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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.
That the Attributes, Promises, and Providences of God are the Chambers of rest and security, in which his people are to hide themselves, when they foresee the •orms of his indignation coming upon the world.
The name of the Lord (saith Solomon) is a strong Tower; the righteous run into it, and are safe, Prov. ⟨p. 144⟩18. 10. And his Attributes are his name, Exod. 34. 5. For by them he is known as a man is known by his name, and this his name is a strong Tower for his peoples security; now what is the use and end of a Tower in a City, but to receive and secure the Inhabitants when the outworks are beaten to the ground, the walls scaled, and the houses left desolate?
And as it is here resembled to a Tower, so in Isa. 33. 16. Its shadowed out unto us by a munition of rocks, His place of defence shall be a munition of rocks. How secure is that person that is environed with rocks on every side? Yea you will say, but yet a rock is but a cold and barren refuge, though other enemies cannot, yet hunger and thirst can invade and kill him there. No, in this rock is a store-house of provision, as well as a magazine for defence; so it follows, Bread shall be given him and his water shall be sure.