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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.
SECT. I.
God first warns, and then smites, he delights not to surprise men when indignation was coming, he tells his people of it in the Text, and admonisheth them to hide themselves. Surely the Lord will do nothing but he revealeth his secrets to his servants the Prophets, Amos 3. 7. Thus when the flood was to come upon the old world, he gave them one hundred and twenty years warning of it, Gen. 6. 3. compared with 1. Pet. 3. 19. So when Sodom was to be destroyed, God would not hide it from Abraham, Gen. 18. 17. Shall I hide from Abraham the thing that I do? The like discovery was made unto Lot, G••. 19. 12, 13, 14. So when the Captivity was at hand, Ezekiel was commanded to give the Jews solemn warning of it from God, Ezek. 3. 17. Hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
GOd first warns, and then smites, he delights not to surprise men when indignation was coming, he tells his people of it in the Text, and admonisheth them to hide themselves. Surely the Lord will do nothing but he revealeth his secrets to his servants the Prophets, Amos 3. 7. Thus when the flood was to come upon the old world, he gave them one hundred and twenty years warning of it,