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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.
This fear creates great trouble and perturbation in the mind, 1 John 4. 18. Fear hath torment; in proportion to the danger is the fear, and in proportion to the fear, the trouble and distraction of the mind, if the fear be exceeding great, reason is displaced, and can conduct us no farther, as the Psalmist speaks of Mariners in a Storm, they are at their wits end,1 Psal. 107. 27. or as it is varied in the Margin, all wisdom is swallowed up, and this is the meaning of Deut. 28. 25.2 that they should go out against their enemies one way, and flee before them seven ways, (i. e.) so great shall be the fright and distraction that they shall attempt ⟨p. 9⟩now one way, then another, striving every way, but liking none; for fear so far betrays the succours of reason, that their counsels are always in uncertainty and at a loss,3 and the usual voice of a man in this condition is, I know not what to do, I know not which way to turn.
This fear creates great trouble and perturbation in the mind, 1 Iohn 4. 18. Fear hath torment; in proportion to the danger is the fear, and in proportion to the fear, the trouble and distraction of the mind, if the fear be exceeding great, reason is displaced, and can conduct us no farther, as the Psalmist speaks of Mariners in a Storm, they are at their wits end,1 Psal. 107. 27. or as it is varied in the Margin, all wisdom is swallowed up, and this is the meaning of