B36604:196
Preparation for sufferings. Or The best work in the worst times Wherein the necessity,…
Preparation for sufferings. Or The best work in the worst times Wherein the necessity, excellency, and means of our readiness for sufferings are evinced and prescribed; our call to suffering cleared, and the great unreadiness of many professors bewailed. By John Flavel minister of Christ in Devon.Preparation for sufferings. Or The best work in the worst times Wherein the necessity, excellency, and means of our readiness for sufferings are evinced and prescribed; our call to suffering cleared, and the great unreadiness of many profesours bewailed. By John Flavel minister of Christ in Devon.
London: printed for Robert Boulter, 1681
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6. Lastly, Faith engages the presence of God, to be and abide with the Soul in all its solitudes and sufferings: It lays hold upon the Promises made to that purpose, Psal. 23.2. Isa. 43.2. Heb. 13.5. John 14.18. and whilst a poor Soul enjoys this, the very sense of troubles is swallowed up.
6. Lastly, Faith ingages the presence of God, to be and abide with the Soul in all its solitudes and sufferings: It lays hold upon the Promises made to that purpose, Psal. 23.2. Isa. 43.2. Heb. 13.5. John 14.18. and whilest a poor Soul enjoys this, the very sense of troubles is swallowed up.
And thus I have given some brief hints, how Faith relieves and strengthens the Soul in a suffering hour: The next thing is to direct you, how to improve this excellent Grace, that it may do you such service as this in a time of need: And, in order thereunto, I shall give you these seven Directions.
1. Attend diligently upon the Ministration of the Gospel, which is not only the procreant, but also the conserving cause of Faith,