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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 5: 5. 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.
The more you are mortified, the less you will be terrified; 'tis not the dead, but the living world, that puts our hearts into such fears and tremblings: If our hearts were once crucified, they would soon be quieted. 'Tis the strength of our affections that puts so much strength into our afflictions. It was not therefore without great reason that the Apostle compares the life of a Christian to the life of a Soldier, who if he mean to follow the Camp, and acquit himself bravely in fight, must not entangle himself with the affairs of this life, 2 Tim. 2. 4. Sure there is no following Christ's Camp., but with a disentangled heart from the world, for proportionable to the heat of our love will be the strength and height of our fears about these things; more particularly, if ever you will rid your selves of your uncomfortable and uncomely ⟨p. 88⟩fears, use all Gods means to mortify your affections to the exorbitant esteem and love of, 1. Your Estates. 2. Your Liberty. 3. Your Lives.
The more you are mortified, the less you will be terrified; 'tis not the dead, but the living world, that puts our hearts into such fears and tremblings: If our hearts were once crucified, they would soon be quieted. 'Tis the strength of our affections that puts so much strength into our afflictions. It was not therefore without great reason that the Apostle compares the life of a Christian to the life of a Souldier, who if he mean to follow the Camp, and acquit himself bravely in fight, must not intangle himself with the affairs of this life, 2 Tim. 2. 4. Sure there is no following Christ's Camp., but with a disintangled heart from the world, for proportionable to the heat of our love will be the strength and height of our fears about these things; more particularly, if ever you will rid your selves of your uncomfortable and uncomely ⟨p. 88⟩fears, use all Gods means to mortifie your affections to the exorbitant esteem and love of, 1. Your Estates. 2. Your Liberty. 3. Your Lives.