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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.
By this very thing Christ distinguishes the formal and serious Christian, Matth. 6. 5. The one is for the street and Synagogue, for the observation and applause of men, but the other is a closet man: he drives on a home trade, a heart trade: ⟨p. 218⟩never be troubled then for the want of those things that a man may have and be eternally damned, but rather bless God for that which none but the favourites, and darlings of heaven have: many a one is now in hell that had a better head then thine, and many a one now in Heaven that complained of as bad an heart as thine.
By this very thing Christ distinguishes the formal and serious Christian, Matth. 6. 5. The one is for the street and Synagogue, for the observation and applause of men, but the other is a closet man: he drives on a home trade, a heart trade: ⟨p. 218⟩never be troubled then for the want of those things that a man may have and be eternally damned, but rather bless God for that which none but the favorites, and darlings of heaven have: many a one is now in hell that had a better head then thine, and many a one now in Heaven that complained of as bad an heart as thine.
2. Come. Know farther for thy comfort, that God would never leave thee under so many heart troubles and burdens, if he intended not thy real benefit thereby.
2. Com. Know farther for thy comfort, that God would never leave thee under so many heart troubles and burdens, if he intended not thy real benefit thereby.