A39658:173
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. It will discover to us the good of Affliction, and so rectify our mistaken judgments about it. God is not undoing, but consulting our interest and happiness in all these dispensations. It will satisfy us, that in all these things he doth no more than what we our selves allow and approve in other cases. It is not merely from his pleasure, but for our profit, that these breaches are made upon our Families, and Comforts, Heb. 12.10. Who blames the Mariner for casting the Goods over board to save Ship and life in a storm? or the Chirurgeon for lancing, yea, or cutting off a Leg or Arm to preserve the life of his Patient? or Soldiers for burning or beating down the Suburbs, to save the City in a siege? And why must God only be censured, for cutting off those things from us which he ⟨p. 94⟩knows will hazard us in the […] of temptation? he sees the less• have of entanglement, the m•• promptness and fitness we […] have to go through the trials […] are coming upon us; and that the comforts he cuts off from […] Bodies, goes to the profit and […] vantage of our Souls.
1. It will discover to us the good of Affliction, and so rectifie our mistaken judgments about it. God is not undoing, but consulting our interest and happiness in all these dispensations. It will satisfie us, that in all these things he doth no more than what we our selves allow and approve in other cases. It is not meerly from his pleasure, but for our profit, that these breaches are made upon our Families, and Comforts, Heb. 12.10. Who blames the Marriner for casting the Goods over board to save Ship and life in a storm? or the Chirurgeon for lancing, yea, or cutting off a Leg or Arm to preserve the life of his Patient? or Souldiers for burning or beating down the Suburbs, to save the City in a siege? And why must God only be censured, for cutting off those things from us which he ⟨p. 94⟩knows will hazard us in the 〈…〉 of temptation? he sees the less• have of entanglement, the m promptness and fitness we have to go through the tryals are coming upon us; and that the comforts he cuts off from Bodies, goes to the profit and vantage of our Souls.