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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.
Season 9. The ninth Season of exerting our greatest diligence, is the Critical hour of temptation, wherein Satan lays close Siege to the Fort-Royal of a Christians heart, and often surprises it for want of watchfulness: to keep thy heart now, is no less a Mercy than a Duty; few Christians are so well skilled in detecting the fallacies, and retorting the arguments by which Satan uses to draw them to sin, as to come off safe in those encounters: Watch and Pray (saith our Lord) lest ye enter into temptation, Mark 14. 38. Even an eminent David, and a wise Solomon have smarted for their carelessness at such a time as this. The ninth Case therefore shall be this,
Season 9. The ninth Season of exerting our greatest diligence, is the Crittical hour of temptation, wherein Satan layes close Siege to the Fort-Royal of a Christians heart, and often surprizes it for want of watchfulness: to keep thy heart now, is no less a Mercy than a Duty; few Christians are so well skilled in detecting the fallacies, and retorting the arguments by which Satan uses to draw them to sin, as to come off safe in those encounters: Watch and Pray (saith our Lord) lest ye enter into temptation, Mark 14. 38. Even an emine•t David, and a wise Solomo• have smarted for their carelesness at such a time as this. The ninth Case therefore shall be this,
Case 9. How a Christian when strongly solicited by the Devil to sin, may keep his ⟨p. 139⟩heart from yielding to the temptation?
Case 9. How a Christian when strongly sollicited by the Devil to sin, may keep his ⟨p. 139⟩heart from yielding to the temptation?