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A Saint Indeed
A saint indeed: or The great work of a Christian, opened and pressed; from Prov. 4. 23 Being a seasonable and proper expedient for the recovery of the much decayed power of godliness, among the professors of these times. By John Flavell M. of the Gospel.
London: printed by W.R., 1668
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.
This very consideration quieted Job, Eli, David, & Hezekiah, that the Lord did it, was enough to them: and why should it not be so to us? if the Lord will have Zion ploughed as a field, and her goodly stones lye in the dust; if it be his pleasure that Antichrist shall rage yet longer, and ⟨p. 61⟩wear out the Saints of the most high; if it be his will, that a day of trouble and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord God of hosts shall be upon the valley of vision, that the wicked shall devour the man that is more righteous than he, what are we that we should contest with God? fit it is, that we should be resigned up to that will whence we proceeded; and he that made us should dispose of us as he pleaseth: he may do what seemeth him good without our consent: doth poor man stand upon equal ground, that he should capitulate with his Creator, or that God should render him an account of any of his matters? it's every way as reasonable we be content however God dispose of us, as that we be obedient to what ever he commands us.
This very consideration quieted Iob, Eli, David, & Hezekiah, that the Lord did it, was enough to them: and why should it not be so to us? if the Lord will have Sion plowed as a field, and her goodly stones lye in the dust; if it be his pleasure that Antichrist shall rage yet longer, and ⟨p. 61⟩wear out the Saints of the most high; if it be his will, that a day of trouble and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord God of hosts shall be upon the valley of vision, that the wicked shall devour the man that is more righteous than he, what are we that we should contest with God? fit it is, that we should be resigned up to that will whence we proceeded; and he that made us should dispose of us as he pleaseth: he may doe what seemeth him good without our consent: doth poor man stand upon equal ground, that he should capitulate with his Creator, or that God should render him an account of any of his matters? it's every way as reasonable we be content however God dispose of us, as that we be obedient to what ever he commands us.