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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.
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2, Improve them against the prejudice of all that shame that attends sufferings, here you may see the most excellent persons in the world reckoning it their glory to suffer the vilest things for Jesus Christ. Acts 5. 41. Heb. 11. 26.
3. Improve them against the conceit of the insupportableness of sufferings. Lo here, poor weak creatures which have been carried honourably and comfortably through the cruellest and difficultest sufferings for Christ. Our Women and Children, not to speak of men (saith Tertullian) overcome their Tormentors, and the fire cannot fetch so much as a sigh from them.
4. Improve them against thine own unbelief, and staggerings at the faithfulness of God in that promise, Isa. 43. 2. When thou passest through the fire, I will be with thee, &c. Lo here you have the recorded and faithful testimonies of such as have tried it, with one voice witnessing for God, Thy word is truth, thy word is truth.
4. Improve them against thine own unbelief, and staggerings at the faithfulness of God in that promise, Isa. 43. 2. When thou passest through the fire, I will be with thee, &c. Lo here you have the recorded and faithful t•stimonies of such as have tried it, with one voice witnessing for God, Thy word is truth, thy word is truth.