A39696:470
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.
SECT. II.
But of what use soever these National Judgments are to others, to be sure they shall be beneficial to Gods own people; when others die by fear, they shall live by faith: If they be baneful poison to the wicked, they shall be healthful physic to the Godly. For,
BUt of what use soever these National Judgments are to others, to be sure they shall be beneficial to Gods own people; when others die by fear, they shall live by faith: If they be baneful poison to the wicked, they shall be healthful physick to the Godly. For,
1. By these calamities God will mortify and purge their corruptions; this Winter weather shall be useful to destroy and rot those rank weeds, which the Summer of prosperity bred, Isa. 27. 9. By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged. Physic in its own nature is griping and unpleasant; but very useful and necessary to purge the body from noxious and malignant humours, which retained may put life it self in hazard; and it is with the body Politic, as with the body Natural.
1. By these calamities God will mortifie and purge their corruptions; this Winter weather shall be useful to destroy and rot those rank weeds, which the Summer of prosperity bred, Isa. 27. 9. By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged. Physick in its own nature is griping and unpleasant; but very useful and necessary to purge the body from noxious and malignant humours, which retained may put life it self in hazard; and it is with the body Politick, as with the body Natural.