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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 8: 8. 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.
3. Be more afraid of grieving God, or wounding Conscience, than of displeasing or losing all the friends you have in the world besides; look upon every adventure upon sin to escape danger, to be the same thing as if you should sink the Ship to avoid one that you take to be a Pirate; or as the fatal mistake of two vials wherein there is poison and physic.
3. Be more afraid of grieving God, or wounding Conscience, than of displeasing or losing all the friends you have in the world besides; look upon every adventure upon sin to escape danger, to be the same thing as if you should sink the Ship to avoid one that you take to be a Pirate; or as the fatal mistake of two vials wherein there is poyson and physick.
4. What counsel you would give another, that give your selves, when the case shall be your own; your judgment is most clear, when interest is least felt. Davids judgment was very upright, when he judged himself in a remote parable.
5. Be willing to bear the faithful reproofs of your faults from men, as the reproving voice of God; for they are no less when duly administered: This will be a good help to keep you upright, Psal. 135. 23, 24. Let the Righteous smite me, &c. It is said of Sir Anthony Cope, that he shamed none so much as himself in his family Prayers, and desired the Ministers of his acquaintance not to favour his faults; but tell me, said he, and spare not.
5. Be willing to bear the faithful reproofs of your faults from men, as the reproving voice of God; for they are no less when duly administred: This will be a good help to keep you upright, Psal. 135. 23, 24. Let the Righteous smite me, &c. It is said of Sir Anthony Cope, that he shamed none so much as himself in his family Prayers, and desired the Ministers of his acquaintance not to favour his faults; but tell me, said he, and spare not.