A39658:125
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.
Argument VI.
As God strikes none of the substantial Mercies of his covenant People, so when he doth smi•• their external and accidental Comforts, the Covenant of Grace […] sures them, that even those stroke• are the strokes of Love, and m• Wrath; the Wounds of a Friend and not of an Enemy: which another singular relief to the afflicted soul.
As God strikes none of the sub•stantial Mercies of his covenan• People, so when he doth smi•• their external and accidental Com•forts, the Covenant of Grace 〈…〉 sures them, that even those stroke• are the strokes of Love, and m• Wrath; the Wounds of a Frien• and not of an Enemy: which another singular relief to the affl••cted soul.