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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 7: 7. 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.
1. That his living time is hi••labouring time, but his dying time is his harvest ti••: whilst we live we are ploughing and sowing in all te•• duties of Religion, but when we die, then we reap […] fruit and comfort ⟨p. 99⟩of all our labours and duties, Gal. 6. 8, 9. As much therefore as the reaping time is better than the sowing and ploughing time, so much better is the death than the life of a believer.
1. That his living time is hi••labouring time, but his dying time is his harvest ti••: whilst we live we are plowing and sowing in all te•• duties of Religion, but when we die, then we reap 〈…〉 fruit and comfort ⟨p. 99⟩of all our labours and duties, Gal. 6. 8, 9. As much therefore as the reaping time is better than the sowing and plowing time, so much better is the death than the life of a believer.
2. A Believers living time is his fighting time, but his dying time is his conquering and triumphing time, 1 Cor. 15. 55, 56. The conflict is sharp, but the triumph is sweet; and as much as victory and triumph is better than fighting, so much is death better than life, to him that dieth in Jesus.