A39696:722
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. Their Perseverance in Grace is built upon the foundation of Gods unchangeableness; one main reason why Christians never repent of their choice of Christ and the ways of Godliness, is because the gifts and calling of God are without repentance, Rom. 11. 29. Should God but once repent of the gifts of grace he hath bestowed on us, and alter in his love towards us, how soon would our love to God, and delight in God vanish, as the image in the glass doth when the man that looked upon it hath once turned away his face?
2. All their comfort in the promises is built upon Gods unchangeableness. The promises are the springs of consolation; should they fail and dry up, the whole world could not afford them one drop of Spiritual comfort to refresh their thirsty Souls; the strength of our consolation immediately results from ⟨p. 226⟩the stability and firmness of the Scripture promises, Heb. 6. 18.
3. Their hopes of eternal life depends upon the unchangeableness of God that hath promised, Tit. 1. 2. In hope of eternal life, which God that cannot lie, promised before the world began. Take away then the Immutability of God, and you at once darken and eclipse his Glory, and overturn the perseverance, consolations, and hopes of all his people; but blessed be God these things are built upon firm foundations.