A39696:441
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.
3. We have here a needful caution for the securing of this privilege to our selves in evil times, shut thy doors about thee. Or as the Syriac renders [Greek or Hebrew] behind or after thee, i. e. •aith Calvin, ⟨p. 193⟩Diligenter cavendum ne ulla rimula diabolo ad nos pau•t. Care must be taken that no passage be left open to the Devil to creep in after us and drive us out of our refuge; for so it falls out too often with Gods people, when they are at rest in Gods name or promises, Satan creeps in by unbelieving doubts and puzzling objections, and beats them out of their refuge back again into trouble; it is therefore of great concernment in such times especially, not to give place to the Devil, as the phrase is, Eph. 4. 17. but ••eave to God by a resolved reliance.
3. We have here a needful caution for the securing of this priviledge to our selves in evil times, shut thy doors about thee. Or as the Syriack renders 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 behind or after thee, i. e. •aith Calvin, ⟨p. 193⟩Diligenter cavendum ne ulla rimula diabolo ad nos pau•t. Care must be taken that no passage be left open to the Devil to creep in after us and drive us out of our refuge; for so it falls out too often with Gods people, when they are at rest in Gods name or promises, Satan creeps in by unbelieving doubts and puzling objections, and beats them out of their refuge back again into trouble; it is therefore of great concernment in such times especially, not to give place to the Devil, as the phrase is, Eph. 4. 17. but ••eave to God by a resolved reliance.