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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.
Had Naomi seen the end of […] Lord in taking away her Husband and starving her out of Moab, […] would not have changed her name or said the Lord had dealt bitter with her, in grafting her Daughter ⟨p. 95⟩by that Providence into the Noble Line, out of which the Saviour of the World was to rise; and could you but see that good in order to which all this train of troubles is •aid, you would not murmur or respond as you do.
Had Naomy seen the end of 〈…〉 Lord in taking away her Husband and starving her out of Moab, 〈…〉 would not have changed her name or said the Lord had dealt bitter with her, in grafting her Daughte• ⟨p. 95⟩by that Providence into the Noble Line, out of which the Saviour of the World was to rise; and could you but see that good in order to which all this train of troubles is •aid, you would not murmur or •espond as you do.
Object. 1. O but this is a grievous Stroke; God hath smitten •e in the apple of mine Eye, and written bitter things against me. No sorrow is like my sorrow; 'tis a mourning for an only Son; I have lost all in one.
Object. 1. O but this is a grievous Stroke; God hath smitten •e in the apple of mine Eye, and written bitter things against me. No sorrow is like my sorrow; 'tis a mourning for an onely Son; I have lost all in one.