A39696:746
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. To purge your iniquities, Isa. 27. 9. By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged, and this is all the fruit to take away his sin.
2. To reduce your hearts to God, Psal. 119. 67. Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now have I kept thy word.
3. To quicken you to your duties, let the best man be without afflictions and he will quickly grow dull in the way of his duty.
3. Doth God let loose the chain of Satan to tempt and buffet you? Yet is he still the same God to you as before; for do but observe his ends in that permission, and you will find, that by these things the Lord is leading you towards that desired assurance of his love which your Souls long after. Few Christians attain to any considerable settlement of Soul, but by such shakings and combats; the end of these permissions is to put you to your knees, and blow up a greater flame and fervour of Spirit in Prayer,