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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.
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 2 Cor. 1. 10. Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver; in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us. Thus enter into the Faithfulness of God by Faith.
2. Let me beg you to be sure to shut the doors behind you, against all unbelieving doubts, jealousies, and suspicions of the faithfulness of God; the best ⟨p. 217⟩men may find temptations of that nature; so did good Asaph though an eminent Saint, Psal. 77. 78. Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more? Is his mercy clean gone for ever? Doth his promise fail for ever more? These jealousies are apt to creep in upon the minds of men, especially when,
1. God delays to answer our Prayers as soon as we expect the return of them, we are all in hast for a speedy answer, forgetting that seasons of Prayer are our seed-times; and when we have sown that precious seed, we must wait for the Harvest, as the Husbandman doth. Even a precious Heman may find a faint qualm of unbelief and despondency seizing him by the long suspension of Gods answers, Psal. 88. 9, 10, 11.