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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 6: 6. 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.
So for all the choice records of the Saints experiences in all former troubles and distresses; God hath by a singular providence, (aiming at our relief in future distresses,) preserved them for us; if danger threaten us, we may turn to the recorded experiences his people have left us, of the strange and mighty influence of his providence upon the hearts of their enemies, to show them favour, Gen. 31. 29. Psal. 106. 46. Jer. 15. 11.
So for all the choice records of the Saints experiences in all former troubles and distresses; God hath by a singular providence, (aiming at our relief in future distresses,) preserved them for us; if danger threaten us, we may turn to the recorded experiences his people have left us, of the strange and mighty influence of his providence upon the hearts of their enemies, to shew them favour, Gen. 31. 29. Psal. 106. 46. Ier. 15. 11.
There also are found the ancient Rolls and Records of the admirable methods of his peoples deliverance, contrived by his infinite and unsearchable wisdom for them, when all their own thoughts have been at a loss, and their understandings posed and staggered. Exod. 15. 6. 2 Chron. 20. 12, 15. 2 Kings 19. 3, 7.