A39696:645
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.
1. Evidence.
By his exact fulfilling of his Promises of the longest date. So Acts 7. 6. Four hundred and thirty years were run out before the Promise of Israel's deliverance out of Egypt was accomplished, yet Acts 7. 17. when the time of the Promise was come, God was punctual to a day: Seventy years in Babylon, and at the expiration of that time they returned, 2 Chron. 36. 21. Men may forget, but God cannot, Isa. 49. 15, 16.
2. Evidence.
By making way for his Promise through the greatest difficulties, and seeming impossibilities. So to Abraham when old, Gen. 18. 13, 14. Is there any thing too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time will I return unto thee, according to the time of life; and Sarah shall have a son. And likewise to the Israelites, Can these dry bones live?