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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.
If a man do really look to God in a day of trouble and fear, as to the Lord of Hosts, (i. e.) one that governs all the creatures, and all their actions; at whose beck and command all the Armies of Heaven and Earth are; and then can rely upon the care and love of this God, as a child in danger of trouble reposes on, and commits himself with greatest confidence to the care and protection of his Father: O what peace, what rest must necessarily follow upon this! Who would be afraid to pass through the midst of Armed Troops and Regiments, whilst he knows that the General of that Army is his own Father? The more power this filial fear of God obtains in your hearts, the less will you dread the power of the Creature. When the Dictator ruled at Rome, then all other Officers ceased; and so in a great measure will all other fears where the fear of God is Dictator in the heart. This is the Remedy.
3. And to enable us to apply this remedy in the worst and most difficult times, we have a singular encouragement proposed. If we will thus sanctify the Lord of Hosts himself, by such an acknowledgement of, and child-like dependence on him in times of danger,1 then he will be to us for a Sanctuary (i. e.) he will surely protect, defend and provide for us in the worst times and cases, then will the Lord Create upon every dwelling-place of mount Zion and upon her Assemblies, 2a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for upon all the glory shall be a defence, and there shall be a Tabernacle, for a shadow in the day-time from the heat, and for a place of refuge and for a covert from the storm, and ⟨p. 7⟩from rain. Let the winds roar, the rain beat, the lightnings flash, you are in safety, and have a good roof over your heads. Hence these two points of Doctrine offer themselves.
3. And to enable us to apply this remedy in the worst and most difficult times, we have a singular encouragement proposed. If we will thus sanctifie the Lord of Hosts himself, by such an acknowledgment of, and child-like dependence on him in times of danger,