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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.
Now this wisdom of God is to be considered either, Absolutely, or, Relatively.
1. Absolutely in it self, and so it is, That, whereby he most perfectly and exactly knows himself, and all things without himself, ordering and disposing them in the most convenient manner to the glory of his own name.
Wisdom comprehends two things, 1. Knowledge of the natures of things, which in the creature is called Science. 2. Knowledge how to govern, order and dispose them, which in the Creature is called Prudence; these things in man are but faint shadows of that which is in God in the most Absolute perfection; he fully knows himself, for his understanding is infinite, Psal. 147. 5. And the thoughts he thinks towards us, Jer. 29. 11. and as he perfectly understands himself, so likewise all things that are without himself, Act. 15. 18. Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world. Together with all the secret designs, thoughts, and purposes which lie hid from all others in the inmost recesses of mens hearts, Psal. 139. 2.
Wisdom comprehends two things, 1. Knowledge of the natures of things, which in the creature is called Science. 2. Knowledge how to govern, order and dispose them, which in the Creature is called Prudence; these things in man are but faint shadows of that which is in God in the most Absolute perfection; he fully knows himself, for his understanding is infinite,