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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
A PRACTICAL TREATISE OF Fear, &c. › Chapter 5 › Section 1 › Subsection 1: 1. Effect.
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.
It is very remarkable, that when the Apostle was giving his advice to the Corinthians, about marriage in those times of persecution and difficulty, he commends to them a single life as most eligible; where it may be without other sinful inconveniences, and that principally for this reason, That they might attend upon the Lord without distractions, 1 Cor. 7. 35. He foresaw what straits, cares, and fears must unavoidably distract them in such times that were most clogged and encumbered with families, and relations; when a man should be thinking, O what shall I do now to to get my doubts and fears resolved about my interest in Christ? How may I so behave my self in my sufferings as to credit Religion, and not become a scandal and stumbling stone to others? His thoughts are taken •p with other cares and fears! O what will become of […] wife and poor little ones! what shall I do with •hem, and for them, to secure them, from danger?
It is very remarkable, that when the Apostle was giving his advice to the Corinthians, about marriage in those times of persecution and difficulty, he commends to them a single life as most eligible; where it may be without other sinful inconveniencies, and that principally for this reason, That they might attend upon the Lord without distractions, 1 Cor. 7. 35. He foresaw what streights, cares, and fears must unavoidably distract them in such times that were most clogged and incumbred with families, and relations; when a man should be thinking, O what shall I do now to to get my doubts and fears resolved about my interest in Christ? How may I so behave my self in my sufferings as to credit Religion, and not become a scandal and stumbling stone to others? His thoughts are taken •p with other cares and fears! O what will become of 〈…〉 wife and poor little ones! what shall I do with •hem, and for them, to secure them, from danger?