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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
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.
These last times are certainly the most perilous times; great things are yet to be acted upon the Stage of this World before it be taken down, and the Scena antepenultima, latter end, I say not the ⟨image 5⟩last, will be a Tragedy. There is an Ultima clades adhuc metuenda, a dismal slaughter of the Witnesses of Christ, yet to be expected: the last bite of the cruel Beast will be deadly, and if we flatter not our selves, all things seem to be disposing themselves in the Course of Providence towards it.
These last times are certainly the most perillous times; great things are yet to be acted upon the Stage of this World before it be taken down, and the Scena antepenultima, latter end, I say not the ⟨image 5⟩last, will be a Tragedy. There is an Ultima clades adhuc metuenda, a dismal slaughter of the Witnesses of Christ, yet to be expected: the last bite of the cruel Beast will be deadly, and if we flatter not our selves, all things seem to be disposing themselves in the Course of Providence towords it.
But Sir, if our Union with Christ be sure in it self, and sure to us also; if Faith give us the daily visions and Prelibations of the World to come, what well composed Spectators shall we be of these Tragedies! Let things be tossed Susque, deque, and the Mountains cast into the midst of the Sea, yet then the assured Christian may sing his Song upon Alamoth▪ A Song composed for God's hidden ones.1 This so poiseth and steadies the mind, that we may enjoy the comfort and tranquillity of a resigned will▪ when others are at their wits end.
But Sir, if our Vnion with Christ be sure in it self, and sure to us also; if Faith give us the daily visions and Praelibations of the World to come, what well composed Spectators shall we be of these Tragedies! Let things be tossed Susque, deque, and the Mountains cast into the midst of the Sea, yet then the assured Christian may sing his Song upon Alamoth A Song composed for God's hidden ones.