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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.
Now there is a twofold reflection upon the providential works of God.
Now there is a twofold reflection upon the providentJal works of God.
One entire and full, in the whole Complex and perfect frame thereof.1 This blessed sight is reserved for the perfect state. It is in that Mount of God, where we shall see both the Wilderness and Canaan: the glorious Kingdom into which we are come, and the way through which we were led into it. There the Saints shall have a ravishing view of that beautiful frame, and every part shall be distinctly discerned, as it had its particular use, and as it was connected with the other parts, and how effectually and orderly they all wrought to bring about that blessed design of their salvation, according to the promise, Rom. 8. 28. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, &c. For it is certain, no Ship at Sea keeps more exactly by the Compass which directs its course, than Providence doth by that Promise, which is its Cynosura and Pole-star.
- 1When the records of Eternity shall be exposed to view, all the counsels and results of that profound wisdom looked into; how will it transport? when it shall be discerned, Lo, thus were the designs •aid: here were the apt junctures and admirable dependencies of things, which when acted upon the stage of time, seem'd so perplex• and intricate, •owes Blessedness, p. 76.When the •ecords of Eternity shall be exposed to view, all the counsels and results of that profound wisdom looked into; how will it transport? when it shall be discerned, Loe, thus were the designs aid: here were the apt junctures and admirable dependencies of things, which when acted upon the stage of time, seem'd so perplex and intricae, owes Blessedness, p. 76.