A39696:837
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.
SECT. I.
This Proposition describes and clears the qualified subject of this Privilege. God's own People, and none but such can warrantably claim special protection in evil times, and this is consonant to the current account of Scripture, Isa. 3. 10, 11. Say ye unto the righteous, it shall be well with him. Woe to the wicked, it shall be ill with him. He speaks concerning ⟨p. 260⟩the day of Jerusalem's ruin, and Judah's fall, as appears, ver. 8. So great a difference will God make even in this world, betwixt the righteous, and the wicked. In Nah. 1. you have also a terrible day described, wherein Bashan, Carmel, and Lebanon, the most pleasant and fruitful places of the land shall languish. ver. 4. The mountains shall quake, the hills melt, the earth, and those that dwell therein burnt up. ver. 5. The indignation and fury of God poured out like fire. v. 6. The privileged people in this terrible day are God's own people, they only are taken into security. ver. 7. The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble, and he knoweth them that trust in him, i. e. he so knoweth them, as to care and provide for them in that evil day, and so throughout the whole Scripture, you shall find the Promises of protection still made to the people of God. When the Chaldean Army, like a devouring fire, was ready to seize upon the Land, the sinners in Zion were afraid, fearfulness surprised the hypocrites, for who among us (say they) shall dwell with devouring fire, and everlasting burning. Yes, saith God, some there are that shall abide that day, viz. He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he shall dwell on high, his place of defence shall be the munition of rocks. i. e. God will be a sanctuary to them, when others shall be as stubble before the flames, Isa. 33. 14, 15, 16.
THis Proposition describes and clears the qualified subject of this Priviledge. God's own People, and none but such can warrantably claim special protection in evil times, and this is consonant to the current account of Scripture,