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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.
2. Behold and admire it in casting the bonds of restraint upon your enemies, that though they would, yet they cannot hurt you; our dangers are visible, and our fears great, but our security and safety admirable, Isa. 51. 13. Thou hast feared continually every day, because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy; and where is the fury of the oppressor?
2. Behold and admire it in casting the bonds of restraint upon your enemies, that though they would, yet they cannot hurt you; our dangers are visible, and our fears great, but our security and safety admirable, Isa. 51. 13. Thou hast feared continually every day, because of the fury of the oppressour, as if he were ready to destroy; and where is the fury of the oppressour?
3. Behold its opening unexpected, and unlikely refuges and securities for the Saints in their distresses, Isa. 16. 4. Let mine out-casts dwell with thee, Moab, he thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler; for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land. Rev. 12. 16. the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the Dragon cast out of his mouth.
3. Behold its opening unexpected, and unlikely refuges and securities for the Saints in their distresses, Isa. 16. 4. Let mine out-casts dwell with thee, Moab, he thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler; for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land. Rev. 12. 16