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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.
Come. 3. To conclude, God will shortly put a blessed end to all these troubles, cares, and watchings.
Com. 3. To conclude, God will shortly put a blessed end to all these troubles, cares, and watchings.
The time is coming when thy heart shall be as thou wouldst have it, when thou shalt be discharged of these cares, fears and sorrows, and never cry out: Oh my hard, my proud, my vain, my earthly heart any more: when all darkness shall be banished from thine understanding, and thou shalt clearly discover all truths in God, that crystal Ocean of truth: when all vanity shall be purged perfectly out of thy thoughts, and they be everlastingly, ravishingly, and delightfully entertained and exercised upon that supreme Goodness, and infinite excellency of God, from whom they shall never start any more like a broken B•w: And as for thy pride, passion, earthliness, and all other the matters ⟨p. 221⟩of thy complaint and trouble, it shall be said of them, as of the Egyptians to Israel: Stand still, and see the salvation of God: these corruptions thou seest to day, henceforth thou shalt see them no mor• for ever: when thou shalt lay down thy weapons, of prayers, tears, and groans, and put on the Armour of light, not to fight, but to triumph in.
The time is coming when thy heart shall be as thou wouldst have it, when thou shalt be discharged of these cares, fears and sorrows, and never cry out: Oh my hard, my proud, my vain, my earthly heart any more: when all darkness shall be banished from thine understanding, and thou shalt clearly discover all truths in God, that chrystal Ocean of truth: when all vanity shall be purged perfectly out of thy thoughts, and they be everlastingly, ravishingly, and delightfully entertained and exercised upon that supream Goodness, and infinite excellency of God, from whom they shall never start any more like a broken B•w: And as for thy pride, passion, earthliness, and all other the matters