A39658:265
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.
4. When God called him to public Employments in the Commonwealth, he neither purchased nor abused that Trust; but with a true English, rather a Christian zeal and courage, he dedicated himself to the service of God and his Country. Cheerfully quitting all domestic concerns, spent his Estate, time, and pains, to heal the breaches of England. I know not a man whose zeal for the common good, would have carried him nearer to the Example of that noble Roman, who when a Chasm was made by an Earthquake, and the Oracle had declared, that it could never be closed, except something of value was thrown into it, cast in himself to close it.
4. When God called him to publick Employments in the Commonwealth, he neither purchased nor abused that Trust; but with a true English, rather a Christian zeal and courage, he dedicated himself to the service of God and his Country. Chearfully quitting all domestick concerns, spent his Estate, time, and pains, to heal the breaches of England. I know not a man whose zeal for the common good, would have carried him nearer to the Example of that noble Roman, who when a Chasm was made by an Earthquake, and the Oracle had declared, that it could never be closed, except something of value was thrown into it, cast in himself to close it.
I could truly have said, had there been conveniency and opportunity for it, when he was laid in his Grave, Here lies a man that never betrayed nor deserted the Public, for any private interest of his own.
I could truly have said, had there been conveniency and opportunity for it, when he was laid in his Grave, Here lies a man that never betrayed nor deserted the Publick, for any private interest of his own.