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The fading of the flesh and flourishing of faith, or, One cast for eternity…
The fading of the flesh and flourishing of faith, or, One cast for eternity with the only way to throw it well : as also the gracious persons incomparable portion / by George Swinnock ...The fading of the flesh and flourishing of faith, or, One cast for eternity with the only way to throw it vvell : as also the gracious persons incomparable portion / by George Swinnock ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1662
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Chapter 10: God must needs be Mans happiness, because he is an Alsufficient Good.
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.
A good Sentinel is very helpful to preserve a garrison in safety. God is therefore said to watch and ward. I the Lord do keep it, least any hurt it: I will keep it night and day. Isa. 27.3. And though others when on the Guard, are apt to nod and sleep (and so to give the enemy an advantage) He that keepeth Israel never slumbereth nor sleepeth; 1he is so far from sleeping that he never slumbereth. Some Naturalists tell us that Lions are insomnes; possibly because their eye-lids are too narrow for their eyes, and so they sleep with their eyes partly open; but its most true of the Lion of the tribe of Judah. As Alexander told his Soldiers, He wakes that they might sleep in safety. He is compared to a refuge. Psa. 142.5. Thou art my refuge and my portion. A Metaphor from a strong hold, or Castle, to which Soldiers retreat, and in which they are secure, when beaten back by an over-powering enemy. But instead of all, he is called the Lord of Hosts or General of his people, because a faithful Commander goeth first into the field, and cometh last out of the field. God looketh danger in the face before his people, and seeth ⟨p. 111⟩them safe out of the field, before he departeth, The Lord will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rereward. Isa. 25.10.
A good Sentinell is very helpful to preserve a garrison in safety. God is therefore said to watch and ward. I the Lord do keep it, least any hurt it: I will keep it night and day. Isa. 27.3. And though others when on the Guard, are apt to nod and sleep (and so to give the enemy an advantage) He that keepeth Israel never slumbereth nor sleepeth; 1he is so far from sleeping that he never slumbereth. Some Naturalists tell us that Lions are insomnes; possibly because their eye-lids are too narrow for their eyes, and so they sleep with their eyes partly open; but its most true of the Lion of the tribe of Judah. As Alexander told his Soldiers, He wakes that they might sleep in safety. He is compared to a refuge.