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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.
Heavy Pressures call for strong Support, and fainting Seasons for rich Cordials. Your Burden is indeed heavy, yet I must say ⟨image 5⟩'tis much our own fault they are so heavy as we feel them to be: for according to the measure of our delight in, and expectation from the Creature, is our sorrow & disappointment when we part from it. The highest Tides are always followed with the lowest Ebbs. We find Temperance and Patience knit together in the same Precept, and Intemperance and Impatience as inseparably connected in our own Experience. It may be we did not suspect our selves of any sinful excess in the time of their enjoyment, but it ⟨image 5⟩now appears the Creature was gotten deeper into our hearts than we imagined by the pain we feel at parting: Did we not lean too hard upon it, there would not be such shakings as we feel when it is slipped from us.
Heavy Pressures call for strong Support, and fainting Seasons for rich Cordials. Your Burden is indeed heavy, yet I must say ⟨image 5⟩'tis much our own fault they are so heavy as we feel them to be: for according to the measure of our delight in, and expectation from the Creature, is our sorrow & disappointment when we part from it. The highest Tydes are always followed with the lowest Ebbs. We find Temperance and Patience knit together in the same Precept, and Intemperance and Impatience as inseparably connected in our own Experience. It may be we did not suspect our selves of any sinful excess in the time of their enjoyment, but it ⟨image 5⟩now appears the Creature was gotten deeper into our hearts than we imagined by the pain we feel at parting: Did we not lean too hard upon it, there would not be such shakings as we feel when it is slipt from us.
But, Madam, 'tis high time to recall your thoughts and bound your sorrows, which the following Considerations would greatly assist you in.