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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.
2. The Matter or Speech it self, wherein we shall find the Maxims, and general Rules of Government prescribed, and the Felicity of such a Government elegantly ⟨p. 5⟩described.1 He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. Princes being in Gods place, must exalt the Righteousness of God, in the government of men; and when they do so, they shall be as the Light of the Morning when the Sun riseth, even a morning without Clouds, &c. What Halcyon days shall that happy People see, whose Lot is cast into such times and places! All this is typically spoken of David, and those pious Princes who succeeded him; but mystically and eminently points at Christ, who was to rise out of David's Seed, Rom. 1.3. and to sit upon his Throne, Acts 2.30. So that in this he was raised on high, to an Eminency of Glory and Dignity indeed; He was so in his ordinary natural Seed; a Royal Race, deriving it self from him, and sitting upon his Throne in a Lineal Succession, till the Babylonish Captivity, which was about four hundred and thirty years. And after that, the Jews had Governors ⟨p. 6⟩of his Line, at least rightful Heirs to that Crown, till the promised Messiah came. But that which was the top of David's Honour, the most sparkling Jewel in his Crown, was this, that the Lord Jesus was to descend from him, according to the Flesh, in whom all the glorious Characters, before given, should not only be exactly answered, but abundantly exceeded. And thus you find the natural Line of the Messiah is drawn down by Matthew, from David to the Virgin Mary, Matth. 1. and his Legal Line by Luke, from David to Joseph, his supposed Father, Luke 3.23.
2. The Matter or Speech it self, wherein we shall find the Maxims, and general Rules of Government prescribed, and the Felicity of such a Government elegantly