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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
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2. Nor did he frustrate those hopes; for as soon as ever God had fixed him in a proper Sphere of Activity, (I mean, a Family of his own) those Graces that were in him shone forth, to the comfort and benefit of all that were about him. Joshua's pious resolution was his; As for me, I and my house will serve the Lord.
2. Nor did he frustrate those hopes; for as soon as ever God had fixed him in a proper Sphere of Activity, (I mean, a Family of his own) those Graces that were in him shone forth, to the comfort and benefit of all that were about him. Ioshua's pious resolution was his; As for me, I and my house will serve the Lord.
He kept up the Worship of God in his Closet, as well as in his Family. And truly if Religion languish in the Closet, it will quickly die in the Family. His House was a Temple consecrated to God; there the Morning and Evening-Sacrifices of Prayers and Praises were offered up. He called ⟨p. 143⟩his Children and Servants to those Duties, not reckoning that time lost to him, which was spent for God. The Lord had endowed him with an excellent Spirit of Prayer himself: I have sometimes accidentally heard him praying in his Family, with such solidity of Judgment, pertinency of Expression, and holy warmth of Affection, that hath at once edified, refreshed, and reproved me in hearing him.
He constantly read the Scriptures in course before Prayer, and oft-times with a Commentary upon them, for his own and his Families Edification.