Two treatises the first of fear, from Isa. 8, v. 12, 13, and part…

Recorded experiences are excellent remedies. Exod. 17. 14. Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua. There were two things in that Record; the victory obtained over Amalek, and the way of obtaining it by incessant prayer: And there were two things to be done to secure this mercy for their use and benefit in future fears, it must be recorded and rehearsed, preserved from oblivion, and seasonably produced for relief.

Recorded experiences are excellent remedies. Exod. 17. 14. Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshuah. There were two things in that Record; the victory obtained over Amalek, and the way of obtaining it by incessant prayer: And there were two things to be done to secure this mercy for their use and benefit in future fears, it must be recorded and rehearsed, preserved from oblivion, and seasonably produced for relief.

There are two special assistances given us against fear by experience. 1. It abates the terror of Sufferings. 2. It assists Faith in the promises.

1. Experience greatly abates the terror of sufferings, and makes them less formidable and scaring than otherwise they would be; fear saith, they are deep waters, and will drown us; experience saith, they are much shallower than we think, and are safely fordable: Others have, and we may pass through that Red sea, and not be overwhelmed. Fear saith the pains of death are unconceivable sharp and bitter, the living little know what the dying feel; and to lie in a stinking Prison in continual expectations of a cruel death is an insupportable evil: Experience contradicts all these false reports which make our hearts faint, as the second Spies did the daunting