A39658:108
The balm of the covenant applied to the bleeding wounds of afflicted saints First…
The balm of the covenant applied to the bleeding wounds of afflicted saints First composed for the relief of a pious and worthy family, mourning over the deaths of their hopeful children; and now made public for the support of all Christians, sorrowing on the same or any other account. To which is added, A sermon preached for the funeral of that excellent and religious gentleman John Upton of Lupton esq; by John Flavell, preacher of the gospel at Dartmouth in Devon.The balm of the covenant applied to the bleeding wounds of afflicted saints First composed for the relief of a pious and worthy family, mourning over the deaths of their hopeful children; and now made publick for the support of all Christians, sorrowing on the same or any other account. To which is added, A sermon preached for the funeral of that excellent and religious gentleman John Upton of Lupton esq; by John Flavell, preacher of the gospel at Dartmouth in Devon.
London: printed for J. Harris, 1688
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. Essential, which is common and necessary to all. 2. Gracious, which is peculiar to some on Earth. 3. Glorious, which is the felicity of Heaven.
The first is not the privilege here secured; for it is necessary to all, good and bad: in him we all live, and move, and have our being. The vilest Men on Earth, yea the Beasts of the Field, and the very Devils in Hell are always in this presence of God, but it is their torment, rather than their privilege. The last is proper to the glorified Saints and Angels. Such a presence embodied, Saints cannot now bear; but it is his special gracious presence which is made over and secured to them in the Covenant of Grace: and this presence of God is manifested to them two ways.
The first is not the priviledge here secured; for it is necessary to all, good and bad: in him we all live, and move, and have our being. The vilest Men on Earth, yea the Beasts of the Field, and the very Devils in Hell are always in this presence of God, but it is their torment, rather than their priviledge. The last is proper to the glorified Saints and Angels. Such a presence imbodied, Saints cannot now bear; but it is his special gracious presence which is made over and secured to them in the Covenant of Grace: and this presence of God is manifested to them two ways.
1. Internally, by the Spirit. 2. Externally, by Providence.