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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.
10. That they are at last brought safe to Heaven through the innumerable hazards and dangers all along their way thither, Heb. 11. 16. In all these things the care of their God eminently discovers it self for their Souls.
3. Once more let us consider the Care of God for his people in the lovely properties thereof. As,
1. It is a Fatherly care, than which none is more great or tender, Matth. 6. 8. Your father knoweth that you have need of all these things. And indeed the greatest and tenderest care of an earthly Father is but a f•int shadow of that tender care which is in the heart of God over his Children; for to that end we ⟨p. 245⟩find them compared, Matth. 7. 11. If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your father which is in heaven, give good things to them which ask him. The care of Patents is carelessness it •elf, compared with that care which God takes of his.
1. It is a Fatherly care, than which none is more great or tender, Matth. 6. 8. Your father knoweth that you have need of all these things. And indeed the greatest and tenderest care of an earthly Father is but a f•int shadow of that tender care which is in the heart of God over his Children; for to that end we