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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.
Quest. 7. Have I seriously considered the terrible Scripture Comminations against back-sliders? O my heart! darest thou turn back upon the very points of such threatenings as these? Jer. 17, 5, 6. Thus saith the Lord, cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm; and whose heart departeth from the Lord, for he shall be like the Heath in the Desert, and shall not see when good cometh; (i. e.) the curse of God shall wither him root and branch: And Heb. 14. 26, 27. If we sin wilfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more Sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful looking for of Judgement, and fiery indignation which shall devour ⟨p. 170⟩the adversaries: And again, verse 38. If any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him: as if he should say, take him World, take him Devil for your own, I have no delight in him. O who dare draw back, when God hath hedged up the way with such terrible threats as these!
Quest. 7. Have I seriously considered the terrible Scripture Comminations against back-sliders? O my heart! darest thou turn back upon the very points of such threatnings as these? Ier. 17, 5, 6. Thus saith the Lord, cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm; and whose heart departeth from the Lord, for he shall be like the Heath in the Desart, and shall not see when good cometh; (i. e.) the curse of God shall wither him root and branch: And Heb. 14. 26, 27. If we sin wilfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more Sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful looking for of Iudgement, and fiery indignation which shall devour ⟨p. 170⟩the adversaries: And again, verse 38. If any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him: as if he should say, take him World, take him Devil for your own, I have no delight in him. O who dare draw back, when God hath hedged up the way with such terrible threats as these!