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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 1: 1. Rule.
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.
And if thou Reader, be within the bond of this Covenant, thou mayest surely find enough there to quiet thy heart, whatever the matter or ground of thy fears be: If God be thy Covenant God, he will be with thee in all thy straits, wants and troubles, he will never leave, nor forsake thee. From the Covenant it was that David encouraged himself against all his troubles. 2. Sam. 23. 5. Although my house be not so with God, yet hath he made with me an everlasting Covenant, well ordered in all things and sure; and this is all my salvation, and all my desire, though he make it not to grow. He could fetch all reliefs, all comforts, all salvations out of it, and why cannot we? He desired no more for the support of his heart; this is all my desire; and sure if we understood and believed it as he did, we could desire no more to quiet and comfort our hearts than what this Covenant affords us. For,
And if thou Reader, be within the bond of this Covenant, thou mayest surely find enough there to quiet thy heart, whatever the matter or ground of thy fears be: If God be thy Covenant God, he will be with thee in all thy streights, wants and troubles, he will never leave, nor forsake thee. From the Covenant it was that David encouraged himself against all his troubles. 2. Sam. 23. 5. Although my house be not so with God, yet hath he made with me an everlasting Covenant, well ordered in all things and sure; and this is all my salvation, and all my desire, though he make it not to grow. He could fetch all reliefs, all comforts, all salvations out of it, and why cannot we? He desired no more for the support of his heart; this is all my desire; and sure if we understood and believed it as he did, we could desire no more to quiet and comfort our hearts than what this Covenant affords us. For,
1. Are we afraid what our enemies will do? We know we are in the midst of Potent, Politic, and enraged enemies; we have heard what they have done, and see what they are preparing to do again; we tremble to think what bloody Tragedies are like to be acted over again in the World by their cruel hands: But O what heroic and noble acts of Faith should the Covenant of thy God enable thee to exert amidst all these fears? If God be thy God, then thou hast an Almighty God on thy side, and that is enough