B36604:404
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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2. From the Covenant of Grace, in the Bosom of which thou art wrapped up: This is all thy salvation, and all thy hope; it will afford thee abundant satisfaction, if thou do but weigh particularly these three things about it: ⟨p. 138⟩1. That the Author of this Covenant is not a fickle Creature, but a faithful God, with whom there is not yea and nay: With whom there is no variableness, nor shadow of turning; whose Gifts and Callings are without repentance; so that once within the clasp of this blessed Covenant, and in it for ever. 2. That God hath established the Covenant with you in the Blood of Christ; therefore the Sacramental Cup, is called the Cup of the New Testament in his Blood, Luke 22.20. the everlasting Merit and Efficacy whereof, gives the Soul of a Believer the highest satisfaction imaginable. Lastly, add to this, that in this Covenant God hath undertaken for us, as well as for himself: So that what is a Condition in one Scripture, is the matter of a Promise in another Scripture, Jer. 32.40.
3. From that strict and intimate union that is betwixt Christ and thee. And hence it's impossible thou shouldest be lost: For 1. Thy union with his Person, draws interest in his Properties with it: What ever he is, or hath, it is for thee; his eye of Knowledge, arm of Power, bowels of Pity, it's all for thee.