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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.
God is said to engrave them upon the Palms of his Hands, alluding to what is customary among men, who when they would charge their memories with something of special concernment, use to change a Ring, or bind a Thread about the Finger, to put them in mind of it. Thus is the care of our God expressed to us in Scripture notions. The amount of all which, is given us in that one proper and full expression of the Apostle, 1 Pet. 5. 7. He careth for you. To open this Chamber of Divine care as a place of sweetest rest, to our anxious and perplexed minds, in times of difficulty and hazard, it will be necessary that you seriously ponder; ⟨p. 239⟩Of the care of God. 1. The Grounds and Reasons 2. The Extent and Compass 3. The Lovely Properties
God is said to engrave them upon the Palms of his Hands, alluding to what is customary among men, who when they would charge their memories with something of special concernment, use to change a Ring, or bind a Thred about the Finger, to put them in mind of it. Thus is the care of our God expressed to us in Scripture notions. The amount of all which, is given us in that one proper and full expression of the Apostle, 1 Pet. 5. 7. He careth for you. To open this Chamber of Divine care as a place of sweetest rest, to our anxious and perplexed minds, in times of difficulty and hazard, it will be necessary that you seriously ponder; ⟨p. 239⟩Of the care of God. 1. The Grounds and Reasons 2. The Extent and Compass 3. The Lovely Properties
1. The grounds and reasons of Gods care for his people; which are,