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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.
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Seeing then that the Covena•• of God is the great relief and support of all the afflicted people, I• the afflicted soul go to this blesse• Covenant; study and apply it i• all distresses. It is in it self a s• veraign Cordial, able to revive • gracious Spirit at the lowest ebb• but then it must be studied an• applied, or it will never give fort•• its consolations to our refreshment• Extreme sorrows are apt to deafen• our Ears to all voices of comfort• The loud cries of Affliction too often drown the sweet still voice of spiritual Consolation; but either here or no-where our redress is to be found. Why seek we the living among the dead? comfort from things that cannot yield it? The Covenant can discover two things which are able to pacify the most discomposed heart, viz. ⟨p. 93⟩1. The good of Affliction. 2. The end of Affliction.
Seeing then that the Covena•• of God is the great relief and su••port of all the afflicted people, I the afflicted soul go to this blesse Covenant; study and apply it i all distresses. It is in it self a s veraign Cordial, able to revive gracious Spirit at the lowest ebb but then it must be studied an applied, or it will never give fort its consolations to our refreshment Extream sorrows are apt to deafen our Ears to all voices of comfort The loud cries of Affliction too often drown the sweet still voice of spiritual Consolation; but either here or no-where our redress is to be found. Why seek we the living among the dead? comfort from things that cannot yield it? The Covenant can discover two things which are able to pacifie the most discomposed heart, viz.