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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.
In this Tabernacle we groan, being burdened. (1) With bodily distempers, how true do we find that of Theophrastue, the Soul pays a dear rent for the tenement it now lives in: but glorified bodies are clogged with no indispositions, death is the best Physician, it will cure thee of all diseases at once. (2) With the indwelling of sin, this makes us groan from the very bowels, Rom. 7. 24. But he that is dead is free from sin, Rom. 6. 7. Hath justification destroyed its damning power, and sanctification its Reigning power; so glorification destroys its very being and existence. (3) We groan under temptations here, but as soon as we are out of the body, we are out of the reach of temptation: when once thou art got into Heaven, thou mayest say, now Satan I am there where thou canst not come: for as the damned in Hell are malo obfirmati; so fixed in sin and misery that their condition cannot be altered, so glorified Saints are bon• confirmati, so fixed in holiness and glory that they cannot be […]. (4) Here we groan under vario•• troubles and afflictions, but then the days of our mourning are ended. ⟨p. 181⟩God shall wipe away all tears from our eyes: O then! let us hast away that we may be at rest.
In this Tabernacle we groan, being burdened. (1) With bodily distempers, how true do we find that of Theophrastue, the Soul pays a dear rent for the tenement it now lives in: but glorified bodies are clogged with no indispositions, death is the best Physician, it will cure thee of all diseases at once. (2) With the indwelling of sin, this makes us groan from the very bowels, Rom. 7. 24. But he that is dead is free from sin, Rom. 6. 7. Hath justification destroyed its damning power, and sanctification its Raigning power; so glorification destroyes its very being and existence. (3) We groan under temptations here, but as soon as we are out of the body, we are out of the reach of temptation: when once thou art got into Heaven, thou mayest say, now Sathan I am there where thou canst not come: for as the damned in Hell are malo obfirmati; so fixed in sin and misery that their condition cannot be altered, so glorified Saints are bon confirmati, so fixed in holiness and glory that they cannot be . (4) Here we groan under vario trubles and afflictions, but then the days of our mourning are ended.