A39658:93
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.
As the Covenant of Grace d•• arms all the Afflictions of Believers of the only sting by whi•• they wound them; so it al•• the very nature and property […] their Afflictions, and turns the•• from a Curse into a Blessing […] them: and in so doing it becom• more than a Remedy, even a choi•• Benefit and Advantage to them.
As the Covenant of Grace d•• arms all the Afflictions of Bel••vers of the only sting by whi•• they wound them; so it al•• the very nature and property 〈…〉 their Afflictions, and turns the•• from a Curse into a Blessing 〈…〉 them: and in so doing it becom• more than a Remedy, even a choi•• Benefit and Advantage to them.
All Afflictions in their own n••ture, are a part of the Curse; the•• are the consequents and punishments of sin; they work naturall• against our good: but when on• they are taken into the Covenant their nature and property is altered. As Waters in their subterranean passages meeting some virtuous Mineral in their course, a•• thereby impregnated and endowed with a rare healing property […] the Body; so Afflictions passing through the Covenant, receive from it an healing Virtue to our