. Thus Mordecai and Esther took all care to perpetuate the memory of that signal deliverance from the plot of Haman, by ordaining the feast of Purim, as an Anniversary throughout every generation, every family, every Province, and every City, that those days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed,