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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.
4. The hiding of the Saints in evil days, is the greatest discovery of the hand of God in the world; when he hides them he shows himself, and that, both to the Saints and to their enemies.
4. The hiding of the Saints in evil days, is the greatest discovery of the hand of God in the world; when he hides them he shews himself, and that, both to the Saints and to their enemies.
It is one of the most glorious mysteries of providence, that ever the world beheld, viz. the strange and wonderful protection of poor helpless Christians from the rage and fury of their mighty and malicious enemies; though they walk visibly among them, yet they are, as it were, hid from their hands, but not from their eyes. So Jer. 1. 18. You find God made that Prophet among the envious Princes, and against an enraged and mighty King, As a defenced City, and as an iron pillar, and as a brazen wall. And indeed it was easier to them to conquer and take in the strongest Fort or Garrison, than that single Person, who yet walked day by day naked and open among them So Luther a poor Monk was made invincible, all the Papal power could not touch him, for God hid him All the world against one Athanasius, and yet not able to destroy him, for God hid him. This is the display of the glorious power of God in the world, and he hath much honour by it.
It is one of the most glorious mysteries of providence, that ever the world beheld, viz. the strange and wonderful protection of poor helpless Christians from the rage and fury of their mighty and malicious enemies; though they walk visibly among them, yet they are, as it were, hid from their hands, but not from their eyes. So Ier. 1. 18. You find God made that Prophet among the envious Princes, and against an enraged and mighty King, As a defenced City, and as an iron pillar, and as a brazen wall. And indeed it was easier to them to conquer and take in the strongest Fort or Garison, than that single Person, who yet walked day by day naked and open among them So Luther a poor Monk was made invincible, all the Papal power could not touch him, for God hid him All the world against one Athanasius, and yet not able to destroy him, for God hid him. This is the display of the glorious power of God in the world, and he hath much honour by it.