A39696:13
Two treatises the first of fear, from Isa. 8, v. 12, 13, and part…
Two treatises the first of fear, from Isa. 8, v. 12, 13, and part of the 14 : the second, The righteous man's refuge in the evil day, from Isaiah 26, verse 20 / by John Flavell.
London: printed by H.H. for Robert Boulter, 1682
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.
To the Right Worshipful Sir JOHN HARTOP, Knight and Baronet.
To the Right Worshipful Sir IOHN HARTOP, Knight and Baronet.
Sir,
Among all the Creatures God hath made (Devils only excepted) Man is the most apt and able to be his own tormentor; and of all the Scourges with which he lasheth and afflicteth both his Mind and Body, none is found so cruel and intolerable as his own fears. The worse the times are like to be, the more need the mind hath of succour and encouragement, to confirm and fortify it for hard encounters, but from the worst prospect, Fear inflicts the deepest and most dangerous wounds upon the mind of man, cutting the very nerves of its passive fortitude and bearing ability.
AMong all the Creatures God hath made (Devils only excepted) Man is the most apt and able to be his own tormentor; and of all the Scourges with which he lasheth and afflicteth both his Mind and Body, none is found so cruel and intolerable as his own fears. The worse the times are like to be, the more need the mind hath of succour and encouragement, to confirm and fortifie it for hard encounters, but from the worst prospect, Fear inflicts the deepest and most dangerous wounds upon the mind of man, cutting the very nerves of its passive fortitude and bearing ability.