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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.
In three things the Wisdom of God makes advantage out of your troubles.
1. In fortifying your Souls and Bodies with suitable strength, when any eminent trial is intended for you: So it was with the Apostles, 2 Cor. 1. 5. As the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation by Christ. God lays in suitably to what men lay on mercilessly: Christ would not draw the poor timorous disciples out of Jerusalem unto hard encounters, until first he had endued them with power from on high, Luke 24. 49.
1. In fortifying your Souls and Bodies with suitable strength, when any eminent trial is intended for you: So it was with the Apostles, 2 Cor. 1. 5. As the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation by Christ. God lays in suitably to what men lay on mercilesly: Christ would not draw the poor timorous disciples out of Ierusalem unto hard encounters, until first he had endued them with power from on high, Luke 24. 49.
2. The Wisdom of your God can and often doth make your very troubles and sufferings instead of so many ordinances to strengthen your Faith and fortify your Patience. So the heads of Leviathan became meat to his people inhabiting the Wilderness, Psal. 74. 14. And so the Plots of Balak and Balaam ⟨p. 199⟩