Two treatises the first of fear, from Isa. 8, v. 12, 13, and part…

2. Unbelief shuts up the refuges of the Soul in the Divine promises, and by leaving it without those refuges,¹ must needs leave it in the hands of fears and terrors. That which fortifies and emboldens a Christian in evil times, is his dependence upon God for protection, Psal. 143. 9. I fly unto thee to hide me. The cutting off of this retreat (which nothing but unbelief can do) deprives the soul of all those succours and supports ⟨p. 38⟩which the promises afford, and consequently fills the heart with anxiety and fear.

2. Unbelief shuts up the refuges of the Soul in the Divine promises, and by leaving it without those refuges,¹ must needs leave it in the hands of fears and terrors. That which fortifies and emboldens a Christian in evil times, is his dependence upon God for protection, Psal. 143. 9. I flie unto thee to hide me. The cutting off of this retreat (which nothing but unbelief can do) deprives the soul of all those succours and supports ⟨p. 38⟩which the promises afford, and consequently fills the heart with anxiety and fear.

1. 1multa fidem promissa levant.

3. Unbelief makes men negligent and careless in providing for troubles before they come, and so brings them by way of surprise upon them, and the more surprising any evil is, the more frightful it is always found to be; we cannot think that Noah was so affrighted at the Flood when it began to swell above all the hills and mountains as all the rest of the world was, nor was there any reason that he should, having foreseen it by Faith, and made provision for it,