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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.
Yet we must remember, that all who are preserved in common calamities are not the people of God; nor are all that are indeed his people preserved: He hath people enough to divide into two ranks, as the Husbandman his corn, some for the mill, and some to reserve for seed. There be stars enough in the heaven to shine in both Hemispheres, and there are Saints enough in the world, some to shine in heaven, and some to preserve the Church on earth.
YEt we must remember, that all who are preserved in common calamities are not the people of God; nor are all that are indeed his people preferved: He hath people enough to divide into two ranks, as the Husbandman his corn, some for the mill, and some to reserve for seed. There be stars enough in the heaven to shine in both Hemispheres, and there are Saints enough in the world, some to shine in heaven, and some to preserve the Church on earth.
1. All that are preserved are not the people of God; in the Ark a wicked Ham was preserved and those that were preserved in Egypt, many of them were afterwards destroyed for their unbelief. Jud. 5. So in Ezekiel's vision, a part even of those hairs which were spared, were afterwards cast into the fire, Ezek 5. 4. Preservation from the dominion of sin, and the wrath to come, is peculiar to Gods own people; but as for temporal deliverances we cannot infer that conclusion.
1. All that are preserved are not the people of God; in the Ark a wicked Cham was preserved and those that were preserved in Egypt, many of them were afterwards destroyed for their unbelief. Iud. 5. So in Ezekiel's vision, a part even of those hairs which were spared, were afterwards cast into the fire, Ezek 5. 4. Preservation from the dominion of sin, and the wrath to come, is peculiar to Gods own people; but as for temporal deliverances we cannot infer that conclusion.