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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.
1. Means. Would you thus keep your ⟨p. 209⟩hearts as hath been persuaded, then furnish your hearts richly with the word of God, which is their best preservative against sin.
1. Means. Would you thus keep your ⟨p. 209⟩hearts as hath been perswaded, then furnish your hearts richly with the word of God, which is their best preservative against sin.
Keep the word, and the word will keep you: as the first receiving of the word regenerated your hearts, so the keeping of the word within you; will preserve your hearts. Col. 3. 16. Let the word of Christ dwell richly in you, let it dwell, not tarry with you for a night, and let it dwell richly, or plentifully; in all that is of it, in its commands, promises, threats, in all that is in you, in your understandings, memories consciences, affections, and then twill preserve your hearts, Psal. 119. 11. Thy word have I hid in mine heart that I might not sin against thee: Tis the slipperiness of our hearts in reference to the word, that causes so many slips in our lives, Conscience cannot be urged▪ or awed, with forgotten truths: but keep it in the heart, and it will keep both heart and life upright, Psal. 37. 31. The law of his God is in his heart, none of his steps shall slide, or if he do, the word will recover the straying heart again, Ma•th. 26. 57. Then Peter remembered [the words of Jesus] and wept bitterly: we never lose our hearts till they have first lost ⟨p. 210⟩