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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 12: 12. 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.
12. Rule.
To conclude, exalt the fear of God in your hearts▪ and let it gain the ascendent over all your other fears.
This is the prescription in my Text for the cure of all our slavish fears, and indeed all the forementioned rules for the cure of sinful fears run into this, and are reducible to it. For,
1. Doth the knowledge and application of the Covenant of Grace cure our fears? The fear of God is both a part of that Covenant, and an evidence of our interest in it, Jer. 32. 40.
1. Doth the knowledge and application of the Covenant of Grace cure our fears? The fear of God is both a part of that Covenant, and an evidence of our interest in it, Ier. 32. 40.