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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 2: 2. Effect.
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It was nothing but fear that drew his son Isaac into the like snare, Gen. 26. 7. And it was fear that overcame Peter against his promise as well as principle to say concerning his dear Saviour, I know not the man, Matth. 26. 69. Had Abraham at that time remembered, and acted his Faith freely upon what the Lord said to him, Gen. 17. 1. Fear not Abraham, I am thy shield, he had escaped both the sin and shame into which he fell, but even that great believer was foiled by his own fears; and certainly this is a great evil, a complicated mischief. For,
It was nothing but fear that drew his son Isaac into the like snare, Gen. 26. 7. And it was fear that overcame Peter against his promise as well as principle to say concerning his dear Saviour, I know not the man, Matth. 26. 69. Had Abraham at that time remembred, and acted his Faith freely upon what the Lord said to him, Gen. 17. 1. Fear not Abraham, I am thy shield, he had escaped both the sin and shame into which he fell, but even that great believer was foiled by his own fears; and certainly this is a great evil, a complicated mischief. For,
1. By these falls and scandals, Religion is made vile and contemptible in the eyes of the world, it reflects with much reproach upon God and his promises, as if his word were not sufficient security for us to rely upon in times of trouble, as if it were safer trusting to our wit, yea, to sin; than to the Promises.