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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
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.
Others understand the Attributes and Promises of God to be here meant, as well as his providences. And I conceive all three make the sense of the Text full, (i. e.) the Divine Attributes engaged in the promises, and exercised or actuated in the providences of God; these are the sanctuaries and refuges of Gods people in days of trouble.
Others understand the Attributes and Promises of God to be here meant, as well as his providences. And I conceive all three make the sence of the Text full, (i. e.) the Divine Attributes engaged in the promises, and exercised or actuated in the providences of God; these are the sanctuaries and refuges of Gods people in days of trouble.
Calvin understands it of the quiet repose of the Believers mind in God, but that is rather the effect of his security, than the place of it. It's Gods Attributes or his name (which is the same thing) to which the righteous fly and are safe, Prov. 18. 10.
Object. But you will say, why are they called their Chambers? Those Attributes are not their•, but Gods.