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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.
1. You have the experiences of others. Saints have reckoned the experiences of others that lived a thousand years before them, as excellent arguments to quicken their Faith. So Hos. 12. 4. He had power over the Angel and prevailed, he found him in Bethel and there he spake, Remember there was a Joseph with us in Prison, a Jeremiah in the Dungeon, a Daniel in the Den, a Peter in Chains, an Hezekiah upon the brink of the Grave; and they all found the help of God most faithfully protecting them and saving them in all their troubles. Suitable so this is that in Psal. 22. 4. 5. Our fathers trusted in thee; they trusted and thou deliveredst them, they cried unto thee and were delivered, they trusted in thee and were not confounded.
1. You have the experiences of others. Saints have reckoned the experiences of others that lived a thousand years before them, as excellent arguments to quicken their Faith. So Hos. 12. 4. He had power over the Angel and prevailed, he found him in Bethel and there he spake, Remember there was a Ioseph with us in Prison, a Ieremy in the Dungeon, a Daniel in the Den, a Peter in Chains, an Hez•kiah upon the brink of the Grave; and they all found the help of God most faithfully protecting them and saving them in all their troubles. Suitable so this is that in Psal. 22. 4. 5. Our fathers trusted in thee; they trusted and thou deliveredst them, they cried unto thee and were delivered, they trusted in thee and were not confounded.
2. Your own experiences may encourage your faith: So Davids did, 1. Sam. 17. 37. The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the Lyon, and out of the paw of the Bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. So did Paul's experience encourage his Faith, in