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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. Be well instructed in the Nature of this duty, there are six things imported in such acts of Resignation.
1. An awakened sense of our dangers and hazards. At what time I am afraid I will trust in thee, Psal. 56. 3. Suffering times are resigning times, 1 Pet. 4. 19. Let them that suffer according to the will of God, commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing; as unto a faithful creator. And the greater and nearer our dangers are, the more frequent and vigorous should the actings of our faith this way be; Be not far from me, for trouble is near.
2. Resignation to God necessarily implies our renunciation, and disclaiming of all other refuges. Ashur shall not save us, we will not ride upon horses neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, ye are our Gods, for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy, Hos. 14. 3. He that relies upon God, must cease from Man; resignation to God excludes not the use of lawful means, but it doth exclude dependence upon them.