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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 6: 6. 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.
It was also a brave Heroic spirit by which John Duke of Saxony was acted to defend the Reformation, who despising all the favours and offers of the Court, and of Rome, and the terrors of Death it self; appeared as my Author speaks in its behalf against all the Devils,1 and the Pope, in three public Imperial Assemblies, saying openly to their faces, I must serve God, or the world; and which of these two do ye think is the better? And as soon as Luther's Sermons were forbidden, he hasted away, saying, I will not stay there where I cannot have my liberty to serve God.
It was also a brave Heroick spirit by which Iohn Duke of Saxony was acted to defend the Reformation, who despising all the favours and offers of the Court, and of Rome, and the terrors of Death it self; appeared as my Author speaks in its behalf against all the Devils,1 and the Pope, in three publick Imperial Assemblies, saying openly to their faces, I must serve God, or the world; and which of these two do ye think is the better? And assoon as Luther's Sermons were forbidden, he hasted away, saying, I will not stay there where I cannot have my liberty to serve God.
- 1Spangenberg. ad An. 1531.
And now Reader, thou hast a little taste of the courage and zeal of those worthies who are gone before thee in defence of that cause for which thou fearest to suffer. Most men, saith Chrysostom, that read ⟨p. 96⟩or hear such examples, are like the Spectators of th• Roman Gladiators, who stood by and praised their courage, but durst not enter the Lists, to undertake what they did. If ever thou wilt get like courage for Christ, thus improve such famous examples.