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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 6 › Section 1 › Subsection 2: 2. Caution.
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.
2. Caution.
Expect not a perfect cure of your Fears in this life; whilst there are enemies and dangers, there will be some fears working in the best hearts: If our Faith could be perfected, our Fears would be perfectly cured; but whilst there is so much weakness in our Faith, there will be too much strength in our Fears.
And for those who are naturally timorous, who have more of this passion in their constitution than other men have; and those in whom melancholy is a rooted and chronic disease; it will be hard for them totally to rid themselves of fears and dejections, though in the use of such helps and means as follow, they may be greatly relieved against the tyranny of them, and enabled to possess their souls in much more tranquillity and comfort.
And for those who are naturally timorous, who have more of this passion in their constitution than other men have; and those in whom melancholy is a rooted and chronical disease; it will be hard for them totally to rid themselves of fears and dejections, though in the use of such helps and means as follow, they may be greatly relieved against the tyranny of them, and enabled to possess their souls in much more tranquillity and comfort.