A39658:182
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.
Submit your Reason therefore, as is meet, to the Wisdom of God, who certainly chose the fittest season for this Affliction.
O but, — No more Buts and Objections, I beseech you. Enough hath been offered from the Covenant of your God, to silence all your Objections, and to give you the ease and pleasure of a resigned Will. And what are all our Buts and Objections, but a spurning at Divine Sovereignty, and the thrusting in the Affliction deeper into your own hearts, which are wounded but too deep already?
O but, — No more Buts and Objections, I beseech you. Enough hath been offer'd from the Covenant of your God, to silence all your Objections, and to give you the ease and pleasure of a resigned Will. And what are all our Buts and Objections, but a spurning at Divine Soveraignty, and the thrusting in the Affliction deeper into your own hearts, which are wounded but too deep already?
I persuade you not to put off, but to regulate natural Affections: To be without them, would deservedly rank us among the worst of Heathens; but rightly to bound and manage them, would set you among the best of Christians.
I perswade you not to put off, but to regulate natural Affections: To be without them, would deservedly rank us among the worst of Heathens; but rightly to bound and manage them, would set you among the best of Christians.