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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.
1. It is assigned and made over to them to supply all their needs, so far as the Glory of God and advancement of their Spiritual and eternal good shall require it, Ps. 34. 9. They that fear the Lord shall not want any good thing. All your livelihood is in that Promise; thence comes your daily bread; your own and your families meat is in that cupboard.
2. It is made over to the Church and people of God for their defence against all dangers, Isa. 54. 17. No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper. This promise wards off all the deadly blows, and puts by all the mortal thrusts that are made at you; here the care of God forms it self into a shield for your defence.
3. The care of God is engaged by promise for the moderation and mitigation of your afflictions, that they may not exceed your abilities to bear them, Isa. 27. 8, 9. in measure when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it; he stayeth the rough wind in the day of the east-wind. If the wind blow from a cold corner, this Promise moderates it, that it blow not a storm; all the sparing mercies and sweetening circumstances, which gracious Souls thankfully note in the sharpest trials come from this promise, wherein the care of God is engaged for that purpose.
3. The care of God is engaged by promise for the moderation and mitigation of your afflictions, that they may not exceed your abilities to bear them, Isa. 27. 8, 9. in measure when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it; he stayeth the rough wind in the day of the east-wind. If the wind blow from a cold corner, this Promise moderates it, that it blow not a storm; all the sparing mercies and sweetning circumstances, which gracious Souls thankfully note in the sharpest trials come from this promise, wherein the care of God is ingaged for that purpose.