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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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And this Grace stands opposed both to the fear of man in the Cause of God, Heb. 11.27. and to Apostasy from the Truth for fear of suffering. Thus briefly of the nature of it.
And this Grace stands opposed both to the fear of man in the Cause of God, Heb. 11.27. and to Apostacy from the Truth for fear of suffering. Thus briefly of the nature of it.
3. In the last place I shall lay down some Rules for the promoting and improvement of it, and so finish this Chapter.
Now there are ten Rules heedfully to be observed for the breeding of holy courage in the breast of a Saint in evil times.
And the first Rule is this, Rule. 1 Get a weaned heart from all earthly enjoyments. If the heart be inordinately fixed upon any one thing that you possess in the world, that inordinate estimation and affection of it will strangely effeminate, soften, and cowardice your Spirit when your trial comes,