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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.
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.
4. Divine care is put under the bond of a promise, for the direction and guidance of all their troubles and trials to an happy issue, Rom. 8. 28. All things ⟨p. 248⟩shall work together for good. From what quarter soever the wind bloweth, God will take care that it shall be useful to drive you to your Port; the very Providences that cast you down, by virtue of this promise prove as serviceable and beneficial as those that lift you up.
4. Divine care is put under the bond of a promise, for the direction and guidance of all their troubles and trials to an happy issue,