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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.
These are your seed time, and what ⟨p. 116⟩you sow in your duties in this world, you must look to reap the fruit of it in an• there world, Gal. 6. 7. 8. if you sow to the flesh, of that you shall reap corruption: but if to the spirit, life everlasting. O my Soul, answer seriously; wouldst thou be willing to reap the fruit of vanity, in the world to come? darest thou say, when thy thoughts are roving to the ends of the earth in duty? when thou scarce mindest what thou sayest or hearest, now Lord, I am sowing to the Spirit, now I am providing and laying up for eternity, now I am seeking for glory, honour, and immortality, now I am striving to enter in at the strait gate, now I am taking the kingdom of Heaven by an holy violence? O such a consideration as this, should mak• the multitudes of vain thoughts that pre•s in upon thy heart in duty, to fly seven ways before it: and thus I have shown you, how to keep your hearts, in the times of duty.
These are your seed time, and what ⟨p. 116⟩you sow in your duties in this world, you must look to reap the fruit of it in an• ther world, Gal. 6. 7. 8. if you sow to the flesh, of that you shall reap corruption: but if to the spirit, life everlasting. O my Soul, answer seriously; wouldst thou be willing to reap the fruit of vanity, in the world to come? darest thou say, when thy thoughts are roving to the ends of the earth in duty? when thou scarce mindest what thou sayest or hearest, now Lord, I am sowing to the Spirit, now I am providing and laying up for eternity, now I am seeking for glory, honour, and immortaliy, now I am striving to enter in at the strait gate, now I am taking the kingdom of Heaven by an holy violence? O such a consideration as this, should mak• the multitudes of vain thoughts that pre•s in upon thy heart in duty, to flie seven ways before it: and thus I have shewn you, how to keep your hearts, in the times of duty.