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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.
O lovely and truly Christian temper! q. d. go Zadock, return with the Ark to its place, though I have not the symbol, yet I hope I shall ⟨p. 261⟩have the real presence of God with me in this sad journey: how he will dispose the events of this sad and doubtful Providence I know not: Either I shall return again to Jerusalem, or I shall not: If I do, then I shall see it again, and enjoy the Lord in his ordinances there. If I do not, then I shall go to that place where there is no need or use of those things. And either way it will be well for me, I am content to refer all to the divine pleasure, and commit the issue, be it whatever it will be, to the Lord.
And till our hearts come to the like resolve, we can have no peace within. Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established, Prov. 16. 3. By works he means not only every enterprise and business we undertake, but every puzzling, intricate, and doubtful event we fear. These being once committed by an act of faith, and our wills resigned unto his, besides the comfort we shall have in the issue, we shall have the present advantage of a well composed, and peaceful Spirit.
And till our hearts come to the like resolve, we can have no peace within. Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established, Prov. 16. 3. By works he means not only every enterprize and business we undertake, but every puzzling, intricate, and doubtful event we fear. These being once committed by an act of faith, and our wills resigned unto his, besides the comfort we shall have in the issue, we shall have the present advantage of a well composed, and peaceful Spirit.