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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.
7. Arg. If still thou linger like Lot in Sodom, then lastly, examine all the pleas and pretences for a longer time on earth. Why art thou unwilling to dye?
1. Object. O I have many relations in the World, I know not what will become of them when I am gone.
Sol. 1. If thou art troubled about their bodies and outward condition, why should not that word satisfy thee, Jer. 49. 11. Leave thy fatherless children to me, I will keep them alive, and let thy Widows trust in me. Luther in his last Will and Testament hath this expression, Lord thou hast given me wife and children I have nothing to leave them, but I commit them unto thee. O Father of the fatherless and judge of widows, nutri, serva, doce, nourish, keep, and teach them: or art thou troubled for their Souls? thou canst not convert them if thou shouldst live, and God can make thy prayers and counsels to live and take place upon them when thou art dead.
Sol. 1. If thou art troubled about their bodies and outward condition, why should not that word satisfy thee, Ier. 49. 11. Leave thy fatherless children to me, I will keep them alive, and let thy Widows trust in me. Luther in his last Will and Testament hath this expression, Lord thou hast given me wife and children I have nothing to leave them, but I commit them unto thee. O Father of the fatherless and judge of widows, nutri, serva, doce, nourish, keep, and teach them: or art thou troubled for their Souls? thou canst not convert them if thou shouldst live, and God can make thy prayers and counsels to live and take place upon them when thou art dead.